Recipe for cooking christmas cherry fudge

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Fudge Recipes

Christmas Cherry Fudge

1 sm. box cherry gelatin
3 1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. butter
1/2 c. chopped, candied cherries
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Cook gelatin, sugar, baking soda and milk slowly until sugar is dissolved. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the saucepan. Cook, without stirring, until the mixture reaches 236 degrees F.

Remove from heat. Add butter. Pour onto a lrg. platter. Cool, without stirring, until lukewarm.

Beat until it loses its gloss. Stir in cherries and walnuts. Pour into a buttered 8-in. square pan.