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My grandmother used to make peanut brittle and the minute she just got the baking soda stirred in, she would quickly dump it onto a buttered sheet pan so that the air bubbles are still in the candy. This would cause the brittle to be very light and airy. Making a delicate brittle. The more that you stir the less air bubbles you'll have. Making the brittle harder
@treeissaved2359 And that, right there, is the wonderful thing about making brittle. Some families, like yours, prefer the lighter air-filled brittle, and some, like ours, prefer the more dense structure. Either way, I am not turning down a piece of homemade brittle, as both are delicious!
The reason your chocolate is seizing is because you're using water-based food coloring. Water seizes chocolate as you you well know. When working with chocolate, you must use an oil-based food coloring. Hope this helps!❤
Back in the 70’s, I made a lot of peanut brittle using raw peanuts and a candy thermometer. It seemed to take forever but was delicious. Fast forward to 2015, my kids admitted they didn’t like peanut brittle. So I started making it in the microwave with roasted peanuts. A lot less work and tastes just as good.
I like to make 'instant' peanut brittle. Melt a package of Turbinado sugar in the raw in a frying pan, then add peanuts, or raw walnuts, stir and dump out on wax paper cool and break to pieces. You can do this in the microwave too, but it cools so quickly that its difficult to break it into smaller pieces. I gave out one of my Grandmothers recipes in xmas cards this year. It was fun, all the memories, she also taught me how to make real fudge. She always had a batch waiting for me when i visited. Oh, she taught me how to make flakey pie crust too. 😍
Never seen haystack candy with coconut. Here, it's made with crunchy chow mien noodles and butterscotch chips. Guess I'll have to make both ways this year. Oh the horror!😂
I was also surprised to see that using chocolate & shredded coconut is also called haystacks. I bet it would be great to combine both the coconut, the chow mien noodles & then your choice of chocolate chips or butterscotch chips
If you heat your nuts some before adding to the pot. The syrup won't instantly cease because the nuts are cold, colder than the syrup. Also I use 2 Tablespoons of baking soda. Fulffs up the cand amazing, keeps those bubbles, and cand is much lighter, not so hard.
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I have my granny's peanut brittle recipe as well. she only used a cup of ice water to test temp. BUT it worked for her. I use thermometer lol. My grandfather used to call it peanut BRUTAL
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You forgot the Vanilla in the toffee ! My boys won't eat toffee without pecans and vanilla. I also put hazelnuts in my food processor and add hazelnut powder on my toffee as well.
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You must use an oil based food colouring with chocolate, water-based ones will screw up your chocolate. If you toast the coconut before you put it in the chocolate, it will taste so much nicer
I loved all your recipes. Especially the Coconut Haystacks and the Brittle, I make mine in the microwave. BTW your hair looked beautiful so did you, I was just thinking you would make a Beautiful Mrs. Clause. Thank You for your recipes. Merry Christmas ⛄🎁
When you get water in chocolate, it will seize. Food coloring has some water. If you add it too quickly it will seize. If you need to add food coloring, add it a drop or two at a time and thoroughly stir it in before adding more. My friend, Tom made Grinch Balls (Mint Oreo Balls dipped in bright green white chocolate) on his channel, Come Sit at My Table. He demonstrated how to add the coloring to his white chocolate. BTW, he and his wife are Dave Ramsey fans and went through the program years ago. Now they are living their best life!
If you cooked the first ingredients until when you stir it, lift the spoon dripping in the pot, it will stream a string about 18 inches long then add the raw peanuts and cook until golden brown. Add baking soda butter and vanilla. Stir and spread on a buttered cookie sheet.
I should have watched this again first. I was stirring the brittle mixture. Hope it comes out well. Thanks for the recipes. My husband loves peanut brittle and I've been afraid to cook it. Edited to add. It came out great! Yeah!! Thank you. It's a gift for my husband as we decided to do all homemade this year.
When I make peanut brittle, I always add vanilla to it before I lay it out like half a teaspoon that I learned to make it everything else about the same😊❤
Nice to see you on a new " channel"! ☺️. I bought two of your cookbooks, Living on a Dime, copied my favorite recipes, and gave the books to my daughter since she has young children and cooks more than me! 😊 ( I have the same microwave you do. I love it! )
I have made peanut brittle since junior high. I however had an actual candy thermometer. And it has all the actual soft ball, hard ball, soft crack, and hard crack measurements . It was the only peanut brittle that my grandpa could eat and he was so happy. It was his favorite. I had to make at least two batches every time. It just melted in your mouth. It became my favorite too.
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I have been making this 2 ingredient fudge for over 20 years and back then it was 18 oz of chips to one can of condensed milk. I have noticed it has changed 2 times over all those years😂...I'm guessing because the size of chocolate chip bags have shrank😂 it all works the same though.
On a cooking show for chocolate peppermint cookies, it was pointed out that different brands are different shades of white & cream colors for condensed milk.
Don't you totally love the lazer thermometer? I bought mine to get accurate temp readings for my backyard in summer when the news says it's 95° but it's really 115°. But I find I use it constantly in the kitchen.
Love your recipes....gonna try them for sure. The chocolate color didn't work because you need oil based colors and not regular colors ❤ Watching from Sweden.
Thank you for sharing! You have candy recipes for candy I’m not familiar with, how fun! I was watching you fighting the chocolate seizing up on you. This is frustratingly familiar. I’m thinking that between the liquid red food coloring and the cherry extract, water may have been introduced into your chocolate. Regardless, of course this would have to happen when you’re filming. Murphy needs to make an appearance, right! Excellent recipes, thank you bunches❣️I so love family recipes!
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❤ N I'm so glad I got a Fudge recipe n only two ingredients wow how easy ...tyfs yours ...My family has been asking for my fudge on Christmas Eve n I didn't make any but ,now I will for New yrs ... N Happy New Yrs to u & ur sweet hubby ....💕
The temperature you’re looking for depends on what you need, for a softball stage. You stop at 2:40, for a hard ball stage, 260. They do have thermometers that have all this information on them. They are really handy. They take out all the guesswork
