Peanut Butter Fudge

<What can I say, Dear Reader? I'm a follower of good ideas. Recipe Tuesday (started by Hiromi, carried on by Goose). This is one you can make with your kids, if you have them and they're driving you nuts during vacation. If you don't, like me, then it's a really quick and easy recipe for really good fudge. Recipe is, again, courtesy of Alton Brown (mostly 'cause he cooks the way I like to cook. And he wears cool shirts). Just as a side note, I realize I'm posting this on Monday night, but I've been up 37 hours. I gotta go bed.



Peanut Butter Fudge (NOTE: I doubled the recipe)

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound powdered sugar


Microwave butter and peanut butter in a microwave safe dish for 2 minutes on high. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes.






Add vanilla and powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. NOTE: Add the sugar in batches.



Pour into a buttered 8x8 inch pan lined with wax paper. Place a second piece of waxed paper on the surface of the fudge and refrigerate until cool. Cut into 1-inch pieces and store in an airtight container for up to a week.



OK, Dear Reader. I have some notes: 1. I doubled. I have a lot of people to do treats for this Christmas. 2. It WILL be HOT when it comes out of the micro. PLEASE supervise if you're making this with kids. We don't want emergency room visits this holiday. 3. When stirring in the powdered sugar: I put in the vanilla first and stirred it well, then dumped in the sugar. It does NOT stir very well. I ended up using my hands to mix it and pat it into the pan. Nature's utensils. Works great. And the oils in the mix are NOT bad for your skin, unless you're allergic to peanuts. And if you are, IGNORE TIHS RECIPE! Warning: May contain peanuts.
Further warning: This stuff is like crack. You will become addicted. I am. It's heaven in fudge form.

Happy cooking, Dear Reader.