Heavenly Hot Fudge Sauce

 When I was a growing up and living at home, we would make homemade ice cream 2 or 3 times a year.  It was always a treat, but the biggest part of the treat was the hot fudge topping my mom would make.  I remember helping her with it when I got older.  But I never got the recipe from her.  Recently I found a similar recipe in a cookbook.  It seemed to be the same as the one she would make.  And it is delicious.

Heavenly Hot Fudge Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate 
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 large can evaporated milk

Directions:

1. Melt butter and chocolate in top of a double boiler, or over very low heat. 
2.  Stir in the sugar in 1/2 cup  at a time blending well each time.  Add salt.  
3. Slowly stir in the evaporated milk. Continue stirring and cook about 8 minutes. 
4.  Remove from heat - add vanilla.

Makes 1 quart.

This will store well in the refrigerator and can be used directly from the container.