I made these two recipes yesterday. The cashew brittle turned out great even though I thought making brittle candy was beyond my capabilities......I once tried to make peanut brittle years ago and broke the candy thermometer, and my mom cut her wrist once while working on peanut brittle. It scared us kids half out of our wits.....she had to go to the ER for stitches; fortunately she didn't hit an artery. Anyhow, those two occurrences frightened me away from attempting brittle recipes........until yesterday. If you click the recipes, they will enlarge for easier reading......I think.
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*These Sally Ann cookies are old-fashioned spicy good! I cut them out in gingerbread men shapes and am now heading to the kitchen to make the frosting which dries smooth and solid on the cookies so they can be packed and stored nicely.
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*Its starting to snow again and the forecast is not good.......40 mph winds coming tomorrow, and the wind chill will be MINUS 35 degrees. Yikes.......it will definitely be a time to stay indoors, if possible. As our area is now under a Blizzard Watch for later today, we're rescheduling my friends' get-together from tonight to Tuesday night. The weather gods---having taken note of my previous whiny anti-holiday rant---are sending a blizzard my direction, saying, "Just dump a big batch of snow, wind, and extreme cold on the likes of her......that'll shut her up!!"
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P.S. - To any of you readers interested in other bloggers from Iowa, here's a cheery blog I happened to discover this morning: Ann's Quotes & Things
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6 comments:
The weather gods have given us a break and we are building fence. Now isn't that a continuing project?
Hi, Gail,
Oh, yes.....maintaining fences never ends, and I'm sure its more work if you have horses. We use alot of electric wires to pasture the cattle in the summer. That kind of fence is easier to deal with.
Its difficult for me to comprehend that there is actually warmth a few states south of us!
Sounds like I am experiencing the same weather as you. Nasty, nasty! The weather forecast for my area is the same as yours. I guess all of Eastern Iowa must be experiencing the same blizzard conditions.
I plan on curling up with my book this afternoon and watching movies this evening.
I don't think you can blame the weather gods for the nasty weather, because, I don't even celebrate holidays, so no rant and raving here!
Ann
P.S. Thanks for the mention. I never quite thought of my blog as a 'cheery blog.' It's hard to tell from one day to the next what I will be posting.
Gramma Ann,
Reading and watching a movie sounds perfect for a day like this. And, really....you don't celebrate holidays? Sounds interesting and intriguing!
Come visit us its downright warm here... we had to turn the ac back on ... I have a bunch of pics from yesterday posted that might warm you some... and the candy looks good I am not good at making stuff like that... last fudge we made was an oooy gooy mess but tasted divine...
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