Phyllis Stokes' Old Fashion Fudge (nice try, Steve...)
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Gave it my best shot but this one came up short. Ultimately I didn't stir the fudge enough after the cooldown and this ended up chewy. Better luck next time!
Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 stick of butter (1/4 cup)
1-2 cups walnuts
Directions (follow them, don't be like Steve)
1. In a tall saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, salt, and buttermilk and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly
2. Boil until mixture is approximately 240F (using a candy thermometer) or when the mixture balls up when dipped into a cold cup of water.
3. Set the saucepan in a water bath to cool and add the butter. DO NOT STIR! Leave it in there until the temperature is reduced to about 110F (approximately 10 minutes).
4. Add vanilla extract and begin stirring. Stir until butter incorporated, then add the walnuts. YOU MUST KEEP STIRRING UNTIL THE FUDGE IS NO LONGER "SHINY". This may take 15-20 minutes. Don't skimp on this or your fudge will end up chewy....just like Steve's.
5. Turn out into a pan lined with wax paper and place in refrigerator to cool for 2-3 hours.
6. Fudge should cut neatly into squares
My dad was a fireman in Los Angeles CA and was the house cook! Best fudge Ever, took hours! One ingredient you forgot: to pray first! Sunday blessings🙏😊✝️💕📖
Oh that is perfect 👍. I love chewy fudge 🤗
Love it.
Watched Phyllis and Bucky today
When they bought the land on stump House mountain
I watch her every day.
Love the way they went to rest in Mountain Rest .
Bless them both.
Oh my Gosh!! That Looks Sooo Delicious Colonel!! Thank You Sooo Much!! God Bless You and Yours Always!!😇💕🙏
Can't you just hear Phyllis now? ☺☺ Warm it and use it for ice cream topping!
Or filling in a pound cake made in a bunt pan!!
Looks good to me. I like a creamier kind of fudge, not the really hard kind. 👍👍❤
You didn't fail. You tried to make something you have never made before. I bet it still tastes good. Next time it will come out perfect. Always enjoy your cooking videos. Thank you.
Steve's new fashioned fudge looks pretty good to me! I think it is a winner...not burnt.
Your fudge may not have worked, but I'm sure your mom is smiling and saying great try. I enjoyed her videos and happy you are keeping her legion alive.
Yes it just needed stirred a little longer that’s all it looks delicious I will try this recipe. God bless you💕🙏
It still looks goog Steve. It just needed more stirring. I'd still eat it. Use a soon. Love your videos!
Hi Steve
My wife conned me into making this recipe one time. Grandma's recipe is always best right ? I really enjoyed the experience. I was especially delighted 6 weeks after rotator cuff surgery when I had full use of my right arm again. Marshmallow cream recipe. !!! It's gooood !
I'm not sure if you've done it yet, but it would be neat for you to made a video of your favorite dinner your mom made for you growing up.
Throw it in the freezer. It'll be great, or Microwave it for an ice cream topping. Try a wooden spoon next time.
Practice makes perfect good to see you Steve 🇦🇺🐨🐨🇦🇺❤️
U did fine Steve….enjoy your Fudge. Candy making and baking is all about science & technique. I can’t taste difference from the long cook vs the quick cook fudge. Enjoy watching you cook. Waving hello to your kids and Arlene. 👋👋👋
Hello from Tennessee!
Kids use to come to house and wanted me to ask my mom to make some fudge. I make it like she did... I add butter while it is still on the stove and then when I cut the heat off I added a about half a cup of p-nut butter. I have never used the water bath method. It's perfect every time.
