Ingredients:
2 10-oz. packages vanilla baking chips
1 14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 1/2 cups crushed candy canes
Directions:
Line a square, 8” baking pan with greased aluminum foil. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the vanilla chips and sweetened condensed milk, stirring frequently. When almost melted, remove from heat and continue to stir until smooth. Stir in the peppermint extract and candy canes. Spread evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan and chill for at least two hours. Cut into squares and serve.
Jaime McLeod is the Web Content Editor for the Farmers' Almanac. She is a longtime journalist who has written for a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, and websites, including MTV.com. She enjoys the outdoors, loves eating organic food, and is interested in all aspects of natural wellness.
If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
