Sunday, September 26, 2010

3 recipes homemade candy that you can do for holiday gifts

When it comes to holiday gifts to give home cooking, as I think we all agree that the candy on top of the list. All three recipes are easy to prepare and takes less than 15 minutes to do (without setup times).

You can candy and then please put them in the safe cellophane bags and food, metal cookie / candy boxes or plastic containers decorative holiday.

You can certainly make this recipe up to 1 week before you plan on givingas a gift.

Holiday Marble Bark

6 squares of dark chocolate baking

6 squares premium white chocolate

1 cup crushed peppermint candy

With two different containers for microwave, melt white chocolate and semi-dry in separate bowls. You should be the stage of high power, stirring the chocolate at 30 second intervals until melted. I find that works with a non-stick silicone spatula is best for the job.

Mix 1 / 2 cuppeppermint candy in each container. Alternatively, a tablespoon of melted chocolate on baking tray lined with wax paper. Swirl chocolates together with a spatula to give a marbling. Refrigerator for 1 1 / 2 hours or until September Break into bite-size pieces.

Double Peanut Clusters

2 cups peanut butter morsels

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 cups salted peanuts

Melt peanut butter morsels and shortening in top of double boiler over hot, not boilingWater. Gently stir in the peanuts until they are well coated with mixture. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or waxed. Drop mixture by teaspoon on baking sheet. Cool to September

Pecan Pralines

1 pound bag of sugar cane

2 tablespoons butter

1 cup whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup whole pecan half

In a medium saucepan, combine brown sugar and whipped cream. Boil this mixture on low 10 minutesStir often with a non-stick silicone spatula. Remove from heat and stir in the butter, vanilla extract and pecan halves. Beat this mixture by hand for 3 minutes. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or waxed paper and drop the mixture onto the sheet by rounded tablespoons. Cool to September

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