I wish I had me some good old fudge.sounds so good
If it's important for you to have actual fudge, you can put it back in the pan and recook it. I believe you add some additional milk to it at that time, and I wouldn't be surprised if there is a video on repairing fudge online that would say how much. I'm pretty sure you didn't cook it long enough to get it to the soft ball stage. It really does have to come together and easily form a ball that still has a little give to it. So then, when the mixture cools down to where you can hold the pan on your hand without burning your hand but still nice and warm, you can start stirring with a fairly large and strong spoon or spatula (wooden is good) just till it loses its gloss. It should not take long at all. People who are stirring for 20 minutes have not cooked the mixture long enough in the first place or let it cool down enough. Like you said, this can be tricky and I can believe humidity can be a factor as well. My problem is usually that it sets up so fast I hardly have time to get it poured before it turns hard. And then I would end up with a lot of fudge in the pan because it set up before I could scrape it all out, hahaha.Those times I might have cooked it in the pan a little too long. I quit making this recipe years ago because of my arthritis and sugar flaring it up; but the original recipe used to be on the can of cocoa, and this was what my mom taught me to make. The original never called for buttermilk, but I would be curious to know if there would be a noticeable taste difference. Just so people know it makes just fine with regular milk, or maybe even with almond milk if that's what you have.
You can also add about 1/4 to 1/3 C peanut or almond butter when you take it off the stove and add the butter and vanilla if you want that variety.
All I meant to say was I think you didn't cook it long enough, and instead I wrote a book. 🙄 Just sharing a few ideas hoping to help.
Really enjoy the additional entertainment factor in your videos, too. Look forward to the next one.
Great job 👏🏼😁
I make this and bring to 230 degrees, stir with wooden spoon. If don't set up just spread and put in fridge until cold. It will be fine.
me too, save time, put in a buttered wax paper, Comes off east after cutting it into pieces.
You need a WOODEN spoon for fudging stirs .. looking for fudge recipes was how I found your Moms' channel .. I van vouch for this recipe .. Patience Stephen ... Patience :)
My Mom and Grandma makes the same kind of fudge they always say you can't do it on a humid or rainy day it does not come out right but boy it sure does taste good
God Bless you ! I would never do that ! But I would love to taste it
You’re right … didn’t beat it until dull looking. Still taste good I’m sure.
atleast it's edible . . looks like a chewy tootsie roll . .👍
Those big families had lots of little hands willing to stir old fashioned homemade fudge over the holiday break from school. There was always a pay off of a spoon,.bowl, or pan to lick clean.
I remember your mom making that fudge. It's pretty tricky to make. Beware of sugar crystals, that will cause it to be grainy. Good try!
Of course that recipe wasn't fattening.
Even though it didn't turn out perfectly it welcomed good.
I've tried making my mothers recipe at least 4 different times and it never has turned out right. It was in a 1950's or '60's recipe book. The recipe was called "5 minute fudge for the girls". It called for evaporated milk and 16 marshmallows, cocoa and sugar but I don't recall what else. Hers was a slick as glass when it set and it always set for her. Mine never did. 😔
I can’t stand that long at a time consistently stirring. I’d try using a mixer to stir it til it lost its shine. My mama use to make a similar fudge but I don’t think it used buttermilk, just whole milk. I do know sometimes it was perfect and sometimes it didn’t set up right and ended up going on a cake for frosting. Humidity can also have an effect on how it sets up. I’d just roll it in a ball and then roll it in a little of the cocoa powder or powdered sugar.
Mine never took very long while stirring for the shine to go away, maybe 3- 5 minutes. So long ago I can't remember.
good try steve!
Always use a wooden spoon with the fudge, and skip the water bath, it will come out just fine.... Made that really hard for yourself Mr Steve.... And never put it in the fridge, and I use whole milk....
@Tabatha Hagan could you share your fudge recipe?
Hey Steve. Don't feel bad. A couple of weeks ago, my sister tried your mom's fudge recipe and got the exact same result you did. We figured out that the problem stage is the water bath. Either omit it entirely and just let the fudge cool slowly in the pan, or maybe cut the time the pan sits in the water down to 10 minutes so it doesn't get too cool too fast. By the time my sister started to stir in the butter and vanilla, the fudge was already seizing up. The result was the same as yours- chewy. It had the consistency of a tootsie roll. It kind of tasted like one too. I don't know how your mom let hers sit in the sink for a full 20 minutes and it came out right. Maybe it has to do with the weather where she lived.
