Lazy Day Summer Fudge Recipe

Lazy Day Summer Fudge Recipe

Ingredients:

1 box of gelatin (small)
2 & 1/4 c of sugar (white, granulated)
1 c of milk (or yogurt, buttermilk or sour cream)
1 Tbsp of butter (ice-cold) or 1/2 or 1 tsp of food flavoring

Baking soda:
1/4 tsp of baking soda (for non-citrus flavors)
1/2 tsp of baking soda (for citrus flavors)
Additional 1/2 tsp of baking soda when fudge uses buttermilk, yogurt or sour cream

Optional Ingredients:
3-4 drops of food color (for stronger color)
1 package Soft Drink mix (unsweetened Kool-Aid Brand, 2 quarts) plus 1/2 tsp more baking soda
1/2 c of nuts; chopped
1/2 c of marshmallows (miniature, plain/colored)

For Black Cherry Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (black cherry)
8 ozs yogurt (black cherry)
3/4 tsp of baking soda (if no fruit in yogurt)
1 tsp of baking soda (if there are fruits in yogurt)

For Grand Marnier Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (strawberry-vanilla)
1 c of sour cream
3/4 tsp baking soda (total for this fudge)
2 tsps of Grand Marnier (with butter combined)

For Key Lime Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (lime)
6 oz of yogurt (key lime)
1/4 c of milk
3/4 tsp of baking soda (total for this fudge)

For Lemonade Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (lemon)
1 c of milk
2 & 1/4 c of sugar
1 tsp of baking soda (total for this fudge)
Lemonade Mix (Kool-Aid, unsweetened)
Lemon extract (pure)

For Orange Sherbet Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (orange)
1 c of milk
1 tsp of baking soda (total for this fudge)
Orange Mix (Kool-Aid, unsweetened)
1/2 tsp of Cointreau

For Peaches ‘n’ Cream Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Sour cream
8 ozs of yogurt (peach)
3/4 tsp of baking soda (total)
1 Tbsp of schnapps (peach-flavored)

For Raspberry Lazy Summer Day Fudge:
Gelatin (raspberry)
8 ozs of yogurt (raspberry)
3/4 tsp of baking soda

Instructions:

Combine 2 & 1/4 cups granulated white sugar with 1 small box gelatin , required amounts of baking soda with 1 c of milk, yogurt, sour cream or buttermilk into 6 quarts saucepan. Prepare 10″ x 5″ baking pan by greasing and lining it. Freeze a Tbsp butter. Place 1/2″ water in sink.

Cook the sugar, constantly stirring with wood spoon on low fire ’til it dissolves and smoothens. Turn to moderate heat to boil mixture. Wash sugar crystals down on pan’s sides. Lower heat then continue boiling. Stir constantly.

When mix thickens, drop a few amounts in cold water to test. Ball that is a bit chewy should form in water. Cook until desired temperature is reached (236-238 degrees Fahrenheit). Take saucepan away from fire then place on water-filled sink.

Pour butter (frozen) or flood flavor and food color as well as Kool-Aid. Do not stir. Let it cool.

Then stir mixture when still warm and thin film appears (about 110 degrees Fahrenheit). Stir the fudge well manually. Pause often to let fudge react. Let fudge thicken as well as stiffen.

Let fudge’s sheen disappear and color lighten. Add optional items while fudge still don’t harden.

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