#candy-making

Christmas always brings back memories of my Mother’s candy and cookie making traditions. My favorite, as evidenced on my Mother’s recipe card, was Butterscotch Caramels. They are such a favorite, that I don’t make them because I would eat too many. This year I wanted to make them to document this great recipe for our family. I lovingly prepared the caramels with the greatest care and confirmed,…

How Candies Are Made

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Sharon Henry is a 40-year-old pastry chef, exploring the candy facet of Paris. She introduces outsiders with candy-making from the within, and never solely writes about them on her weblog, however captures fascinating visible materials as effectively. Her Instagram video assortment contains photographs from Alain Ducasse’s chocolate manufacturing unit, chocolate…

Finally got around to using my tempering machine.

Very much ‘first drafts’, but not awful in a flying-by-seat-of-pants sort of way.

Southern Sweet Tooth: Peppermint Fudge Recipe

Peppermint Fudge

The Southern Sweet Tooth is a powerful force. Sugar is more than an ingredient in the South. It falls somewhere between a condiment and a food group. During the holiday season its status is even moreprominent with tins of homemade mints, brittle, and fudge on every sideboard. It’s nearly obligatory serve a sweet treat to guests or to take as a gift for a party host. But, yikes!…