Miss Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge Recipe

 

Today I'm making Miss Eisenhower's million dollar fudge.  There are so many different ways to make this recipe but to me this is the best one.   It's easy and you can just make half if you want.  Since I only have 5 bars, I think I'll do that today!  

Miss Eisenhower's Fudge

1 tbsp plus 1/2 cup of butter divided

3 Hershey bars (2 -7oz bars plus one reg. 1.55 oz) or approximately 10 reg. sized  1.55 oz. bars

4 cups of semi-sweet choc. chips

1 jar of marshmallow creme

1 can of evaporated milk

4 1/2 cups of sugar

2 cups of chopped walnuts or pecans

1.  Prepare a 13 by 9 inch pan with foil and then spread the 1 tbsp. of butter on the foil.

2.  In a large bowl combine the bars, chips, and marshmallow cream.

3. Over medium heat stirl in the milk, sugar, and remaining butter in a large saucepan.  Boil for 4 1/2 minutes.  Pour over chocolate mixture in bowl and stir until everything is melted.   Lastly stir in nuts and then pour into the pan lined with foil.  Cover and refrigeratate until firm.

4.  When firm get the fudge out of the pan using the foil and slice into pieces.

Delicious!  

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Merry Christmas! The Best and Worst Moments so Far!

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Today I'm busy cleaning house and I have decided on the menu for Christmas dinner.  It really wasn't too hard because we basically have the same each year.   By the way if you have company coming and you need to clean a messy house fast I have some helpful suggestions here.  


Just in case you wondered what was on the menu Christmas Day:

Ham (covered with pineapples and brown sugar)

A wonderful potato casserole and mac and cheese that  my daughter brings

Shuck Beans (this is a holiday staple)

Rolls 

Dessert will be 2 pies (pecan and apple) and a cheesecake that I bought to support the band at school. 

Best
The best part of Christmas though will be watching the grand kids open their presents!   

Worst

The worst part of this Christmas was the snow day yesterday for the grand kids.  You would not think a snow day was a bad thing but my grand daughter called crying because she was missing her Christmas school party.  It was very sad -so her and her brother got to open their stockings and their Mom made sure it was a fun day too.  

I hope you will have a joyous Christmas!   

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Just a short Christmas Blog post!

 Not much happening here but Christmas preparations!  It snowed and it's beautiful here...looks like Christmas for sure.  Snow makes everything more quiet I think.  Buffers the sound of the city.  

I made fudge for a christmas party, froze some for us for Christmas dinner, gave some to a nice neighbor, and we ate a lot.  I love to make Miss Eisenhower's Million Dollar Fudge!  Goes a long ways!!

I finally finished this cross stitch quilt before going to the party for a young lady and had just enough time to wash, dry, and wrap.  Forgot to take a picture but here is the picture that it came with.   So glad it's done and I want to wait a long while before I attempt something like this again.  Many hours of work but she loved it!  

How's your Christmas preparations going along?

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It's Been a Week, Spring Cleaning, and Saving Money!

 

It's been a week, probably just like yours, snow then ice or ice then snow, wild roads, kids off school, dripping the faucets so they won't freeze, frozen chicken coop doors, snow shoveling, warming boots up by the heat vents, building fires in the fireplace, forgotten and frozen pop cans in the car, and finally my bones creaking (that if I can make them move).  

This picture is this morning so we will shovel just a little bit.

I've been Spring cleaning these past couple of weeks because spring will be here before we know it!   I deep clean something everyday ..some days I count taking the donations to the thrift store as cleaning and take a break.  Keeping up the organization is the key but that starts to go down hill during gardening and holiday season. It would be a disaster though if I never did this in the winter months.

Saving Money:

I've been making next year's Christmas presents. I can't show them here because you know people read my blog.  So glad to have a good start.

I have enough Mperks from Meijer that today we will fill up there with .50 off a gallon of gas.

How did you save money this past week?

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The Merry Christmas Edition: Cat presents, Good Deals, and Holiday Food!

 Merry Christmas Edition!  

I thought I was all set and then I realized almost forgot the cat's some presents!   Oh man, my cat would be very sad without a present or two or three.  So, I made him two fish (with material I had on hand),  one filled with catnip and the other with crinkley aluminum foil inside.  For some reason I have a jar a catnip in the closet and it came in very handy.  I plan on making a couple more presents (that are no cost) for him that I saw on you tube.

Great Deals!  

Our best deal this week came from Meijer on Flashfood. 

A deli block of cheddar cheese for $15.80 (5.25 lbs) and my husband's favorite Krakus deli ham (5.58 lbs) for $22.31 after a $5.00 flash food credit!  Now for the slicing.

Dinner!  

What's been on the dinner table this week (I took some pics but I couldn't tell you what day):

I made a side salad that has come in pretty handy this week.

Fish and Chips one day.

Breakfast for dinner, scrambled eggs, bacon, fried apples, and toast (I almost forgot to take this pic) yesterday.

The rest of the days that I remember were pizza (free with coupon for my birthday) and Spaghetti.  It's been a busy week!  

Today will be the grand kids opening presents so we are having some cookies and cheese burgers.

The boys disappeared last night watching t.v. and us girls had a sugar cookie decorating and taste testing party.  This morning I'm making No bake cookies  real quick before they come.  

Then after the mess was mostly cleaned up, we played cards, old Maid, Slap Jack, and Go Fish.  We had a blast and laughed so hard. I'm sure granddaughter is sleeping very well this morning. 

I wish you all a Merry Christmas.  

How's the holiday preparations going in your home?

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Christmas Happenings: Decorations, Great finds, Free Entertainment, and Grocery Deals!

 

I started using a mini tree I think about 5 or 6 years ago and I love it.  I don't want to go back to a big one now.  Last week I crocheted a star for the topper using yarn I already had and strung popcorn garland for it.  

When we go to put it up, I use a garbage bag to cover, store it in the garage,  and it's good.  

These would be great for small apartments, tiny houses, or old people (like me).  

My big find:

We stopped by a Goodwill on a drive and I found these snowmen salad plates.   They were $12.00 for 12, so $1.00 a piece.  Christmas paper plates would cost you that, maybe more!  

Free entertainment:

I've went to two school concerts this week for the grandkids.  Such great entertainment and I'm so proud of them both!  The kids love that we are there too!  

Groceries:

Just basics this week for groceries except for the spiral ham on sale at Meijers for .89 a pound.  

They have a special there this week if you buy $100 you get a $10 coupon.  I only spent $40.  I like to think that I saved $50.

How is it been going at your house?

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