Posts Tagged "molasses"

Tjong – caramel chews

Posted by hannah on Feb 20, 2011 in candy | 1 comment

As you may have noticed, I did not manage to post another recipe by now. Life is taking over and I have no idea how to continue posting regulary here at the moment. My new job is exciting and challenging, and I love it. The only drawback is that commuting steals that time of the day I usually freed to bake and photograph. Now, instead of baking I sit on the train commuting. I don’t want to put myself under pressure with posting here, so I decided to continue posting irregularly and concentrate more on the photoblog, where photos speak for themselves without many words or instructions. For the moment I want to leave you with a scan of a Swedish recipe for homemade caramel candy. This is such a special recipe – easy in what it requires from the ingredients, but requiring patience and time in preparation. If you have kids – they will be thrilled to see you make caramel candy. They can even help once the mass has cooled and needs to be stretched.

Enjoy, and see you around! ♥

Spicy gingersnap cookies

Posted by hannah on Dec 10, 2010 in cookies | 5 comments

Life has me. I quit my job. The decision was a long and complicated one and I do not know where it will lead. The only thing I know is that I am happy to have communicated this step in due time. I will now continue at my current workplace until the end of February. And then? I do not really know yet – but I have so many ideas. And finally, after the decision has been taken and communicated my mind feels much calmer and less occupied. Even if the future remains unclear. But now for some Christmas joy, shall we? Gingersnap cookies, soft and chewy ones, sparkling with sugar crystals. These are very spicy, you may well decide to use a bit less ginger, if you want them more delicate.

turtle brownies

Posted by hannah on Mar 8, 2010 in brownies | 0 comments

The first time I came across turtles was in New England. Deliciously sweet, chocolate, pecans and caramel – all combined. For a welcome treat I wanted to produce something similar, and came across these at joy of baking. Since pecans are not really affordable over here, I substituted those by walnuts and the heavy cream for the ganache by condensed milk. They came out moist and caramely, just like I hoped them to be. Another (among several) tweak to the original recipe was the substitution of light corn syrup by molasses, which worked out very well. I assume it gives those brownies a more intense taste.