Simply Heaven Fudge

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter 
• 0.7 cup evaporated milk 
• 2 cups marshmallows miniature
• 1.5 cups semisweet chocolate morsels 
• 1.7 cups sugar 
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• sieve
• candy thermometer

Directions

1. Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat; boil, stirring constantly, until a candy thermometer registers 234 (about 7 minutes).
2. Remove from heat; stir in marshmallows and chocolate morsels until smooth. Stir in 2 tsp. vanilla.
3. Pour into a buttered 8-inch square pan; cool completely.
4. Cut into 1-inch squares.
5. Roasted Pecan Fudge: Preheat oven to 45
6. Soak 2 1/2 cups pecan halves in water to cover 20 minutes; drain well.
7. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp. salt evenly over the bottom of a 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Arrange pecans in a single layer in pan; sprinkle evenly with 2 more Tbsp. salt.
8. Place pecans in hot oven, and turn off oven.
9. Let stand in oven 1 hour and 30 minutes. Toss pecans in a strainer to remove excess salt. Coarsely chop pecans, and cool. Prepare Simply Heaven Fudge as directed, stirring in chopped pecans with vanilla. Makes about 64 pieces. Prep: 15 min.; Soak: 20 min.; Stand: 1 hr., 30 min.