Mouthwatering Mondays - Fudge!

So I thought that I will share some of my favorite recipes (or maybe I will get to my goal to make some new recipes this year) on some Mondays. My first one however is one that I have promised Marcia and Laura as both of them have posted about trying to make a great fudge and finding just the right recipe. Hunter and the Princess are our two fudge lovers - although in all honesty we all like it a lot. So the two of them have hit on a wonderful recipe which she eagerly makes (with a bit of stirring help from us - 40 minutes is loooong to stir a pot). This is a wonderful fudge with that great silky texture and not sandy or sugary at all. I have found that a little less sugar also works well- it is very very sweet - but I will publish the original recipe here.

Perfect Fudge (Taken from The complete South African Cookbook by Magdaleen van Wyk)
The secret is in the method - follow it 100%

Ingredients:
800g sugar
250g butter (she says marg as well but we have only made it with butter)
250 ml milk
250 condensed milk
10 ml vanilla essence

Method:
Cook the sugar, butter and milk over a medium heat, stir until the sugar has dissolved completely.
Add the condensed milk and boil for 40 minutes - stirring continuously. Not doing it at a high enough temperature will result in it not solidifying. Too high will burn it - so watch it carefully and stir all the time.
Remove from the heat and add vanilla essence. Keep beating until the mixture is thick and creamy.
Pour into a shallow greased pan and mark in squares. As soon as it is completely cooled down cut into squares.

Enjoy!