Holiday Candy Recipes - The Ultimate Recipes to Make Candy

Do you like candy as much as I do? Well, did you know that you can prepare delicious candy from the comfort of your home? Pecan pralines, raspberry divinity, chocolate turtles and coconut bon bons are some simple yet delicious candy recipes you can prepare at home.

Below are the recipes so you can try them out and you will see what i mean:

1. Pecan Pralines

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of chopped pecans

Directions:

- Combine sugars and milk.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until sugars are dissolved and mixture boils.
- Cook until thermometer registers 224.
- Add butter and pecans.
- Cook until a small amount of mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.
- Cool quickly to lukewarm.
- Stir in maple syrup and heat until thick.
- Drop on a buttered surface and flatten out into patties.

2. Raspberry Divinity

Ingredients:

- 3 cups of sugar
- 1 - 3 oz. Package of raspberry gelatin
- 1/2 cup of flaked coconut
- 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 3/4 cup of light corn syrup
- 1 cup of chopped pecans
- 3/4 cu of water

Directions:

- Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat and cook to hard ball stage.
- Combine beaten egg whites and gelatin - beat until mixture forms stiff peaks.
- Pour hot syrup slowly into egg whites, beating until candy loses gloss and holds shape.
- Fold in coconut and nuts (optional).
- Pour into greased 9 inch square pan.
- Top with rows of chopped nuts and coconut.

3. Chocolate Turtles

Ingredients:

For The Turtles

- 2 squares of chocolate
- 1/2 cup of margarine
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla

For The Icing:

- 1/2 square of chocolate
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons of butter
- Powdered sugar

Directions:

- Melt 2 squares of chocolate and 1/2 cup of margarine.
- Beat 2 eggs. Add sugar. Fold chocolate mixture into egg mixture.
- Fold in 1 cup flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Drop by teaspoon on hot waffle iron (low).
- Bake 50 seconds.
- Cool and frost.
- ICING: Boil chocolate, brown sugar, water, and butter 3 minutes.
- Take off heat.
- Add powdered sugar until thick.
- Put on turtles.
- Sprinkle with ground nuts.

4. Coconut Bon Bons

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup of instant potatoes (2 servings cooked, but not seasoned)
- 4 cups of flaked coconut
- 1 - 16 oz. package of powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract

Directions:

- Stir together the instant potatoes, coconut, powdered sugar, and the almond extract, mixing thoroughly.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 1 to 2 hours.
- Melt a 12 ounce bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/3 of a bar of paraffin was in a double boiler.
- Shape the coconut mixture into small balls and dip in the melted chocolate.
- Lay on waxed paper until cool.

Traditional and Non-Traditional Pies For Your Holiday Table

If you are wondering what pies to make for the holidays, why not go with this quick and easy AMAZING SPLENDA COCONUT PIE. This pie makes its own crust and only bakes for 40 minutes. You will get great reviews from your family and friends. If you don't like coconut or just want a more traditional pie but still want an easy to prepare one, try this recipe for a Very Easy Apple Pie.

AMAZING SPLENDA COCONUT PIE

2 cups milk

3/4 cup Splenda granular

1/2 cup baking mix (Bisquik-type)

4 eggs

1/4 cup butter

1 1/2 tsps vanilla

1 1/2 cups angel flake coconut

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine milk, Splenda, baking mix, eggs, butter, and vanilla in blender. Cover and blend at low speed for 3 minutes. Pour mixture into a greased 9-inch pie plate. Let stand for 5 minutes then sprinkle with the coconut. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

VERY EASY APPLE PIE

pastry for a double crust pie

7 cups peeled and sliced apples

3/4 cup Splenda granular

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 1/2 tbsp butter

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Line a 9-inch pie pan with pastry crust. In a large bowl, combine the apples, Splenda, and cinnamon and stir until apples are coated. Pile into the pie plate. Dot with the butter. Cover with another sheet of pastry and fold edges over to seal. Flute with a fork or use fingers to press a design on the edges. Cut small slits in the top pastry to allow steam to escape. Bake at 425 degrees for 50 minutes or until the crust is brown and the apples are tender. To check apples, pierce with a fork through one of the steam vents.

This pie is great with a scoop of sugar-free vanilla ice cream!

Enjoy!

Overnight Ginger Snaps - Add Spice to Your Holiday Baking

Recently it dawned on me that many of the recipes I love contain spices-cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg, and I wondered why that is. Why do recipes for Pumpkin Pie, Molasses Crinkles, Tomato Soup Cake, Cinnamon Buns and War Cake appeal so much to me and make me recall happy childhood memories? Why do I choose these recipes over and over again?

