Mulberry Fudge Chewies

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 1/2 cups ripe mulberries (to make 2/3 c mulberry juice)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 you can use this recipe for any low pectin fruit eg.
• 2 saskatoons, blueberry, elderberry, raspberry, blackberry or may-apple.
• 3 cook 1 1/2 cups of ripe mulberries[unripe fruit is toxic- see about red mulberry], mash and drain through a fine sieve or jelly bag to obtain the juice: about 2/3 cup yield.
• 4 mix juice with sugar and butter and cook over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• 5 bring to a boil on medium and boil without stirring until soft-ball candy stage- 240 deg f.
• 6 remove from heat; cool until lukewarm and beat with a wooden spoon until mixture looses its gloss.
• 7 press into a buttered pan and cut into squares before the candy hardens.
• 8 keep in a tightly covered dish or freeze because this candy hardens when exposed to the air.