I'm home! I will hopefully have a post about it up by tomorrow! This photo was taken in Holmes County, our second little trip right after NC trip. Pin It
4/6/12
Photo Friday...
I'm home! I will hopefully have a post about it up by tomorrow! This photo was taken in Holmes County, our second little trip right after NC trip. Pin It
3/30/12
Salt water taffy recipe
It took me a while to make this, but... it was all worth it. The taffy was so good and had a wonderful buttery minty flavor.
Salt water taffy recipe from here
2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 c. light corn syrup
3/4 c. water
2 Tbsp. margarine or butter (I used butter)
1 tsp. flavoring oil or extract (If you want a stronger flavor just add a little more)
Prepare a heat safe dish by lightly buttering it (I used a baking sheet) If you are making more that one flavor, prep said amount of dishes. Also lightly butter a spatula for each flavor, and have each flavor and food color ready.
In a saucepan, sift together sugar and cornstarch. Stir in corn syrup, water, salt and butter. Place over medium heat and stir until sugar dissolves. Cover pan and bring to a boil for 2 or 3 minutes. (I did this and walked to another room, and it boiled over... not pretty. So I would turn down the heat, put the lid at an angle to let a little steam escape, but still make sure that it was boiling.) Uncover, place thermometer in pan and cook to 256-266 degrees F. The lower temperature will result in a chewier taffy, the higher a more brittle texture. Remove from heat and add food color and flavoring. Stir gently, pour into prepared dish/pan.
When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull the warm candy with fingertips, pulling out to about 12 inches at first. Quickly turn candy back from fingertips of one hand to the other hand, then catch center and pull again. This will incorporate air into the candy. Continue pulling until taffy is light in color and has a satiny gloss, about twenty minutes. Pull into a long rope, cut with greased scissors and wrap in waxed paper squares, twisting ends.
My taffy...
Salt water taffy recipe from here
2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 c. light corn syrup
3/4 c. water
2 Tbsp. margarine or butter (I used butter)
1 tsp. flavoring oil or extract (If you want a stronger flavor just add a little more)
Prepare a heat safe dish by lightly buttering it (I used a baking sheet) If you are making more that one flavor, prep said amount of dishes. Also lightly butter a spatula for each flavor, and have each flavor and food color ready.
When cool enough to handle, grease hands and pull the warm candy with fingertips, pulling out to about 12 inches at first. Quickly turn candy back from fingertips of one hand to the other hand, then catch center and pull again. This will incorporate air into the candy. Continue pulling until taffy is light in color and has a satiny gloss, about twenty minutes. Pull into a long rope, cut with greased scissors and wrap in waxed paper squares, twisting ends.
My taffy...
P.S Our trip is going great! Flying was so much fun. I'll have tons of pictures to share later. :)
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3/26/12
Packing
Tomorrow my mom and I are getting on a plane (my first time!) to go down to NC to see my sister Mary, her husband Cody, and their little bundle of cuteness, Seb. We will be there for over a week and I don't know if I will be able to blog much. :( Hopefully I will have tons of pictures to share with you when I get back though! Have a good week!
I took this picture at the beginning of packing. My suitcase is full now, and mostly because I have my pillow and blanket in there besides my clothes... ;) I just can't go on a trip without them!
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I took this picture at the beginning of packing. My suitcase is full now, and mostly because I have my pillow and blanket in there besides my clothes... ;) I just can't go on a trip without them!
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3/23/12
3/22/12
A day of photos
Yesterday afternoon, I saw some cows in one of our fields. We have cows, but these weren't ours. They were my uncle/neighbor's cows. So my brother and Lucy had to go down and direct the cows to their pasture. I tagged along to snap a few pictures... of course. :)
Looking up at our house from the corner of the field.
Then I went down to the creek since I was so close... The picture below is my favorite.
Look what I found, an axe that we had supposedly been missing.
We had to go over the fence and Lucy didn't want to...
3/20/12
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