Country Store Ginger Fudge

• milk↗3⁄4 cup
• granulated sugar↗2 cups
• brown sugar↗1 cup

  firmly packed

• light corn syrup↗2 tablespoons
• butter↗2 tablespoons
• vanilla extract↗1 teaspoon
• candied ginger↗1⁄4 lb

  finely chopped

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   In a heavy saucepan, bring milk to a boil, then remove pan from heat.

2. 2

   Add sugars and corn syrup and stir until sugars are dissolved.

3. 3

   Return pan to heat and allow mixture to reach boiling point, stirring constantly.

4. 4

   Cover pan with tight-fitting lid and cook for 3 minutes.

5. 5

   Remove lid and cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 238°F on your candy thermometer.

6. 6

   Then remove from heat and let cool to 110°F.

7. 7

   Add butter and beat until mixture begins to thicken.

8. 8

   Then beat in vanilla and ginger.

9. 9

   Pout onto a buttered slab or stoneware platter.

10. 10

    Cut into squares when cool.