Connie posted 12-11-98 7:32 AM
PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE
2 squares unsweetened chocolate (2 oz.)
2 cups granulated sugar
1/8 tea. salt
1 cup evaporated milk
2 Tbl. butter
1/2 teas. vanilla extract
1 cup nuts, if desired
1/3 cup peanut butter
Grate or chop chocolate fine. Cook sugar, salt, chocolate and milk slowly until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly. Then cook over medium heat to soft ball stage 235*), stirring all the while.
Add peanut butter. Cool. Add butter and vanilla. Beat until fudge begins to stiffen. Add nuts and continue to beat until crystalline. Turn into buttered pan. Or knead until soft and plastic, and press into buttered pan to 1/2 inch thickness. Mark in squares. Makes 1 1/4 pounds.