Well I guess Mr.Groundhog was right because winter has come to West Texas in full force this weekend. After a chilling 35 degrees yesterday we are at a bone chilling 21 degrees at the moment and the snow is coming down! Not sure I am quite ready for this though as last time it snowed we discovered a leak in the roof that will only be fixed by replacing the roof, which is due to happen this coming weekend. What today will be perfect for is baking some cookies for the children's upcoming Valentines parties :O) nothing high tech or fancy today just some simple Pillsbury Chocolate Peppermint cookies. I found these during Christmas time so when they started marking these down, needless to say I bought a ton.lol
Most hard candies call for corn syrup, but since I was out and I have 3 children home I decided to experiment and make something fun! Here is what you need: 2 Cups of Sugar 2 Cups of Water 1 Package Sugar Free Jello A candy Thermometer Making candy is a pretty tricky process and trust me I messed up a batch or two getting this to work right.lol Put the sugar and water into the pot and turn on medium whisking well till the sugar is dissolved. Stirring pretty regularly to help the sugar from burning. As the sugar begin to boil turn the heat up to high. Watch your thermometer when the candy reaches 230 pour in the jello continuing to mix. Pour this mixture immediately into a cake pan that is lined with parchment paper of you can rub a little veggie oil in it. The candy will continue to cook as it melts anything over 230 you will be left with a burnt candy that tastes like licorice.lol After you candy is cooled completely turn it out onto a cookie sheet and break apart :O) I li
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