“So we are when there’s fudge on the programme,” laughed Elena.
But fudge was not the only candy made that night. As Saturday morning was a “lazy day” for school-girls, they could sleep an hour later than usual. So there was no haste to get home and to bed that night.
“Mrs. Hubert, you always promised to give us the recipe for your fudge—it is so good!” exclaimed Elena.
“Why, I’ll tell you right now, and you can watch me make it, too,” replied Mrs. Hubert.
“Lena, write it down to enter in our Tally,” said Zan.
As Mrs. Hubert itemised the ingredients for Elena to write down, she measured out the quantities for the candy.
“One cup of granulated sugar, one cup of powdered sugar, one and a half cakes of Baker’s chocolate, a lump of butter about the size of a walnut, two-thirds of a cup of milk, and any flavour desired. I shall use vanilla to-night as most girls like that.
“Now I boil the milk and sugar, stirring all the time from when it is first placed over the fire. When it fairly hardens so as to form a ball when dropped in cold water, I remove it from the stove and add the chocolate which must be shaved very fine, or even grated as it is to-night.
“Next I add the vanilla, and the butter last. Quickly then, I beat it until it thickens but it must not sugar. Pour it in buttered tins and when it is partly hardened we can cut it into squares.
“In case any of you do not have powdered sugar in the house you can use granulated but the powdered sugar makes it creamy and there is less danger of crystallising while beating.”