Time to Think About the Holidays I Guess

I was thinking I would post these as a start on what can be made sweets wise as the Holidays are again so close.
Recipes:

Mounds Candy Bars

¾ cup chocolate chunks or chips

½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut

¼ cup coconut oil

1 tablespoon agave nectar or honey

Melt chocolate in a small pan over very low heat; you can use a double boiler if you wish and temper the chocolate

Using a small paint brush, coat the bottom and sides of a mounds candy mold

Place mold in freezer for 10 minutes to allow chocolate to harden

In a small bowl, combine shredded coconut, coconut oil and agave

Remove mold from freezer

Fill chocolate lined molds with coconut mixture

Paint chocolate over coconut mixture to cover bars

Place in freezer for 10 minutes to harden

Remove from freezer, turn mold upside down and pop mounds out of mold

Serve: Makes 9 mounds bars (depending on the size of your candy mold)

From Copycats.

Fudge Easy, moms Wisconsin

½ c. butter or margarine

6 tab. cocoa or 2 squares chocolate

¼ c. milk

1 tsp. vanilla 4 c. powdered sugar

Place first 3 ingredients in a pan double broiler works to on a low heat. Melt and still until all melted and mixed. Add vanilla, beat in sugar then press into a 8 x 8 by 2 in. pan, cool and cut.

Old fashion fudge, moms Wisconsin

2 c. sugar

1 c. milk

2 tsp. karo syrup

6 tab. cocoa or 2 squares chocolate

1/8 tsp. salt

2 tab. Butter, added later

1 tsp. vanilla, also added later

nuts, optional

Mix together all but the butter in a large pan to allow for boiling. Over a low heat until all the sugar is melted, then boil it rapidly for 5 minutes or until the softball stage.(Will form a soft ball when a tiny bit is dropped in cold water.) Remove from heat and add the 2. butter, cool a little then add the vanilla, beat until dull and creamy. Add nuts if desired. Pour into a pan cool and cut.

Divinity fudge, hubbys moms Ohio

2-3/4 c. sugar

¾ c. white karo

¾ c. water

Mix and cook above ingredients to 240 deg. (on a candy thermometer.)

¾ c. white karo syrup

2 eggs whites beaten stiff

1 tsp. vanilla

¾ c. nuts, optional

Pour the ¾ c. karo over the beaten egg whites beating constantly. Cook this to 255. deg. Then add it to the first cooked mixture and beat until creamy. Add vanilla and mix. Drop on a waxed paper by the spoonfuls

Chocolate peanut butter fudge, moms Wisconsin

2 c. sugar

2 tab. cocoa 2/3 c. milk

2 tab. white karo syrup

dash of salt

Simmer until softball stage (forms a softball when some is dropped into cold water) stirring constantly, Cool some and add. 

2 tab. butter

1 tsp. vanilla

3 tab. peanut butter

Stir and put in a pan. Cool and cut

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Was going to go to the foot doc to get my right heel looked at as been hurting and swollen for 7 weeks now.  I have to watch what shoes I wear because of it. :(  But ended up having to cancel the appointment for today. This is the day it turns out that something we bought will be delivered so someone has to be here.  Rescheduled for next week so maybe that will work out.

 A daughter has changed departments at work so is on another shift that she works weekends.  I think it's still 12 hour shifts Ack that would be hard.  Good luck with that dear heart.

Our youngest son is getting ready to go back collage.  Well take some classes anyway because he also has a job.  Also good luck to you.  He had been out of High School 10 years I believe.  Sheesh time fly's.

We are allowed to burn at this time so we got the raspberry canes and branches from tree trimming piled up this past weekend and got those cleaned up and burned.

Weather wise the rest of the week is supposed to be rain/snow.

Idea:

It is time to make sure you have something in your cars as far as winter car kits go again.  Blanket or two, food etc.  Good luck to all those in that cold front that came down and hit.
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I don't know what's wrong with this crazy thing the editing doesn't work much at all.  And when its previewed the page looks just fine. Sorry.