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Sweetly yours, Linda
Sunday, December 9, 2001
Here is the season that we have been waiting all year for - this is the "sweetest" time of the year - except for Valentines - but we will discuss that holiday at a later time. I hope that you are all working on your Christmas goodies as we speak. There are so many wonderful things to make and enjoy.
We have been having a terrific time at candy class - the next and last class for the year will be next Saturday - December 15. The class is at 10:00 a.m. till noon. And as always the class is absolutely free!!
Yesterday we made so many great things - from chocolate covered caramel roses, clusters of all kinds (peanut, almond, macadamia, cashew), chocolate covered Oreos decorated for the holidays, festive pretzels, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Snowglobe cookies and rocky road fudge - all so easy and failproof.
Are you deep into making your Christmas cookies and having problems with the bottom of the cookies burning? Here is an easy solution to that problem. First have a good cookie sheet. By that I mean a cooking sheet made of solid light colored aluminum. Be sure that the cookie sheet has only one raised side. Why? Because the darker the cookie sheet the hotter it gets and the darkness retains the heat. That is why the cookies that are in the corners of dark cookie pans burn faster that the cookies in the middle of the sheet. If there is only one raised side (therefore no corners) all cookies will bake more evenly. Also using a sheet of baking parchment on your cookie sheet will insure that your cookies will have no burned bottoms. Now you can decorate your beautiful cookies.
Do you have any questions - please email and we will post your question and answer. Until next time keep on making all that good stuff! And if you are local - come to candy class next Saturday - love to see you.
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