Confectioners' sugar, cocoa, butter, milk and vanilla are cooked in a double boiler, then beaten like mad and spread in a pan to cool into fudgey gloriousness.
Ingredients
- confectioners' sugar: 4 cups
- unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.5 cup
- butter: 6 Tbsp
- milk: 0.25 cup
- vanilla extract: 1 Tbsp
- salt: 0.25 tsp
- pecans: 1 cup (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Butter a 9x9 inch dish.
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Combine sugar, cocoa, butter, milk, vanilla and salt in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Cook, stirring, until smooth. Remove from heat and beat until mixture loses its gloss. Stir in chopped nuts and pour quickly into prepared pan.
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Let cool completely before cutting into squares.