sweets

Things I have learned about sweets in the last 48 hours: 1. I will eat them if they’re there, whether I’m hungry or not 2. They make me feel icky when I eat them 3. They utterly kill my appetite for real food, but because they are in no way nutritional, I find myself foraging for something to eat, which ends up being more sweets 4. My husband thinks I’ve poisoned him. :) 5. That I would be much happier if I got all this stuff out of the house…

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fudge

I think making fudge in a teflon-coated pan makes the fudge texture weird. I’m going to make the next batch of peanutbutter fudge in a stainless steel pan and see if this hypothesis proves out, as the peanutbutter fudge I made yesterday in the teflon pan had a sort of weird texture and the chocolate fudge, made in a stainless steel pan, did not. I just made a new batch of chocolate fudge in the teflon pan, and its texture is weird. So. I shall experiment and report back. After…

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done, dammit!

I am done making candy for the day comma dammit. I could do one more batch of toffee and fudge, but my feet hurt and I’ve given the kitchen over to Ted for truffles and peanutbutter balls. I shall work on packing up goodies, and see if I actually need any more fudge or toffee. How’s THAT for a crazy idea! I mean, I know I’ll need some more for local consumption, but since the idea is to try to send all the stuff what needs sending tomorrow…

candy update

I have walked, which means I’m mighty shy on reasons to not make more candy or write. Tally so far: 2 batches toffee (1 to go) 1 batch coconut joy (1 to go?) 3 batches fudge (1-3 to go) 1 batch Russian teacakes (1 to go) Perhaps I should take up making Christmas cookies instead of candies. Although I’m not sure that’d be any faster, really. :) All right. More tea cakes, then washing of dishes to make more fudge, toffee, coconut joys. Want to know the weird thing? I…

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baking frenzy

So far today (and, ok, last night) 3 batches of fudge 1 (tiny) batch of almondless, chocolate-covered toffee (a special request) 1 batch Russian tea cakes 1 blister from stirring so much Up next: coconut joys more toffee more Russian tea cakes more fudge, maybe getting out of the kitchen so Ted can make truffles and peanutbutter balls Busy busy!