Not all messages are displayed:
show all messages (15 of them)
IMO a candy thermometer is a good investment if you plan on doing this. Fudge is pretty easy to make – my mom has a recipe that always turns out great, I could get it from her if you want.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 19 November 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I spent so many years making candy by just doing the drop it in water "ball stage" test and burning the fuck out of myself over and over, and also sometimes fucking up the candy.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Friday, 19 November 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
My mom makes fudge every Christmas, but I've never tried it myself. Don't think it's that difficult, although exact temperatures, getting the chocolate tempered, blah blah etc, these are probably the most important things and your candy therm will be perfect for this.
― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Friday, 19 November 2010 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
two weeks pass...
oh wow i really want to make those orange peels!!!
here's my grandmother's christmas candy recipe. it's a holiday staple in my family - kind of like a hard toffee. i've never actually made it, but for years my grandma and mother would make huge batches and then give little christmas bags full of it as gifts to coworkers, friends, party hosts, etc.
1 pound unsalted butter
2 cups white granulated sugar
2 tbl white corn syrup
6 tbl water
1 ½ cup walnuts, chopped
12 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips
Melt the butter and then gradually stir in the sugar. Stir in the corn syrup and
water. Cook over medium heat to the hard crack stage (160 C). Stir in the walnuts
and continue to cook for 3 minutes over low heat. Pour onto a greased cookie
sheet and spread evenly. Cool. Melt the chocolate chips and spread over the
cooled candy. Option: You may wish to sprinkle additional chopped nuts over the
chocolate. When the candy is completely cooled and the chocolate is set, break /
cut into rough pieces.
― tehresa, Sunday, 12 December 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
It's kind of intimidating the first couple of times because the candy thermometer starts racing to 300 and I was like "oh shit, don't let me burn this," but it's really pretty easy.
― pixel farmer, Sunday, 19 December 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link