Mulberry Fudge Chewies

• 1 1/2 cups ripe mulberries (to make 2/3 c Mulberry juice)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter

1. You can use this recipe for any low pectin fruit eg.
2. Saskatoons, blueberry, elderberry, raspberry, blackberry or May-apple.
3. Cook 1 1/2 cups of RIPE mulberriesunripe fruit is toxic- see about Red mulberry, mash and drain through a fine sieve or jelly bag to obtain the juice: about 2/3 cup yield.
4. Mix juice with sugar and butter and cook over low heat until sugar dissolves.
5. bring to a boil on medium and boil WITHOUT stirring until soft-ball candy stage- 240 Deg F.
6. Remove from heat; cool until lukewarm and beat with a wooden spoon until mixture looses its gloss.
7. Press into a buttered pan and cut into squares before the candy hardens.
8. Keep in a tightly covered dish or freeze because this candy hardens when exposed to the air.

mulberries, sugar, butter

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mulberry-fudge-chewies-67441 (may not work)