- If you love peanut butter and fudge,
just wait 'til you try my peanut butter fudge recipe.
This easy, no bake treat comes together
in just a few minutes and it's beyond delicious.
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where I, John Kanell,
teach you how to make delicious,
homemade dishes to share with your family and friends.
This peanut butter fudge will be ready
to wrap up before you know it,
so let's get started.
First off,
let's prep our eight by eight inch dish.
This is not gonna go into the oven.
It's just gonna set here.
But what you have to remember is it needs
to come out with ease.
So I have a square of parchment paper here.
I'm gonna snip it at each corner.
Get a ton of requests showing how to line these dishes out.
Now we're gonna do four folds.
One, two, then fold this here
like you're making a really fat H.
Teaching my kids letters and things,
so pardon me.
And this just will float gracefully
into your baking dish like that.
That'll fill out really well
and it'll just lift right out
of the pan later on.
Set that aside and get a medium-sized pot out.
Into that pot,
we're gonna add one cup of butter,
that is 226 grams,
and one cup of peanut butter.
You could use smooth or crunchy.
Today I'm gonna use smooth.
One thing I wanna point out is for this recipe,
it's gonna be better to use one
of those no-mix peanut butters.
The kind that you have to like mix, mix, mix,
even though I like saying it,
I don't like mixing peanut butter.
You really have to have a nice,
smooth consistency.
No lumps.
So just be forewarned.
If you're a natural peanut butter person,
you're gonna wanna mix it really well.
Dump of all this peanut butter out.
And then we're gonna place this over medium heat
and bring it to a boil so everything will melt
and you'll see some bubbles.
Before I put on heat,
I wanna measure out three cups of powdered sugar.
That's 360 grams.
This is all pre-measured and ready to go
because once this comes off heat,
you wanna just dump all your ingredients out.
This'll go a bit faster if you don't use cold butter.
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Here you can see it's come to a boil.
Everything is all melted
so I can take it off heat and move along.
Now I can stir in my two teaspoons of vanilla.
One and two.
A good pinch of salt never hurt anyone.
This has a lot of sugar in it
so that salt is gonna give you a really nice contrast.
And finally,
we're gonna dump in that powdered sugar.
So mix it up.
It's coming together so let's switch
to a wooden spoon and stir it up.
'Cause you really wanna work that sugar in there.
There could be little clumps
hanging around hither and dither.
So stir, stir, stir,
and once you see it's smooth,
it's time to transfer it into your baking dish.
Nice and comfy cozy,
such a good treat just for any time,
but especially during the holidays,
I love having like a big plate
of peanut butter fudge out for the kids.
And if you want to,
you could definitely add all sorts
of things like chocolate chips.
You could add a little swirl
of more melted chocolate, peanut butter, coconut.
Anything to make your dreams come true
for this 'cause it's really simple.
Okay, now we're just gonna tamp it down and smooth it out
'cause basically it just has to set in here and get cut.
The last thing you might wanna do is just
to give a little bit of an artful swirl
or just to level off to just move that around there.
It'll look really pretty when you cut it.
This will go into the fridge to chill
for at least an hour so it sets up really nice
and when we come back,
I'm gonna show you how to cut it and wrap it
'cause we're gonna give these out as presents too,
hello.
It's been about an hour and my fudge is set up.
So witness the glory that is parchment paper.
Ah!
Amazing, so easy, and no cleaning necessary.
Love it.
Put the sides down and now we're just gonna cut it
into either squares or rectangles,
whatever you wanna do.
This is one of the delights of the holidays.
I love all of the cookie platters,
the fudge, the cakes, the cookies, the works.
And if you ever wanna make a care package for a loved one,
a little bag of peanut butter fudge is
an amazing treat to give
because it lasts for a long time
and it's just like a treat you can have,
you know,
whenever you feel like a little something for yourself.
Okay, let's cube a few of these.
Get a rectangle of parchment paper out.
Fold it along the sides
and now you can just twist the edges.
Hello?
Individually wrapped fudges.
I have some friends in the area
who are gonna love this peanut butter fudge
so I'm gonna keep wrapping.
But first,
I will take a bite for you.
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But now it's time for a bite.
It's amazing.
Just the perfect combination of salty,
sweet, and instant gratification.
I really hope you get a chance to make this recipe
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