I used to make this many years ago when I was raising my kids. I think you could have slightly turned up your heat. I hope that spatula was silicone and not plastic?
I never put mine in a water bath, this is the first time I ever heard of doing it.
Otherwise this is just what I would make and it was delicious. I don't care for fudge without walnuts.
They keep well in a canaster in the pantry too.
You're making me want to cook but I don't have the strength I once had.
Cast Iron Pots can scratch the glass you have to be careful
240F is real hot for sugar. You have a good chance of a burn.
Col., you can alway melt ice cream to pour over the taffy- like fudge. 😂 Welcome to my world.
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Good evening chewy toffe I would have invested in a thermometer 🤒 take care. You can't win, 'Em all. The experience is key 🗝
🙋Hi Steve wow even tho it didn't turn out like fudge it sure looks good Like the old saying goes
"Always listen to your Mother she knows best" so next time remember what your Mom taught you 😊 none the less it was still a fun video as always👏👏👍👍
Much Love always E.💖
Use a wooden spoon or spatula. For stirring
Steve, that was sooo much fun to watch and that fudge looks so tasty and yummy.. I bet it didn't last long. Ha Ha.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You could ball it up and dip it in chocolate and make chocolate candies out of it
I thought it was milk and lemon juice or vinegar to make buttermilk, but I'm not sure. All recipes don't come out winners, I know I have had some failures even with things I made before. You just made chocolate taffy . Enjoy it, just be careful if you have any fillings. lol Stay well and safe.
Make some pretzel turtles with it. It'd be more like that than fudge! No mistakes - just made a new candy recipe. Now you have to come up with a name - instead of pretzel turtles, it's just a little different - maybe pretzel tortoises.😜
I think you may have cooled it just a bit too long making it hard to stir to the 20 minute mark. Oh well, if someone says that they made their very first old fashioned fudge correctly the first time it may be a fib lol! Next time you try it will be perfect. God bless, Shirley.
Can one use an electric mixer to stir it instead of by hand? That would wear me out!
You need a wooden spoon,
O dear, my shoulder would give out ….hurts just watching u stir so much. I’ve made fudge using Velveeta cheese. Easier as I recall
Well, I think some great candies came from mistakes. Tootsie rolls, butterfingers. Who knows what else. I would not throw anything away unless it was burned or couldn’t be made edible or palatable. Try, and learn.
Steve, you need bigger and better utensils
Agreed!
milk and vinegar makes buttermilk!
That’s actually a hack…real buttermilk is made from heavy cream and the process of whipping it into butter…what’s left over is the buttermilk and whey. However that is the hack I use when I don’t have real buttermilk. Lemon juice works too.
No thats a BS from the dummynet, that makes "Clabbered" milk. It is no way buttermilk.
Because of this recipe, I found your mother's channel. 8 years ago!
I blame that Laban stuff.
Don't feel bad! At least yours was edible, the first time I tried to make it (1970s) I boiled it too long and when it cooled, I broke the tip of a steak knife trying to get it out of the dish. I had to soak the dish for 3 days and dissolve it!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You needed a wooden spoon for that stirring. You can beat the heck out of fudge with a wooden spoon.
I just love the spirit you have that even if it is a fail, that is alright. We are just glad you tried and still have your humor. Hey, we are all human and we have all been there. I made a cake one time for my grandpa and it looked terrible! But he said that the ugly ones taste better! I think any fudge attempt is worth while. And you can always put it on ice cream. We love you Stephen!
They were both very proud of you and your brother for attending the Citadel.
Your mom said never use the same spoon to stir with. So every time you take the utensil out, get a clean one. I did what she said, and it worked. LOL, I tried three times, before I caught that tip, in her video. When I followed her advice, it worked beautifully...
