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How to Make Blood Orange Candy Apples: Homemade Halloween Treats
Oct23

How to Make Blood Orange Candy Apples: Homemade Halloween Treats

Tasty & spooky too – these Blood Orange Candy Apples are sure to please for Halloween! What a gorgeous sight – red candied apples, a perfect Halloween treat or a treat any time of the year. Children and adults alike, are crazy for candy apples. A crunchy, candy coating with the taste & color of blood orange with a fresh, crisp, apple on the inside all on a stick. These are pure enjoyment! Blood Orange Candy Apples:...

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How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples + Video
Oct15

How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples + Video

I am excited to show you How to Make Chardonnay Peach Caramel Apples! Caramel apples are very popular in the Fall, especially around Halloween, and they also make great treats for trick-or-treaters or Halloween parties. Gooey caramel along with a peach flavor, coating a fresh, crisp apple, these sweets are a winning recipe for both kids & adults. Despite the fact that Chardonnay grapes were used to make the vinegar we are using in...

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How to Make Raspberry Caramel Corn Balls + Video
Oct03

How to Make Raspberry Caramel Corn Balls + Video

Autumn is here and it’s time to learn How to Make Raspberry Caramel Corn Balls! I look forward to the Fall harvesting months, and especially handing out goodies for Halloween. I find that the “old-fashioned” treats are falling by the wayside these days, pushed out by packaged candy treats & bags of chips. My Mother used to make caramel corn balls, candy apples & fudge, and I try to keep that tradition alive...

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How to Bake Cinnamon Sticky Buns: Mother’s Day Delights
May10

How to Bake Cinnamon Sticky Buns: Mother’s Day Delights

Every home chef needs to know How to Bake Cinnamon Sticky Buns… The smells of cinnamon will fill your home, and the excitement of what’s coming out of the oven will make everyone’s taste buds wild! So decadently sticky and delicious, ooey & gooey – you will have requests to make them frequently. They are so pretty, your family will think you are a genius. How to Bake Cinnamon Sticky Buns: Perfect for...

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How to Make Chocolate Rum Balls
Dec23

How to Make Chocolate Rum Balls

Some folks relate their Christmas Joys to their annual indulgence in delicious Rum Balls. However, these rum balls are perfect throughout the New Year’s Holiday too! How to Make Chocolate Rum Balls: My recipe yields about 72 one-inch rum balls. These dainties have more flavor if they’re allowed to age somewhat. Type: Dessert Recipe Serve with: confectioners sugar Prep Time: 30 – 40 min Cook Time: 2 min Storage: up to...

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How to Make Chocolate Turtles
Dec21

How to Make Chocolate Turtles

This is an easy & tasty recipe for Homemade Chocolate Turtles! If we have one chocolate to choose for the Holidays, like Christmas or Easter, it would be Turtles, hands down. With their ooey-gooey caramel centers cloaking pecans & coated with chocolate, these are quick to disappear around our house. How to Make Chocolate Turtles: 2 lbs of chocolate will yield roughly 38 pieces of chocolate turtles. Type: Candy Recipe Serve...

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How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies
Dec18

How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies

What is Christmas without Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies? My children always enjoyed decorating & icing these cute men. I would make a few with added flour & sugar, so they would stand up to handling, skewering a hole near the top, so they could be hung on the tree by a pretty ribbon. As well, they were delicious to nibble on. How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men: This recipe yields about 2 dozen 4-inch gingerbread men. If your...

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How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month
Nov01

How to Bake Pecan Pie: Georgia Pecan Month

Georgia Pecan Month has arrived and it’s time to bake a Pecan Pie. Pecans are a Native American nut, primarily cultivated today in Georgia from a native variety of hickory tree. A high fat, in fact one of the nuts, which is heaviest in fats — sometimes as high as 75% fat. The downside of high fat content is that they tend to become rancid quickly, so it’s best to store them in the freezer to keep them fresh tasting....

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How to Make Homemade Fudge Candy
Oct30

How to Make Homemade Fudge Candy

In our house, Halloween means Mom makes Homemade Fudge Candy. It’s just not the same without that sugary sweet confection on hand. Fudge should be cooked slowly at medium heat to soft-ball stage. I usually cook it to a temperature of 235 – 242 degrees F, depending on the day. Don’t rush the process. Choose a dry day to make fudge. A candy thermometer is a necessity. How to Make Homemade Fudge Candy: Mom used to cook...

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How to Make Caramel Apples: Caramel Apple Day
Oct21

How to Make Caramel Apples: Caramel Apple Day

Nothing says Fall like Caramel Apples, and October 21st is Caramel Apple Day! Biting into the apple by biting through that sweet caramel shell is just such a delicious experience. I love the candy apples with red candy coating on them too. Apples are wonderful at any time, but the caramel just adds a whole new dimension to the flavor of this tasty treat. How to Make Caramel Apples: This recipe makes 5 caramel apples. Type: Candy...

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National Caramel Month: How to Make Cream Caramels
Oct01

National Caramel Month: How to Make Cream Caramels

National Caramel Month has finally arrived in the month of October. Caramel is simply created by combining sugar with a liquid and boiling it until it thickens suitably. Another way to create a richer caramel is to combine the water and sugar as above, but adding butter, heavy cream & vanilla extract. A lovely recipe for Cream Caramels that follows. How to Make Cream Caramels: Around Halloween is a perfect time of year to make...

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How to Cook Breakfast Crepe-Cakes
Aug13

How to Cook Breakfast Crepe-Cakes

When I was making breakfast yesterday, I suppose I was a bit sleepy still, as I had forgotten to put all the ingredients in my batter for pancakes. As my pancakes are sitting in the frying pan, I’m realizing that they aren’t rising, and fluffing up with lovely bubbles in them. That’s when I realize…I forgot the baking powder. Seeing that I’m a perfectionist of sorts, I was ready to call it a wrap and feed...

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How to Cook Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes
Aug13

How to Cook Perfectly Fluffy Pancakes

I was scrolling through my site the other morning in search of a few ideas for breakfast and realized that I don’t have a really perfect, plain pancake recipe up for you all. So, here it is…these pancakes are fluffy and tasty, all from scratch, and they’re so worth it. Type: Breakfast Recipe Serve With: Drizzle with Maple Syrup Prep Time: 8 minutes Cook Time: 12 minutes Yield: 8 large pancakes Ingredients: 1 cup...

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