A yummy gift idea

Back now in Auckland staying with my parents at there brand spanking new house...
which gets hooked up to the internet sometime today?!

In the meantime...some fudge at my sister in laws:
Teared these recipes out of the New Zealand Herald and just made some to give my grandparents for Christmas
Before i lose the recipe/scrunched up bit of paper...

Russian Fudge
650g (We figured that was about 3 cups and it turned out)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tin condensed milk
125g butter
1/4 tsp salt
1 tablespoon Golden Syrup

1. Put the sugar and milk in a pot and bring to the boil. Add condensed milk, butter,salt and golden syrup. Boil for 30 minutes, stirring frequently
2. Take off the heat and beat with electric beaters until thick (About 5 minutes)the pour into a buttered dish and cut when set

Chocolate fudge
1/2 cup of milk
2 cups of sugar
25g of butter
2 Tbs cocoa
1 tsp vaniila extract
And to make it Christmas fudge 1/4 cup of pistachio nuts finely chopped

1.Put milk, sugar, butter and cocoa into a pot and bring to the boil. Boil for 5 minutes then remove from the heat and add vanilla(and add ins if you want)
2.Beat with electric beater until thick then pour into a buttered dish. Cut into pieces when set

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Made this Pavlova for our end of the year Connect Group dinner last night
My mum is an expert pavlova maker…her recipe as follows:

-Heat the oven to 210c
-Beat together 6 egg whites until they form a peak...ie Put the beater on and go do something else for a while!
-Gradually add 1 and1/2 cups of sugar
-2 teaspoon of vinegar and 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence

-Dollop it onto greaseproof paper
-And!!! Turn off the oven as you put it in...
Leaving it in there overnight or for a large part of the morning or afternoon

Top with fresh whipped cream immmm and whatever else takes your fancy or you have in stock...the one in the pic sampling fresh berries and a crumbled flake

Anyway gotta fly…we’re off to Ellas dance concert…

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