January 17, 2011

Christmas Candies

When you're in school, free time is not really free time. There's always a test to be studying for or a paper to be working on. Feeling liberated by my graduated freedom, I decided I finally had time to explore my inner Betty Crocker this Christmas. I called my Grandparents and got the recipes I needed. I figured I would take a Saturday and bust out 5 different Christmas Candies from my childhood to make goody plates for our friends. Little did I realize how much time and effort baking actually takes...

As an aside...I don't claim to be a perfect domestic house-wife by any means. Our blog isn't really a means of showcasing our cute perfect little lives. Don't get me wrong... it's pretty awesome. Just far from perfect. I could have posted the finished pictures only, and maybe fooled a few of you... but if you really know me, you wouldn't have been fooled.

So, despite 3 additional evenings and a kitchen and table covered in ingredients and dishes... The results were miraculous... I was still alive and our apartment hadn't burned down! Oh, and the candies tasted pretty good too.


My favorite may have been the toffee... if it would have turned out. I tried, and failed. With Grandpa on the phone and everything. (I'm gonna need a personal lesson for that one). So instead, Grandpa's peanut brittle took the cake! It turned out a little darker than his... but still sooo good. WAY more peanuts than candy. Mmm... maybe I'll make some more this week.

Here's the poem we attached to our little goody plates:


Next post: The Making of the Candies!

1 comment:

  1. I loved this poem so much I read it outloud to Jon... twice.

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