Candy Making

January 30th - Wednesday - Warmer 53 degrees

As many of you know I am still fixing food for our  Valentine's Day Coffee Hour at our church and it just wouldn't be complete without some candy.  Lou asked me to make his favorite candy and it is Cracker Candy.  I got the recipe from one of our square dancing friends and had made it one other time, but I didn't have enough chocolate chips to make a whole batch so I experimented with half butterscotch and half chocolate chip and it turned out great, in fact I think I like the butterscotch better.  I am going to include the recipe in case anyone wants to try it.  It is very easy and fun to make

40 crackers ( I used Keebler Club Crackers)
1 cup butter (must be butter)
1 cup brown sugar
1 pkg 12 oz chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line up crackers on a cookie sheet with edges that has been covered with aluminum foil.  Melt butter and add brown sugar.  Stir often and bring to a full rolling boil for exactly three (3) minutes.  Pour over the crackers and bake at 350 degrees for ten (10) minutes.  Remove from oven, sprinkle with chocolate chips and wait until almost melted then spread all over crackers, sprinkle with nuts.  Refrigerate for two (2) hours, then break into pieces and store in air tight containers.  Enjoy!!

I also made the old fashioned fudge, but everyone knows how to make fudge and it turned out great also, I had to have Lou help me stir that to finish it up.  So have those things off my list.  Now I am ready to start tearing the house apart to clean.