RECIPE: Maple Cream Fudge

Maple Cream Fudge
(also known as Penuche)

Recipe from: Moffitt Maple Farm

3 cups maple syrup
1 cup cream
1 tablespoon corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
walnuts (optional)

Butter or spray 8 x 8 pan.

Mix cream, maple syrup and corn syrup in three quart pan. (You can be on the generous side with the cream and corn syrup.) Stir and heat until mixture starts to boil. Stop stirring. Reduce heat to medium low and cook to soft ball stage (140˚). Remove from heat and cool to lukewarm (about 115˚). Add vanilla and walnuts. Beat until mixture goes dull. Immediately pour into 8 x 8 pan and press flat with spoon or spatula. Fudge will set up quickly. Cut and enjoy.

This is sometimes called penuche or maple penuche.