Practice: DIY Sunday ♡ : Vanilla Fudge

OK, maybe more of a recipe than a DIY but I felt like making fudge and I'm trying to be consistent with this whole DIY thang.

Fudge is one of my favourite sweet treats. It is INSANELY sweet (always a positive), really easy to make, and makes a great gift. People love fudge I'm telling you. You're welcome!

Me and my besties used to make tons of this stuff, dress up weird (pyjamas and lots of plaits!! we-ird!) and walk 'round her neighbourhood selling it to her poor neighbours. Ah, to be 16 again am I right? JOKES. We were younger. Probably. Hopefully.

I haven't made fudge in years but today I did and I'll share this super easy recipe with you. I have Google-d recipes before but it is near impossible to find anything without nuts or peanut butter or chocolate chips. NO. I want plain and simple vanilla fudge, and so do you, here we go!

YOU WILL NEED:

-125g butter

-500g castor sugar

-1 tin of condensed milk

-a little bit of vanilla essence

STEP 1: Chuck all ingredients except the vanilla essence in a microwaveable bowl

STEP 2: Pop bowl in the microwave and set microwave for about 12 minutes (cooking time ranges from 12 to 15 minutes)

STEP 3: You need to watch the bowl in the microwave for the whole 12 minutes. The minute you look away/blink it will begin to rise up and try to overflow and cover your microwave floor in a hot sticky mess, like this

naughty overflowing ingredients

When it does this take out the bowl (with a cloth, it's hot!) and give it a stir. The longer it cooks for the more often you have to do this, it gets tiring but stick it out, this fudge is worth it.

STEP 4: After about 12 minutes it should start thickening and browning. I did mine a bit too long, it shouldn't go this dark but it turned out fine so don't you stress.