Friday, February 17, 2012

Chocolate Clusters - Coconut



Chocolate Clusters - Coconut
Ingredients
1 package (6 oz) semisweet-chocolate pieces
¼ cup light corn syrup
1 cup raisins
1 cup salted peanuts  

Optional:  Red cinnamon candies Angelica  

Substitute:  Raisins and Peanuts with Coconut (2 cups)


Method 

1.                  In top of double boiler, combine chocolate pieces, corn syrup, and 1 tablespoon water.  Over hot, not boiling, water, heat until chocolate melts.  Remove from heat; divide in half.
2.                  Add coconut to the chocolate mixture.
3.                  Drop by teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet covered with waxed paper.  Refrigerate, to harden chocolate slightly, 1 hour.

Optional

Remove from refrigerate and take each cluster; roll in your hand to make a ball; then roll in your desire choice of toppings.  

Chocolate Clusters - Coconut were made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Recipe was taken from McCall CookBook, the chapter on “Uncooked Candies”, page 202 an edition of between 1950 – 1960s. 










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Glass Candy




Glass Candy
Ingredients
3 cups sugar
½ cup water
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon butter
Food coloring
Flavoring
Pinch of salt 

Method
1.                  Prepare, muffin pan and grease well with vegetable shortening. 
2.                  Combine sugar, water and vinegar in a medium size pot, stir all together and bring to boil over medium heat.  Stir occasionally until all the sugar is dissolved.
3.                  Brush down the sides with a pastry brush dipped in water if crystals begin to form.
4.                  Continue to cook at medium heat the dissolved mixture for about 20 minutes or so.
5.                  Add butter and cook for another 10 minutes until you reach the “crack” stage on the candy thermometer (290 degrees).
6.                  At this point, when a bit of the mixture is dropped into cold water, it instantly turns brittle.
7.                  Remove the molten candy from the stove and stir in the food coloring, salt and flavouring  of your choice.
8.                  Now pour ⅛ to ¼ inch of candy into each muffin cup.
9.                  Cool completely.
10.              When cooled, turn upside down and give a few taps on the bottom and the candies should pop out.
11.              Wrap each in waxed paper.  

Glass Candy was made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Recipe derived from a Bermuda CookBook.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Roll-Out Cookies - Heart Shape



Roll-Out Cookies – Heart Shape
Ingredients
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour  

Method
1.                  Preheat oven to 400°F.
2.                  In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer.
3.                  Beat in egg and vanilla.
4.                  Mix baking powder and flour, add one cup at a time, mixing after each addition.  The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour in by hand (if dough becomes too stiff, add water, a teaspoon at a time).  Do not chill dough.  

Note:  Dough can be tinted with icing Color.  Add small amounts until desired color is reached. 

For chocolate cookies:  Stir in 3 ounces melted, unsweetened chocolate.  Divide dough into 2 balls.  On a floured surface, roll each ball into a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter and ⅛ in thick.  Dip cutters in flour before each use.  Bake cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven to 6 – 7 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned.   Makes 20 -24 average size cookies.  


Cookies were made and prepared by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Photography by Shirley-Ann Pearman  

Recipe was taken from “Wilton Cake Decorating Yearbook” yearbook 1997 on Cookie Recipes page 94.   


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