Chocolate Fudge Biscuits
My mate C next door’s still pretty poorly, and she mentioned she fancied some fudge so seeing as I’m all nostalgic for the cooking I used to do with my Mum, I decided to whip her up a batch. As I was also making biscuits at the time I thought I’d combine the two. And they’re pretty yummy. Why not make some for your lubly Ma?
For the biscuits:
This is my (or should I say my Mum’s) standard biscuit mixture: 6/4/2. You can add more or less anything to these: raisins, chocolate drops, whatever, and they always come out well.
6oz plain flour
4oz very soft butter
2oz caster sugar
So rub the butter into the flour, then add the caster sugar, squishing the mixture into a nice ball. You always think it’ll never come together, but it does, don’t worry. Lightly flour a board and rolling pin and roll the mixture out, using a biscuit cutter to cut out little shapes. Stick them on a baking tray and bake for about ten minutes, depending on how big you made the biccies. Check them often and don’t let them get too brown, they should just be pale and golden. Leave them cooling on a rack while you make your fudge.
For the fudge:
1 tin condensed milk (I think it’s something like 379g)
4oz butter
1lb caster sugar
Splosh of vanilla extract
Right, get yourself together first, because once you’ve started the fudge you need to stir it constantly. Learn by my mistakes as I burnt the first batch and had to go and buy another tin of condensed milk! Make sure your biscuits are ready on the wire rack (with some greaseproof paper underneath to catch the drips) and you’ve got a baking tin ready for the fudge. Bung your ingredients into a saucepan, stirring all the time, and bring it to the boil. It will burn in two seconds flat so make sure you never leave it. Stir it constantly for ten minutes. You’ll see the texture change and it’ll slowly turn darker and more grainy. Turn off the heat and working very quickly spoon little spoonfuls over your biscuits. Pour the rest of the fudge into a baking tray to scoff later.
When the fudge is cooled, melt some chocolate in a bain marie and drizzle over the top of your fudge covered biscuits. Stuff several into mouth before children pick up the scent and nick them all.
