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Jun. 7th, 2020 02:30 pm... *takes a deep breath*
Life is better when the alchemy of sugar, cocoa, and butter is applied. It doesn't have to be perfectly smooth or perfectly homogenous. It can be a lumpy double batch of microwave fudge dotted with kernals of sugar where the cocoa didn't mix in well, but the butter soaked in nicely. But. Fudge.
(and if the alchemy is furthered by additions of eggs and flour to make brownies, or by smashed into pieces nuts, that does not suck either. For now, I have ~2 pounds of delicious fudge and while I will share the recipe, this bowl of it is entirely mine.)
2-minute Microwave Fudge
Ingredients:
1 pound powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup cream
8 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Equipment:
microwave
large bowl
spoon
maybe a fork
measure cup
Instructions:
Combine sugar and cocoa and salt. Sift if you want a more homogenous mix, otherwise with a spoon or fork until it looks well-mixed.
Measure your cream (or milk) and vanilla in the measure cup before adding to the dry ingredients, they'll distribute more evenly that way.
Mix, but don't worry if a lot of the sugar/cocoa mix is still dry.
Put butter on top.
Put in microwave for two minutes on high.
Stir softened melty butter in and stir until smoothish. Some of it won't incorporate immediately. Some of it may not incorporate at all.
You can then put it in the fridge for an hour or freezer for half an hour, and let it cool quicker. Or you can have a bowl of delicious hot fudge to nom on until it cools, and periodically remix the butter in, and it will eventually all incorporate. It will by lumpy, but it will be very tasty.
Life is better when the alchemy of sugar, cocoa, and butter is applied. It doesn't have to be perfectly smooth or perfectly homogenous. It can be a lumpy double batch of microwave fudge dotted with kernals of sugar where the cocoa didn't mix in well, but the butter soaked in nicely. But. Fudge.
(and if the alchemy is furthered by additions of eggs and flour to make brownies, or by smashed into pieces nuts, that does not suck either. For now, I have ~2 pounds of delicious fudge and while I will share the recipe, this bowl of it is entirely mine.)
2-minute Microwave Fudge
Ingredients:
1 pound powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 cup cream
8 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Equipment:
microwave
large bowl
spoon
maybe a fork
measure cup
Instructions:
Combine sugar and cocoa and salt. Sift if you want a more homogenous mix, otherwise with a spoon or fork until it looks well-mixed.
Measure your cream (or milk) and vanilla in the measure cup before adding to the dry ingredients, they'll distribute more evenly that way.
Mix, but don't worry if a lot of the sugar/cocoa mix is still dry.
Put butter on top.
Put in microwave for two minutes on high.
Stir softened melty butter in and stir until smoothish. Some of it won't incorporate immediately. Some of it may not incorporate at all.
You can then put it in the fridge for an hour or freezer for half an hour, and let it cool quicker. Or you can have a bowl of delicious hot fudge to nom on until it cools, and periodically remix the butter in, and it will eventually all incorporate. It will by lumpy, but it will be very tasty.