Perhaps it has to do with aromas, with the sense of smell invoking memories. According to research I did on the internet, the word 'spice' refers to a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, leaf, or vegetable substance, and the earliest evidence of its use by humankind was around 50,000 B.C. Back then, spices were connected with magic, medicine, religion, tradition and preservation (think mummification).

During the Middle Ages, spices such as black pepper, cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, ginger and cloves were imported to Europe from plantations in Asia and Africa, and with the discovery of the New World additional spices found their home in the kitchen. Who can imagine cooking without vanilla, allspice, bell and chilli peppers, and even chocolate? What a bland world we would live in.

So now this makes sense to me, my predilection for sharing spicy recipes and the memories each recipe evokes in me. I'll do my best to offer a variety of recipes in the future, recipes that contain no cinnamon or cloves or ginger, but not today.

Today I'm sharing a recipe for Overnight Ginger Snaps, another one of my favourite recipes that have been passed down from mother to daughter. I hope you try these-they are simple to make, oh so tasty (even the raw dough is good), and will certainly be a hit with your family this holiday season. These crisp, crunchy cookies dearly beg to be dipped into a steaming cup of coffee or tea or hot chocolate, so you may want to have the coffee brewed or the kettle on when you offer these treats to your loved ones.

Overnight Ginger Snaps

1 cup shortening

½ cup molasses

½ cup brown sugar

2 tsp. ginger

½ tsp. nutmeg

½ tsp. cloves

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking soda

2 ½ - 3 cups flour

Directions

Cream together shortening and molasses. Add brown sugar, spices, salt and baking soda. Add flour last. Mix together well. Roll in long rolls, wrap in waxed paper and place in refrigerator until firm. Slice and bake in moderate (350° F) oven for 10 - 12 minutes until lightly browned.

Note: Cookie dough keeps in refrigerator for several days or can also be frozen to bake when you wish.

Holiday Candy Recipes - The Ultimate Recipes to Make Candy

Do you like candy as much as I do? Well, did you know that you can prepare delicious candy from the comfort of your home? Pecan pralines, raspberry divinity, chocolate turtles and coconut bon bons are some simple yet delicious candy recipes you can prepare at home.

Below are the recipes so you can try them out and you will see what i mean:

1. Pecan Pralines

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of brown sugar
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of milk
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 1/8 teaspoon of salt
- 1 cup of chopped pecans

Directions:

- Combine sugars and milk.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until sugars are dissolved and mixture boils.
- Cook until thermometer registers 224.
- Add butter and pecans.
- Cook until a small amount of mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.
- Cool quickly to lukewarm.
- Stir in maple syrup and heat until thick.
- Drop on a buttered surface and flatten out into patties.

2. Raspberry Divinity

Ingredients:

- 3 cups of sugar
- 1 - 3 oz. Package of raspberry gelatin
- 1/2 cup of flaked coconut
- 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 3/4 cup of light corn syrup
- 1 cup of chopped pecans
- 3/4 cu of water

Directions:

- Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat and cook to hard ball stage.
- Combine beaten egg whites and gelatin - beat until mixture forms stiff peaks.
- Pour hot syrup slowly into egg whites, beating until candy loses gloss and holds shape.
- Fold in coconut and nuts (optional).
- Pour into greased 9 inch square pan.
- Top with rows of chopped nuts and coconut.

3. Chocolate Turtles

Ingredients:

For The Turtles

- 2 squares of chocolate
- 1/2 cup of margarine
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of flour
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla

For The Icing:

- 1/2 square of chocolate
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons of butter
- Powdered sugar

Directions:

- Melt 2 squares of chocolate and 1/2 cup of margarine.
- Beat 2 eggs. Add sugar. Fold chocolate mixture into egg mixture.
- Fold in 1 cup flour and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Drop by teaspoon on hot waffle iron (low).
- Bake 50 seconds.
- Cool and frost.
- ICING: Boil chocolate, brown sugar, water, and butter 3 minutes.
- Take off heat.
- Add powdered sugar until thick.
- Put on turtles.
- Sprinkle with ground nuts.

4. Coconut Bon Bons

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup of instant potatoes (2 servings cooked, but not seasoned)
- 4 cups of flaked coconut
- 1 - 16 oz. package of powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of almond extract

Directions:

- Stir together the instant potatoes, coconut, powdered sugar, and the almond extract, mixing thoroughly.
- Refrigerate the mixture for 1 to 2 hours.
- Melt a 12 ounce bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1/3 of a bar of paraffin was in a double boiler.
- Shape the coconut mixture into small balls and dip in the melted chocolate.
- Lay on waxed paper until cool.