Run, Run Rudolph!

For our first Christmas we went back to our usual mad dash Christmas rush. I have been blessed with a very large family and I try to see as many as possible over the holidays, even if it runs me ragged, which it usually does. We had 8 places to go this year, and by the grace of God we made all 8! Luckily they are all in the Louisville/Kosciusko area. If the family was more spread out, it would be impossible to see them all. Christmas is my favorite time of year! Partly because people are generally in a happy mood, partly because it’s time off work and with the fam, and partly because you’re expected to eat yummy, calorie-enriched, sugar coated goodies every day all day long! A new one I tried out this year… White Chocolate Cookies ‘n’ Cream Fudge!

1 cup sugar
¾ cup butter
1 (5-oz) can evaporated milk
2 (12-oz) packages white chocolate morsels
1 (7-oz) jar marshmallow cream
3 cups coarsely crushed Oreos (about 25 cookies), divided
Pinch of salt

Line a greased 9” square pan with aluminum foil; set aside. Combine first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil; cook 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add white chocolate morsels, marshmallow cream, 2 cups crushed cookies, and salt. Stir until morsels melt. Pour fudge into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup cookies over fudge, gently pressing cookies into fudge. Cover and chill until firm (about 1 to 2 hours). Lift uncut fudge in aluminum foil from pan; remove foil, and cut fudge into squares.

Yum yum delicious!! You just can’t go wrong with Oreos and white chocolate!

Our first married Christmas was pretty special though! Nothing exciting happened really, it was just nice for us to be together, and be able to spend it with all our family even if we were jumping around from place to place like hot potatoes!