THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December 19M Page Holiday favorite Rich creamy fudge has long been a popular holiday favorite Create your own gift box filled with many mouth watering varieties as a present for a special friend or holiday hostess or to give to your child teacher By simply varying the ingre dients in one basic recipe It easy to make delicious variations of this sweet treat Traditional semi sweet chocolate fudge accompanied by smooth peanut butter logs or tropical coconut fudge makes a sweet ending to any meal or a ter bedtime snack on a cold winter s night Luscious cherry coconut clusters combine super chocolate fudge with juicy maraschino cherries and butter pecan fudge studded with tasty pecans will have holiday guests clamoring for more It only takes minutes to prepare these sweet treats Follow our suggestions or create your own variations by substituting a liqueur for the vanilla and raisins or candied fruits for the nuts Super Chocolate Fudge 350 g semi sweet chocolate chips can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk not evaporated milk 1 cups 300 icing sugar Pinch salt vanilla cup ml chopped walnuts In heavy saucepan over low heat melt chips with Eagle Brand Remove from heat stir in icing sugar salt vanilla and nuts Spread evenly in wax paper lined 20 cm Square pan Chill 2 to hours or until firm Turn fudge onto cutting board peel off paper cut into squares Store loosely covered at room temperature Makes bout 2 lbs 1 kg Microwave In 2 L glass measure combine chips with Eagle Brand Microwave uncovered at high 100 per cent minutes Stir until chips melt and mixture is smooth Stir in re maining ingredients Proceed as above Variations Christmas Fudge Cut Outs Prepare Super Chocolate Fudge recipe omitting nuts Spread fudge in foil lined 9inch 5 L rectangular baking pan Chill to hours or until firm Turn fudge onto cutting board peel off foil Use Christmas cookie cut ters to cut out decorative shapes Save trimmings for snacks Store covered at room temperature Y eld vanes with size of cutters used Food SALMON 7 lb MUSSELS 199 lb COD 4 89 lb LIVE LOBSTER lb MOORE PARK PLAZA 873 6122 NOW OPEN MONDAYS WILLOW LANE NATURAL FOODS 8533051 Willow St ACTON CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE CRUST cups fine toasted pecans 5tbsp brown sugar 5tbsp coldbuter cut small FILLING bittersweet chocolate cup sugar optional tsp instant coffee eggs at room temperature 1 dark rum ltsp vanilla Pi cups whipping cream METHOD Mix crust in bowl until ingredients hold together Press in bottom and sides of pie pan Freeze hour Over hot water melt chocolate sugar and coffee Remove from heat Whisk in eggs rum and vanilla Cool minutes Whip 1 cup whipping cream to soft peak Fold into chocolate Spoon into crust Garnish with cream Available Soon- CAROL BOOK Contains the words to all of your Christmas favourites Great for use in classroom church groups or for Christ mas parties etc Call before Decern 5th and reserve your extra copies with compliments of the season from the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established