cynupstateny
Well-known member
bittersweet chocolate, dipped the pieces and sprinkled with a few grains of fleur de sel.
Oh My Gosh- they're incredible!
Oh My Gosh- they're incredible!
ISO: ISO GayleMO: I made a batch of your caramels yesterday. Today I tempered some
- Thread starter cynupstateny
- Start date
In Search Of:
gayle-mo
Well-known member
Yaaaay! Aren't they yummers?
I just bought a gallon of cream and butter today so I can get started on making my gift boxes. Beware - people will beg you for candy every year if you share!
Did you see my post about making a knock-off 'scotch treat' like See's has? I don't remember when I posted it, probably about 2 years ago when Mimi first opened this wonderful place for us when Epi/Gail's went nuts. You basically cook the caramel to a lower temp so it's firm but stretchy (might have been soft ball) then make a puddle and put half a large marshmallow on top. Then you enclose the marshmallow with more caramel. (I use a large spoon) When it cools you can pick it up and roll it in waxed paper and twist the ends. They are TDF! smileys/smile.gif
Thanks for letting me know how your candy turned out!
I just bought a gallon of cream and butter today so I can get started on making my gift boxes. Beware - people will beg you for candy every year if you share!
Did you see my post about making a knock-off 'scotch treat' like See's has? I don't remember when I posted it, probably about 2 years ago when Mimi first opened this wonderful place for us when Epi/Gail's went nuts. You basically cook the caramel to a lower temp so it's firm but stretchy (might have been soft ball) then make a puddle and put half a large marshmallow on top. Then you enclose the marshmallow with more caramel. (I use a large spoon) When it cools you can pick it up and roll it in waxed paper and twist the ends. They are TDF! smileys/smile.gif
Thanks for letting me know how your candy turned out!
cynupstateny
Well-known member
Is there a recipe to this or just the above method? I'm going to try it!
No. No. No. NOOOOOOO. Remember FCMAW!!! Have we learned NOTHING!
Failed Candy Making Addicts of the World have NO WILLPOWER when they see candy recipes, remember! We CAN NOT see posts like this during holiday seasons without believing that this year...yes! this year will be different! This year the candy will reach hard ball and set!
We're weak! We haven't finished the FCMAW 3.14159-step program because we're still stuck on Step #1:
admitting we're powerless over candy.
Not only that...but we keep speaking in First Person Plural...and we're not plural!
(Although, speaking from a purely spacial viewpoint, there are enough Marilyn Molecules to make 2 whole persons...resulting in subgenus Marilyn Pluralpodidae within phylum Chocolatidae.)
Failed Candy Making Addicts of the World have NO WILLPOWER when they see candy recipes, remember! We CAN NOT see posts like this during holiday seasons without believing that this year...yes! this year will be different! This year the candy will reach hard ball and set!
We're weak! We haven't finished the FCMAW 3.14159-step program because we're still stuck on Step #1:
admitting we're powerless over candy.
Not only that...but we keep speaking in First Person Plural...and we're not plural!
(Although, speaking from a purely spacial viewpoint, there are enough Marilyn Molecules to make 2 whole persons...resulting in subgenus Marilyn Pluralpodidae within phylum Chocolatidae.)
cynupstateny
Well-known member
where is my caramel thread?
gayle-mo
Well-known member
I just played around and made it up....Might be a thread on EPI if it's not here....
I can't remember where it was for sure. We've talked about candy making a lot.
What I suggest is that you watch the caramel as it comes up to soft ball stage and use the cold water method of testing for hardness.
It seems it was around soft ball on the thermometer. I may make some again this year - they were over-the-top-good!
The candy will be kind of sticky and you can kind of roll it up on the waxed paper sheets when you twist the ends up. Wish I could remember exactly how I did it but I can't, other than what I've said.
It was easy, though!
I can't remember where it was for sure. We've talked about candy making a lot.
What I suggest is that you watch the caramel as it comes up to soft ball stage and use the cold water method of testing for hardness.
It seems it was around soft ball on the thermometer. I may make some again this year - they were over-the-top-good!
The candy will be kind of sticky and you can kind of roll it up on the waxed paper sheets when you twist the ends up. Wish I could remember exactly how I did it but I can't, other than what I've said.
It was easy, though!
gayle-mo
Well-known member
Here's a caramel thread from 2005
But there's no recipe on it. I'll keep looking. But since I didn't have a recipe I am not sure I'll find any more on it other than what I stated above. Sorry. smileys/smile.gif
http://www.finerkitchens.com/swap/forum1/650_REC__Caramel
But there's no recipe on it. I'll keep looking. But since I didn't have a recipe I am not sure I'll find any more on it other than what I stated above. Sorry. smileys/smile.gif
http://www.finerkitchens.com/swap/forum1/650_REC__Caramel