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Tropical Fudge #TheLeftoversClub

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Tropical Fudge

Welcome to another month of delicious recipes, I love to share with all of you my creations, and I really love to be able to send some of those treats to great friends in the #TheLeftoversClub.
This month am partner with Shaina from Take A Bite Out Og Boca, she is a very talented cook and I love all the recipes she share in her blog.

This month I decide to make something different, a delicious bite to welcome spring and say a shy hi to summer, Tropical Fudge is made with coconut and lime zest a super easy dessert to enjoy any time of the day, refreshing and not to sweet.

I’m crossing my fingers the she love it and of course that you enjoy this recipe too.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 can condense milk
  • 2 cups powdered milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened grated coconut

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a heavy bottom pot heat to medium low heat add the butter to melt, add condense milk and mix well to incorporate, add the lime zest, powdered milk and coconut; mix to incorporated and low the heat completely, cook until the mixture separated from the bottom of the pot.
  2. You can make tablespoon balls with the mixture still hot or place in 2 8in. pie pans and let it cool completely.
  3. If you decide to use the pie pans, once the fudge is cool cut in pieces and enjoy.

This recipe makes about 24 pieces of fudge.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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Peanut Cajeta (Fudge) #TheLeftoversClub

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peanut cajetaThis month for the #TheLeftoversClub I decided to make something very traditional of my country, here in american fudge is super famous, but in Costa Rica we made cajetas, and we made this sweet delicious candy with powder sugar and condensed milk, I know right, different, intriguing and so delicious.
Is so popular in my country the you can find this candy in every corner, with peanuts, coconut, chocolate, vanilla, well you can imagine all the flavors.
I hope my friend Marrie Matter like this, because is really made with a lot of love.
And you really need to make it, is so easy and am sure your kids and family will love it too.
Enjoy
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INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cups of powder milk
  • 1 cup chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
  • 1/4 cup hold milk
  • 1 can of sweet condensed milk
  • 4 tablespoons butter

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a microwave save bowl, pour the condensed milk and butter, place in te microwave for 5 minutes.
  2. After the 5 minutes, stir until the mixture is homogeneous, add the peanuts or the nut of your preference, and cook in the microwave for 1 minute.
  3. Once ready add the powder milk and the milk, mix with a spatula until is completely combine.
  4. Place the cajeta in a pyrex slightly grade, and cover the hold dish, the same way you do when making fudge.
  5. Let it cool completely before cutting in pieces.

Yields 22 pieces of cajeta.

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 6 minutes
Level of the recipe: Easy

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