When melting chocolate chips in the microwave, you do need to stir every minute or so, because the chips retain their shape, otherwise, and you cannot tell when they are done.
On 12/21/11, Vicki <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you think you could do this recipe leaving out the peanutbutter? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lisa Belville > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:51 PM > Subject: Re: [CnD] Question about Eagle Brand fudge > > > Well, I'm not Jerry, <grin> but whether or not you do it for the full five > minutes is going to depend on your microwave's wattage level. A higher > wattage microwave is more powerful and so would melt the mixture faster > than > five minutes especially with newer microwave cook ware because it conducts > heat much better than older stuff, IMO. > > That's why I'd check after the first minute at least to see how well > things > are melting. I definitely wouldn't just set my microwave for five minutes > and walk away or I'd have a mess. > > Lisa > > > > Lisa Belville > [email protected] > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allison Fallin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 7:37 PM > Subject: Re: [CnD] Question about Eagle Brand fudge > > > > Did you do it for the full five minutes? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gerry Leary" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 7:06 PM > > Subject: Re: [CnD] Question about Eagle Brand fudge > > > > > > I stirred it a couple of times, but I didn't cover it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Allison Fallin" <[email protected]> > > To: "Cooking in the Dark" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:50 PM > > Subject: [CnD] Question about Eagle Brand fudge > > > > > >> When you cook the chocolate morsels and condensed mik in the > >> microwave for 5 minutes, should it be covered, and should it be > >> stirred periodically? > >> Allison Fallin > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cookinginthedark mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