Thanks for having the confidence to let us see how it turned out. This will give others a heads up on how important stirring length is, for a successful outcome. I would still eat this with no problem. Love your humor. I'm laughing with you, never at you. 😉❤
It's called a WOODEN SPOON 🥄 you need for this 🤔😬✨
Your self-deprecating humor is funny 😁
My tip for you, buy yourself a wooden spoon.
Nice shirt 👕
Shalom from NC.
Fudge is yummy 😋
Loved your mom💗
It took me years of failure to get it right. Trial and error as they say.
Edit: melt it and pour it over ice cream.
That would make a good hot fudge sundae.
“A” for effort! Still looks sinfully yummy!!
Heck it looked kind of good to me the way it was, kind of reminded me of a Tootsie roll.
It may not have been the consistency of your mom’s fudge, but it tastes good. Your mom was a master cook. I’m sure you enjoyed it anyway. Many blessings and happiness, Teresa
humidity is a factor
Another way or making your own buttermilk is to msasure 1 cup of milk and add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar, mix with a spoon and let rest for about 10 minutes.
Looks good. I have never made fudge with buttermilk, but I'm going to try your mom's recipe and see how it goes.
Just saw the news. Stay safe brother 🙏
I never could make fudge or divinity, but my daughter can.
Prayers sent for your safety.
Steve, I'm enjoying watching you recreate Phyllis' recipes. Your mom was such a master. Whenever I wanted to know how to do something, I always consulted her videos. The fudge still looks good. I wouldn't mind helping you eat it :)
It may have been messy but it sure looked good. Excellent try. Yummy!
Now you know what "made with love" means. Roll into balls and coat with cocoa powder.
I'm sure it's great but no thanks. Lol. I'll stick to easy. Ty, Steve. 🙏 Another great video. Keep staying safe. 🙏🙏
BUY A SPOON
Steven,
Love what you are doing.
Your mom would be proud.
Do you ever watch her old shows?
I loved her attitude.
You too should watch her when she went to home Depot and they wouldn't let her film.
She got angry and left the store and swore never to go back.
Main thing is that it taste good
LOL!! I clicked your link, and what a riot! I thought I had seen hers before. I had, and commented even about my cheat fudge. I will try Miss Phyliss's recipe 💙
thats happens to me too steve.. i just eat it with a spoon
My dad would make "spoon fudge" sometimes; it didn't set up! That was back in the middle fifties. I miss those Saturday evenings, so long ago. I always enjoy you and your moms channel, never miss an episode!
We always had a helper to do some of the stirring 😁. PS,, Love your videos❣️😊
Steve u might be good 👍 but I watched ur mom for soooooo long I miss her so much she was such a good teacher just a joke for uok she had every kitchen tool u could want why would u not have them lol God Bless You good to see you!
You did good, real good! I love your personality!! The best ever!
You did great for your first time, chocolate taffy is great too!
Edit: hope you are ok, hearing the news coming out. Prayers
CAN ALWAYS EAT WITH SPOON. Melt in microwave use to top ice cream
Candy has always been hard to time.
I also think you need a bigger spoon! But loved the video!
Just hearing of news out of Abu Dhabi today Monday January 18 in the US. Praying for your safety and God’s covering. May His angels circle round about you.
We have snow here in Fauquier County, VA. Lol my way of making no fail fudge is sweetened condensed milk with milk chocolate chocolate chips 😂 I really miss your Mom and her recipes and Bucky 💕
Stir the sugar and cocoa together before adding liquid to prevent lumps in cocoa.
Nothing wrong with chewy fudge. Nothing at all. get yourself a spoon, sit yourself in a closet, lock the door, turn off your phone and have at it. Sounds like a par-tay to me.
Someone needs to get you some more cooking utensils! Wooden spoon, rubber spatulas, etc. Lol
Keep trying your mind recipe. Its the same one my mom made and I loved hers!
I've never been successful trying to make fudge, So I cheat, Frosting and Peanut butter. Mad RESPECT for you for trying this recipe.
I have done this a few times…it takes a bit of practice.