Holiday Recipes for our Superlicious Followers!

4 MINUTE FUDGE 

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla 

4 cups powdered sugar

Microwave butter & peanut butter on high for 2 minutes. 
Stir & microwave on high for 2 more minutes. 
Add vanilla & powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture & stir to combine with a spoon. 
Pour & pat into a sprayed or buttered 8 by 8-inch pan lined with waxed paper. 
Place a second piece of waxed paper on the surface of the fudge, smooth & refrigerate until cool.
Cut and serve or package for gifts! 
This is all that left from our batch of yummy fudge.  

 







 *Here is my very own peanut butter 'Almond Joy' variation on this recipe, it is delicious!
Use above recipe, make only these changes:  
cut vanilla down from 1 to 1/2 tsp 
Add 1 tsp almond extract
cut powered sugar down from 4 to 31/2 cups 
Add 1/2 cups cocoa powder 
Add 1/2 cup almond slivers
Once patted into pan, sprinkle top with lots of toasted coconut shreds

JIM’S BOURBON BALLS

1 12 OZ. box of vanilla wafers crushed into crumbs

1 CUP powered sugar

1/4 CUP (or more to taste) bourbon

2 TBSP karo light corn syrup (agave syrup works as a good substitute)

2 TBSP cocoa powder

Mix all and form balls.

Roll in powered sugar.

Ready to eat or package as gift!

As for the left over bourbon....Enjoy!

Wishing every one of you a smashing Holiday & 

a super delicious 2011!

xoxo
Teri & Amber
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