Heidi * Mom’s Fudge with Pecans

Heidi: “I chose this dish because 1) I’m a chocoholic and I’m not embarrassed to admit it, and 2) This is my quintessential childhood sweet. When my mom made her first batch, it truly rang in the Christmas season. We would all be ready and willing to devour it any time of day, but my mom’s favorite time to snack on fudge was with her morning cup of coffee, for breakfast.”

Coming from Heidi Larsen, I knew this fudge would be a good one. As the creative genius behind foodiecrush.com,  the lady knows her stuff. Foodiecrush bills itself as “the online magazine that loves food bloggers, their recipes and photos,” and I think it’s safe to say that the feeling is mutual. Many of us, bloggers and readers alike, have fallen hard for Heidi’s beautiful site — filled with drool-inducing photography, killer recipes, and interviews with some of the web’s most talented foodies. There’s a lot of reasons to like Heidi, and this recipe is definitely on the list. Give some fudge to someone you love, and then save the rest for breakfast — I’m starting to think that Heidi’s mom was on to something here.

Three Quick Questions…and Heidi ‘s Answers

It’s your last meal. What do you have?

I’ve given this a lot of thought because I’m such a lover of so many tasty dishes. But I think overall it would have to be:

-a glass or four of Prosecco
-caprese salad with buffalo mozzarella, lemony olive oil, a just-pulled-from-the-garden tomato, fresh basil, and a sprinkle of balsamic with kosher salt sprinkles
-pillows of gnocchi in a gorgonzola cream sauce with green peas and mushrooms
-a big slice of my mom’s German Chocolate Cake with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream

Your kitchen is burning down. What’s the one thing you grab?

My kitchen shears. I use them on everything from slicing pizza to chiffonades of basil. And if I were left in the wild I could probably hunt a wild boar with them.

Do you have a favorite cookbook?

Oh man! That is so not fair! I read cookbooks like others read Fifty Shades of Grey. I have so many cookbooks, and so many food magazines, that it’s hard to choose just one because I love each of them for different reasons. But if I had to choose which cookbook I go to when I need to know how to cook something basic and cook it well, I go to The New Best Recipe by Cook’s Illustrated Magazine.

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