Old Fashioned Fudge (Microwave)

Summary

A handwritten recipe card for microwave fudge, makes 1 pound, with a substitution note for using cocoa powder instead of unsweetened baking chocolate.

Key contents

• Title (as written): "Old Fashioned Fudge (Microwave)" — "(Makes 1 pound)"
• Ingredients:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 sq (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate OR (7 tbsp Hershey's cocoa + 1 tbsp butter) — written as an explicit substitution
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tsp vanilla (added later, off heat)
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• Method (in 3-qt casserole, microwave): 1. Stir together sugar, salt, and milk, mixing well. 2. Add chocolate and butter. Cover. 3. Microwave at HIGH 6 minutes (until bubbling). 4. Stir very well. 5. Microwave at MEDIUM HIGH 10–14 minutes, uncovered, stirring well every 5 minutes. 6. Doneness test: a few drops of the mixture form a soft ball in cold water, or 235°F on a candy thermometer. 7. Let stand without stirring at room temperature until lukewarm. 8. Add vanilla (2 tsp). Beat with spoon or mixer until it begins to thicken and loses its gloss. 9. Quickly stir in 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional). 10. Pour into an 8x4x3 loaf dish lined with waxed paper or buttered. Cut when set.
• Physical description: handwritten in cursive/print on lined notebook paper, some brown staining/spotting on the page, no source or attribution noted.

Physical artifact notes

Single sheet of lined notebook paper, handwritten in blue/black ink, folded (crease lines visible), light brown age spotting.