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The Candy Makers Elves

4 years ago

OK, so I'm behind. My family did not have their Christmas gathering until January 1, and Elery's 70th birthday was on the 2nd, so Madi and Maci came to help me prepare. They wanted to make candy, so we made a batch of AnnT's Cream Cheese Brandied Cherry Balls and a batch of peanut clusters. We rolled half of the cream cheese balls in a mix of powdered sugar and cocoa and the other half in chopped coconut, because that's Amanda's favorite. We do not brandy the cherries, being a family of non-drinkers, we just use maraschino cherries. It's all good, do what pleases you. First we made the cream cheese balls. It was a little messy, and required repeated "taste tests" to make sure it was good. Check out Madi's red hair, which was a Christmas gift from a family friend. She loves it, but it's not permanent, LOL.




After that we made peanut clusters, so many there are still some on my counter. The cookie scoops worked well for portioning:




They wanted to make one more batch, but I thought that was enough sugar, so we made these instead. They are "fire" crackers, oyster crackers covered with a mix of butter, hot pepper flakes, brown sugar and some other seasonings, then baked until crisp. I like them better than the candy, which is why there's candy on the counter, but no more crackers!




They also made some cookies and a gingerbread house, but that'll have to be bragged up later, because I have to go make our actual dinner!


Annie








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