School is out for the holidays and I finally made it to the grocery store. Not to get anything healthy, but get this:
Callie and I began baking last night. I have several gifts I want to make and Callie is going to a Baby Shower today and just learned that she is supposed to bring a "holiday dish" and a "personalized gift for baby Sophia". First up, Toffee Crack. I've had it before and it's so yummy, so when I saw the recipe on Joy's Hope, I decided I definitely needed to make some. We heated the butter, stirred in the brown sugar and then wondered exactly what was "slightly carmelized"? Taking a wild guess we began pouring it over the saltines 
only to realize that we were using the extra-large, mega huge cookie sheet and there wasn't nearly enough toffee stuff. Quickly we threw another stick of butter into the pan and, without thinking, we also dumped in the brown sugar. (Let me assure you that is not a good idea---there is a reason you are supposed to let the butter melt first) After spreading it, adding the chocolate and popping it in the fridge, we couldn't wait to taste it. But, first we needed to jump in the car and dash over to Callie's apartment because the "cable guy" was supposed to be on his way (after not showing up earlier). Unfortunately, he never showed up again, so after Jordan and Callie both made calls to figure out what was going on, we gave up and headed back to the house and to the tasting of our Toffee Crack. Ummmm . . . Well, the flavor was kind of nice. . . if you like grainy, sugary stuff. Obviously we didn't have that "carmelization thing" right. We decided to try again, this time with much more success! 
However, we had very little chocolate left. Moving on, we decided to go ahead and heat the remaining chocolate and dip peppermint sticks in it. Easy enough, right? As the chocolate melted in the microwave, Callie commented that she was sure we were supposed to add a little bit of butter to it to make it more creamy. So I did. BIG mistake. Apparently dropping the butter in, burned the chocolate. YUCK! 
So we once again jumped in the car and this time headed to the grocery store to buy more chocolate chips. It worked better this time and as we dipped the peppermint sticks, I popped some popcorn. 
We drizzled white and milk chocolate on it, too---Yummy!--
and shelled pecans that my next door neighbor had given me.
As we filled gift bags with goodies and arranged them on a tray for the baby shower, Callie commented that perhaps we should do a cooking show--definitely something the common woman could relate to. Just thinking about this idea sent us into fits of laughter, once again.
Callie used my computer to assemble a CD of lullabies from some of her favorite violinists and her own concerts and sometime way after midnight, we finally called it a night. So much for a clean kitchen---it looks like a war zone again, now.
Sunday, maybe we'll tackle the Christmas cookies.
Callie and I began baking last night. I have several gifts I want to make and Callie is going to a Baby Shower today and just learned that she is supposed to bring a "holiday dish" and a "personalized gift for baby Sophia". First up, Toffee Crack. I've had it before and it's so yummy, so when I saw the recipe on Joy's Hope, I decided I definitely needed to make some. We heated the butter, stirred in the brown sugar and then wondered exactly what was "slightly carmelized"? Taking a wild guess we began pouring it over the saltines 
only to realize that we were using the extra-large, mega huge cookie sheet and there wasn't nearly enough toffee stuff. Quickly we threw another stick of butter into the pan and, without thinking, we also dumped in the brown sugar. (Let me assure you that is not a good idea---there is a reason you are supposed to let the butter melt first) After spreading it, adding the chocolate and popping it in the fridge, we couldn't wait to taste it. But, first we needed to jump in the car and dash over to Callie's apartment because the "cable guy" was supposed to be on his way (after not showing up earlier). Unfortunately, he never showed up again, so after Jordan and Callie both made calls to figure out what was going on, we gave up and headed back to the house and to the tasting of our Toffee Crack. Ummmm . . . Well, the flavor was kind of nice. . . if you like grainy, sugary stuff. Obviously we didn't have that "carmelization thing" right. We decided to try again, this time with much more success! 
However, we had very little chocolate left. Moving on, we decided to go ahead and heat the remaining chocolate and dip peppermint sticks in it. Easy enough, right? As the chocolate melted in the microwave, Callie commented that she was sure we were supposed to add a little bit of butter to it to make it more creamy. So I did. BIG mistake. Apparently dropping the butter in, burned the chocolate. YUCK! 
So we once again jumped in the car and this time headed to the grocery store to buy more chocolate chips. It worked better this time and as we dipped the peppermint sticks, I popped some popcorn. 
We drizzled white and milk chocolate on it, too---Yummy!--
and shelled pecans that my next door neighbor had given me.As we filled gift bags with goodies and arranged them on a tray for the baby shower, Callie commented that perhaps we should do a cooking show--definitely something the common woman could relate to. Just thinking about this idea sent us into fits of laughter, once again.
Callie used my computer to assemble a CD of lullabies from some of her favorite violinists and her own concerts and sometime way after midnight, we finally called it a night. So much for a clean kitchen---it looks like a war zone again, now.
Sunday, maybe we'll tackle the Christmas cookies.
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