First time making fudge. Will it be okay if I forgot to add vanilla?
My mom always made chocolate fudge, unfortunately I never learned how she did it. I tried making it for the first time and I forgot to put the vanilla in. Will this be okay. Should I toss it and start over?
Best Answer
Vanilla is not an essential ingredient in fudge. The essential ingredients are sugar (or an equally calorie-rich sugar substitute like corn syrup), milk and butter. Everything else you might find in a fudge recipe is just added to modify the basic flavor, texture and/or color. There are lots of fudge recipes around which don't use vanilla at all (it's a treat which is very open to experimentation in general).
So if you don't add vanilla, it won't taste like vanilla, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will taste bad, have the wrong consistency or behave differently when cooked and cooled. It's certainly worth a try to complete the recipe, even if just to collect some experience with the non-trivial phases of making fudge which are going to follow.
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Why do you add vanilla to fudge?
Why do I add vanilla? Vanilla is often added to chocolate candies or other chocolate recipes because it complements and accents the flavor of chocolate. Why do I need to stop stirring after the syrup begins to boil? At this point, you have dissolved the crystal structure of the sugar.Can you add vanilla extract after baking?
Adding the extract after the custard base was removed from the heat yielded more intense vanilla flavor. When you add vanilla to cookie or cake batter doesn't impact flavor. For more intense vanilla flavor in custard-based desserts, add it after cooking.How do you fix failed fudge?
To fix oily, hard or grainy fudge, scoop the fudge back into a pot with about a cup of water. Cook it over low heat until the fudge dissolves. Then bring the fudge back up to the temperature specified in the recipe and follow the remaining steps. The flavor may be slightly diluted, but the texture will be improved.Why is vanilla added at the end?
Vanilla is like alcohol, and it evaporates and cooks down when heated. When you heat something like custard for pie, you add the vanilla last because the vanilla will evaporate and the taste will not be as strong, or it could completely disappear if you add it too early.Soft-Balling Homemade Fudge
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Answer 2
it's gonna be ok;
vanilla is usually not used in large quantity in recipes.
You might feel there's something missing, but it will still be good
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