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new toys – bamboo kitchen scale and fun shaped fudge/marshmallow/jelly…cookie…cutters.
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new fun extract flavors i picked up! already used the brandy with great success for the eggnog fudge recipe, very excited to figure out ways to incorporate the champagne one into my life…
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following my three part (!!!) Thomas Keller cooking class we got a certificate for 20% off of his All Clad line, and when combined with the 20% holiday sale that was going on i got myself a new 3qt candy concocting saucepan for 40% off!
happy holidays to me.
first thing i will be making – eggnog fudge. non microwave version. fingers crossed.
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went to the flea market today specifically to find pretty plates and bowls to display candy. plan on experimenting a little to see what colors and materials work best, all input appreciated…
supplies, take 2
Supplies, take 2.
when debating what i thought would be my first foray into candy making – chocolate tempering – i realized that all i had was my grimy old cutting board. not a pretty match for my pink measuring cups, purple measuring spoons, and blue polka dot knife.
went to a different kitchen supply store so that i could get an idea of what was out there and would have in the back of my head where i could go for certain things. and look to see what things that i hadn’t even thought about getting for this candy making project. decided on a brown cutting board which i thought would look good with a pile of chocolate aboard it. a smaller white one for potential jelly treats. stumbled upon some cute chocolate molds and one for lollipops – perfect for the Salted Chocolate Caramel Lollipops that i’m dying to make. some offset spatulas for spreading melted chocolate, a pastry brush, and wooden spoon because i also read that i would be needing one.
and pink chinese take out boxes that would contain my new future first project idea – Toffee.
supplies take 1
so i went into this having a general idea of the kinds of items i needed to pick up – basic cookbooks, clean and pretty measuring spoons, some stainless steel bowls that i could use as a makeshift double boiler. a quick look into the first cookbook mentioned that i would need some dipping forks for chocolate coating and parchment paper for the finished product. i added in a wire cooling rack because it seemed like a good idea. the helpful lady at Sur la Table had the idea to include cute gold foil paper and mini candy wrappers for the finished product – but i’m not sure that my wrapping skills will be anything worthy of photographs…i’m imagining it will be like when i try to wrap things in saran wrap, which anyone knows is no easy or pretty feat.
oh, also a candy thermometer – i used to have one because homemade marshmallows were/are my favorite thing to make/eat but at some point i shattered the glass encased temperature gauge just being clumsy. typical.
and a bar of good dark chocolate. i chose Scharffen Berger, bittersweet 70% cacao.
