It is the peanut butter fudge recipe my Mom always used.

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup whole milk
1 stick of butter

I boil the first three ingredients til they reach soft ball on a candy thermometer. I stir the candy til it reaches the desired temp.
Then I take it off the stove and add 1t good vanilla and 1 cup peanut butter. Mix very thoroughly. Pour into buttered dish and cool.

If I want to make chocolate peanut butter fudge I add 2T cocoa powder to the first three ingredients. Most people ask for the peanut butter.

Wow what a thread! I gotta big kick out of reading it, thru & thru!!! Neighbors can go from one extreme to the other these days, I like the idea of living like Francie does 1/2 mile away from the nearest house:D

Welcome back, Cathy! Hope you enjoyed your time away!

Sometimes I like that idea too.
Jon likes living in town.

Yeah I am a people person, I adore people, but as I get older I find that I really cherish my solitude more each day!

Mapiva I totally understood what Janie meant by saying she would like to have a little chat with her neighbor regarding his careless and wreckless endangerment of his neighbors, not to mention his own apt. Janie has the added responsibility of worrying about not only her dog, but her hubby who has a visual impairment and is legally blind. I certainly understand her need to vent and blow off some steam after an event like that scarring the living daylights out of her. I can honestly admit I myself would probably do a little venting as well:D

If anything this thread has taught me another valueable lesson in the safety of our home from fires. We should NEVER take anything for granted even a lit candle:o I wonder how many fires really are started by an unattended candle?