pepperhead212
Master Chef
I normally only make these kind of things to take somewhere (otherwise, I eat them all), but after seeing this day mentioned, I got a craving for it, and I had to make some! This one was an unusual batch, that I made up out of a cream cheese fudge brownie recipe, but the nutty part this time was peanuts. I put 4½ oz (the ½ oz was just an extra piece with the rest) unsweetened chocolate in the oven to melt (with just the pilot light), and took 8 oz of cream cheese out of the fridge to soften. 4 c 10x was the sugar used - about a cup beaten with the cream cheese, to start out, then beat in the melted chocolate. 8 oz unsalted peanuts I ground to a paste (couldn't really make a peanut butter, without using more in the Vitamix), with some of the powdered sugar - had some bits of peanuts in it, but not like "chunky" bits. I added 2 tsp vanilla extract, and 1/2 tsp fine salt (the kind I use in bread), and added the peanut paste and remaining sugar, and beat a few minutes, and scraped into a 9x9 pan, pressing into the pan firmly. It was oily, so I blotted a bunch of the oil off, with a Bounty. I put it outside to chill (52° on my back porch then, and getting cooler!). Haven't cut them yet, but there are always scraps with these things, and it is good!
The 8 oz cream cheese, beaten smooth with about 2 c of the powdered sugar. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
4 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted, and beat into the cheese, with 2 tsp vanilla extract, and 1/2 tsp fine salt. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
8 oz unsalted peanuts, ground to almost a smooth paste, with some of the sugar added, then added to the rest of the sugar, to mix with the cream cheese. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
Finished fudge, a little oily, from the peanuts, as well as all that oil from the cheese and the chocolate. by pepperhead212, on Flickr
I will end up eating most of these, but, like brownies, I'll freeze most of them, wrapped in 2 piece batches. I won't feel so guilty this way. As long as I don't go down and keep getting them all the first couple nights.
The 8 oz cream cheese, beaten smooth with about 2 c of the powdered sugar. by pepperhead212, on Flickr4 1/2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted, and beat into the cheese, with 2 tsp vanilla extract, and 1/2 tsp fine salt. by pepperhead212, on Flickr8 oz unsalted peanuts, ground to almost a smooth paste, with some of the sugar added, then added to the rest of the sugar, to mix with the cream cheese. by pepperhead212, on FlickrFinished fudge, a little oily, from the peanuts, as well as all that oil from the cheese and the chocolate. by pepperhead212, on FlickrI will end up eating most of these, but, like brownies, I'll freeze most of them, wrapped in 2 piece batches. I won't feel so guilty this way. As long as I don't go down and keep getting them all the first couple nights.
