food, crochet, merriment
This moment…
A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from our lives.
A simple, special, memorable moment.
A moment I want to pause, savor and keep close to my heart.
If you are inspired to do the same–leave us a link in the comments.
Happy weekend my dear friends.
Lighting the Menorah.
Telling the story of Hanukkah.
Preparing the feast.
Potato latkes–yum!
Family and friends.
Spinning the Dreidel.
The toy feast.
It was a lovely evening.
Thanks April and Jacob.
“Giving away Christmas candy!” you say?
Well, not the actual candy—but a new, enhanced ability to create the candy…all by your clever, little old self.
Quite a skill indeed.
Just think of all the family, friends and foreign dignitaries that you will impress when you try the recipes in this pretty little book.
Which is just what I did.
And look what happened. Yeah, I’d invite you over, but as you can see–there aren’t enough Caramel Nougat Swirls for the both of us. Sorry.
But you can certainly get the book yourself either HERE–nice and simple and over 30% off, OR
here–by winning our giveaway! “Oh, Launi, Launi!! How do we do that?” you ask?
Simple, I tell you.
Leave a comment in this post—for one entry.
Become our friend in the Google Friend Connect on the right side bar—for 3 entries.
Follow us on Twitter for 3 entries.
Follow us on Facebook for 3 entries…
for a possibility of 10 entries!!
We’ll announce the winner of the HP book “Candymaking” and a lovely candy thermometer to go along with it–on Monday December 13, 2010 at 10:00 am.
Jump in my friends~
it’s a sweeeet deal!
(Oooh, I crack myself up…)
Those of you who are familiar with the Wii, will likely know about the polling site that’s quite popular around here.
The idea is that each member of the household will be asked the same random question, with the choice of two different answers. You decide which one is closest to how you’d answer. Then, you are asked how you think the rest of the country will respond. Are most people going to agree with you or disagree with you? A few days later, you can check back and see the results–and if you predicted others answer correctly or not.
So the other day, the question was, “If you found $20 while standing in line, would you ask if it belonged to someone?”
The answers to choose from were: “Yes, but softly,” or “Finders keepers.”
Another feature of the guessing game is that you can click to find out how the rest of the country voted on the original question.
Moral of the story is:
If you’re going to drop your wallet, at any given time…
be sure to do it in Utah.
Ok, all you dark chocolate purists out there…you may need to close your eyes for a few minutes, because what I’m about to say here, could–for you–border on blasphemy. I do apologize for that. Nevertheless, I feel compelled to forge ahead and share these daring words with you—you may want to sit down.
White Chocolate Fudge.
Be brave now–I was a non-believer once too, but not anymore because this stuff will have you singing Hallelujah along with a couple of angelic choirs. Smooth, creamy, melt in your mouth goodness with tiny gumdrop dabs mixed in–for good measure. Heaven, I tell you…pure heaven!
Oh, and did I forget to mention that this recipe is easy and whips up dang fast? Well, I’m telling you. Therefore, my dears–go now and make this, that your candy larders may be full against a time of fudge famine in all the land…
or something.
Gumdrop Fudge
Original recipe from Taste of Home
Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds white candy coating, coarsely chopped
1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
1/8 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
1-1/2 cups chopped gumdrops– we used Dots
Directions:
Line a 9-in. square pan with foil; set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine the candy coating, milk and salt. Cook and stir over low heat until chips are melted.
Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and gumdrops.
Spread into prepared pan. Cover and refrigerate until firm. Using foil, remove fudge from the pan.
Cut into 1-in. squares. Store at room temperature.
Brothers and sisters—Can I get an AMEN?
