Buttermilk Peanut Butter Fudge Recipes

Steps:

• Butter a large plate and set aside. In a heavy saucepan, bring the sugar, buttermilk, and salt to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook to the soft ball stage, removing from the heat immediately when the candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees. Add the vanilla and peanut butter, and stir with a wooden spoon to blend. Then beat energetically with the spoon until the fudge begins to lose its gloss and starts to thicken. Pour quickly onto the plate. Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting.

Steps:

• Microwave butter and peanut butter for 2 minutes on high. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and confectioners¿ sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Pour into a buttered 8 by 8-inch pan lined with waxed 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.

Steps:

• Butter sides of a large heavy saucepan or Dutch oven.
• Combine first 5 ingredients in pan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until butter melts and sugar dissolves.
• Using a pastry brush dipped in hot water, wash down any sugar crystals on side of pan.
• attach candy thermometer to pan, making sure thermometer does not touch bottom of pan.
• Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil. Do not stir while syrup is boiling.
• Continue t cook until syrup reaches softball stage (Approximately 234 to 240 degrees).
• Test about ½-teaspoon syrup in ice water. Syrup should easily form a ball in ice water but flatten when held in your hand.
• Remove from heat: add vanilla. DO NOT STIR until syrup cools to approximately 200 degrees.
• Using a medium speed of an electric mixer, beat fudge until thickened and no longer glossy.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into a buttered 8- inch square pan. Cool completely.
• Cut into 1-inch squares.
• Store in an airtight container in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add cocoa powder and stir until smooth.
• Stir dry ingredients together in large bowl.
• In a second bowl beat together water, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla with wire whip.
• Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients; mix together until blended.
• Add hot cocoa mixture and beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured 13 x 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until done.
• Cool thoroughly.
• Peanut Butter Layer: Whip peanut butter and oil in small mixing bowl.
• When cake is thoroughly cool, spread over cake.
• Frosting: Put sugar and vanilla in medium mixing bowl.
• Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add cocoa powder; stir until smooth.
• Add milk and heat over low heat until hot (just as it starts to bubble).
• Pour hot mixture over sugar and beat until smooth.
• Spread over peanut butter layer.
• Let cake sit for at least an hour before serving so frosting has time to firm up.

Steps:

• Mix together the peanut butter and marshmallow cream in a bowl; set aside. Lightly grease a square glass dish with butter.
• Stir together the sugar and milk in a saucepan over medium-high heat; stirring occasionally, bring to a boil at 234 degrees F (110 degrees C) and then immediately remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter mixture and the vanilla; pour into the prepared dish and allow to cool to room temperature before serving.