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** About the Recipe
The story behind the recipe is simple and we make no exclusive claim on it. My wife and daughter were watching The Food Network and heard about Mamie Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge recipe. They looked it up on the Internet, at this is the recipe they found.
We made a triple batch of the fudge, and then instead of following the recipe as is ... we poured it into cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. This made for easy cleanup and served dozens of people at a weekend gathering at our house. There is usually very little mess to clean up, but this time my daughter just had too much fun licking the bowl.
We had never made fudge in our house before, but we found this to be an easy and enjoyable recipe.
Note: We omitted the nuts!
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Mamie's Million Dollar Fudge** Ingredients
4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
1 (12-ounce package or 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
12 (1-ounce) squares sweet baking chocolate
1 (7-ounce) jar or 2 cups marshmallow creme
(Can use small marshmallows instead)
2 cups chopped nuts (Optional)
Combine sugar, salt, butter and evaporated milk in a heavy saucepan and bring to
a boil for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. In a bowl, pour the boiling syrup over semi-sweet chocolate chips and sweet
baking chocolate. Beat until smooth and well blended. Stir in marshmallow creme
and chopped nuts. Pour into a buttered 13 x 9-inch pan. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Makes 24 pieces.
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Editor's Note: You can find the original on-line recipe by going to:
http://www.cooksrecipes.com/candy/mamies_million_dollar_fudge_recipe.html