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Default Quick Vegan Fudge

That should read 1/2 cup nuts. Sorry.
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> This is my adaptation of what I saw Christina Pirello make the other
> night. It's super quick and good. But make sure that you have all of the
> ingredients before you start! Heh! I blasted right in there and then
> thought... Wait! Do I have cocoa powder? I did not. Not sure it would
> work without it because it seems to need that to help thicken it. She
> used a food processor to make hers so she used a cold vegan butter. I
> have no food processor so I softened my sunseed butter and Nucoa for 20
> seconds in the microwave.
>
> 1 cup nut/seed butter (the natural kind) I used sunseed
> 1/4 cup cocoa powder
> pinch salt
> scant pinch cinnamon
> scant pinch chili powder
> scant pinch black pepper
> 1/3 cup brown rice syrup
> 2 tablespoons vegan butter substitute
> 1/2 teaspoon vanilla (use the good stuff)
> 1/ cup coarsely broken walnuts
>
> Basically all I did was soften the seed butter and vegan margarine
> slightly then mix everything but the nuts in my large pasta bowl. I used
> a good stiff spoon. Then I mixed in the nuts. Then I pressed this into a
> foil lined rectangular container. You want it to be about 1" thick.
> Chill for 3 hours then cut into squares.
>
> This will not have that slightly grainy texture that a cooked fudge will
> but it's nice and chew and not overly sweet. And best of all, it's super
> quick! Well... The chilling time does take a while but I already got into
> it with a spoon. Which I probably shouldn't have because chocolate tends
> to mess with my GERD but so far, so good. I would imagine that in its
> softened state it would be yummy to use with ice cream.
>
> And yes, I know that brown rice syrup is purported to be high in arsenic
> but this is only the second time in my life that I have used the product
> and I don't intend to use it often. I imagine that honey (although not
> vegan) would give you the same texture but it would for sure change the
> taste.
>