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Saturday, August 7th, 2010christmas gift Baskets cookies
Nice looking, but easy hard candy recipe ideas anyone?
My girlfriend and I are putting together several holiday treat filled baskets for Christmas gifts. So far we are making the following:Cranberry Almond Biscotti, Chocolate-covered Oreo cookie "suckers" and creamy Lemon bars.
We would really like to make the baskets with a variety of contrasting flavors and textures.
Can anyone suggest anything else...ESPECIALLY a good and simple hard candy recipe. Good ideas for how to "dress up" classic(cookie sheet style) hard candies would also be of great help.
This is a wonderful christmas candy-semi hard it would be wonderful in your collection
Butterscotch Pralines
makes about 36
1 boxbutterscotch pudding mix
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
Place all ingedrents in large sauce pan (expect for pecans)
Mix well, bring to boil
Stirring occosional, cook to tempature reaches 234o F
Add pecans
Beat vigorously until mixture is creamy and starts to thicken
Quickly drop by teaspoon on to wax paper.
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