Fig Fudge Recipe

Ingredients for Fig Fudge

• Pinch cream of tartar
• ¼ lb. chopped figs
• 1 lb. brown sugar
• Pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon vegetable shortening
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract

Instructions

1. Wash and dry figs, then chop them.
2. Put sugar and water into saucepan, and dissolve, add vegetable shortening and cream of tartar, and when it boils, add figs, and boil to a soft ball when tried in cold water, or 240 degree F., stirring all the time.
3. Remove pan from fire, add lemon extract and salt, cool five minutes, then stir until it begins to grain, and quickly pour into vegetable shorteninged tin.
4. When half cold mark in squares.