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Photograph: Jan Baldwin
10-minute fruit and nut fudge
10-minute fruit and nut fudge from Emma Franklin at Sainsbury's magazine: the only problem is whether to give it away as a Christmas present or eat it as a treat
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Ready in 10 minutes, plus setting
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Cooking time 10 minutes
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Prep time 0
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Makes 36 pieces
Ingredients
- 125 g diced unsalted butter
- 375 g golden caster sugar
- 397 g tin condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 150 g pack festive fruit nut baking addition (or a mixture of raisins, flaked almonds, dried cranberries, chopped ready-to-eat dried apricots and chopped pistachios)
Method
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1
Line an 18cm square tin with greaseproof paper.
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2
Put the butter, caster sugar and condensed milk in a large microwave-safe bowl - do not stir.
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Microwave for 1 minute on full power (900W) and stir. Repeat this, heating and stirring 9 times, then stir briskly until cooled and thickened.
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4
Stir in the vanilla extract and two-thirds of the pack of festive fruit and nuts baking addition.
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5
Pour into the tin, then scatter over the remaining fruit and nuts. Cool, then cut into squares.
