I think they are a small spice cookie that are a traditional holiday cookie in Germany. The taste is similar to gingersnaps.
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two hard boiled eggs, toast with butter and homemade watermelon rind jelly, juice and milk -- my breakfast.
I was dreading someone asking that!
I just ate a few habas mojadas - roasted broad beans in a spicy batter. Yummy.
I would love to have a good recipe for almond brittle...please, if you can! Thanks!!!
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Ask and you shall receive.....here you go:
I would love to have a good recipe for almond brittle...please, if you can! Thanks!!!
I think this was originally a recipe from Giada de Laurentiis; she used hazelnuts. I use almonds.
This can also be found in the Recipe Exchange: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/238205/candy-snacks-and-other-nibbles
Almond Brittle
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/3 cup dark corn syrup
2-1/2 cups coarsely chopped toasted hazelnuts (I use almonds instead)
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Stir the sugar, water, and light and dark corn syrups in a heavy large saucepan over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to high and boil without stirring until a candy thermometer registers 260 degrees, about 20 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium low. Mix in the hazelnuts, butter, and salt (the mixture will be very thick and nutty), and cook until the thermometer registers 295 degrees, stirring constantly, about 15 minutes. Quickly stir in the baking soda. Immediately pour the caramel onto the prepared baking sheet, spreading it as thinly as possible. Let stand until hard.
Break brittle into pieces and store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Note: Right after pouring the brittle onto the parchment-covered baking sheet and spreading it out thinly, I'll sprinkle some sea salt over the top of the brittle. There's just something about the combination of the sweet brittle combined with the salt that makes the whole thing delicious. You don't have to sprinkle the salt over....just mentioning it as an option.
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Pickled onions. They were huge and now my mouth has gone numb!
Thank you for the recipe Winchester!!! You are so kind, and you made my day! Good day to you!!!
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Rosa Bood, you are very welcome! I hope you'll try it as it's really a yummy brittle. Just don't even think about making it on a day when it's humid or rainy. The sugar will just turn icky and it won't set up properly. Make it on a dry day and you should be fine. Good luck!
I had some tortilla chips last night. (They were my dinner, too.)
I had some tortilla chips last night. (They were my dinner, too.)
Dinner last night - salad, baked chicken breast with a cashew cumin sauce, mashed cauliflower, wee bit of egg nog in my coffee and a serving of northern spy apple crisp.
Pumpernickle toast with butter and a cheese string.
A bowl of pasta.
a dish of homemade apple crisp with a dollop of plain yogurt over it.
PAm are You talking about t persimmon ? It's fruit. You may call them Sharon fruits but I don't really know.I would love to have a good recipe for almond
brittle...please, if you can! Thanks!!!
salad, baked chicken breast with a cashew cumin sauce. mashed cauliflower with a baby bel cheese melted into it. 1 homemade apple rhubarb muffin with 1 tsp. butter. 1/4 cup (1/2 serving) locally made egg nog in my coffee.
Thank you for telling me this because I live in Florida. We have mostly humid days here. I'll have to keep a close eye on the weather before I attempt this recipe. Thanks again!
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No, Judy, we're talking about almond brittle. It's a candy. The original recipe that I posted calls for hazlenuts (also called filberts, I think). I like almonds more, so I always add almonds to my brittle instead.
The last thing I had was two shots of tequila after the Borough Council meeting. Long story and I won't go into detail, but it was needed. It was a celebration because the Council passed an ordinance that we had worked on for at least ten years. (I slept very well last night, too!
I had pumpernickle toast with butter again. I love pumpernickle bread.
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I had a big bowl of cream of wheat for breakfast. Not to appetizing but good for me, but like a good kitty Mom I fed Peaches first!
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