"Julie Bove" wrote in message news

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> "Julie Bove" wrote in message news >
> Last night my gardener was looking for microwave popcorn. I used to buy
> it.
> I don't eat it. I pop my own in a pan. He asked if I could make him some
> and
> put a little brown sugar in it. Now I can make caramel corn, but when I
> do,
> the corn is popped separately, old maids picked out, and a caramel syrup
> is
> made in a pan on the stove. Baking soda is added to give it a lighter
> texture. It is then mixed with the corn in a big roasting pan and baked
> for
> an hour, mixing it every so often as it bakes.
>
> I was pretty sure that Kettle corn was made by adding sugar to the fat.
> And
> indeed it is! So I tried adding a little brown sugar to come coconut oil
> and
> butter and popped the corn in that. Did not add salt. Came very well! Like
> a
> quick caramel corn but light on the caramel. Only problem was that I
> didn't
> shake the pan so the stuff on the very bottom got almost to burned.
>
> Some time back I made a recipe for roasted grape tomatoes with balsamic
> glaze. Gardener loved it but it was too overwhelming to me due to the
> large
> amount of glaze. This time I found a similar recipe that sautéed the
> tomatoes and only used one teaspoon of the glaze per pint of tomatoes. I
> had
> one of those huge tubs from Costco. Grape and cherry tomatoes in different
> colors. They were meant for salad but due to illness and lettuce recalls
> we
> ate no salad.
>
> I winged the recipe. Tossed the tomatoes in a pan with a little olive oil,
> salt and pepper. Cooked them for maybe 5 min. until the tomatoes began to
> break down. Added perhaps three teaspoons of the Balsamic glaze, a little
> dried parsley and dried basil. I know... I know. Had no fresh basil and
> didn't need the large amount that the stores here sell. I cooked some
> tri-color corkscrew pasta and added some chicken breast, cooked and cut in
> bite sized pieces for him. I'm not a fan of chicken so had mine without.
> The
> tomato sauce was spooned over the pasta and I topped it with Parmesan
> cheese. Folks! This is a keeper! He wolfed his down before I had eaten
> even
> half of mine. And it wasn't out of hunger as he was grabbing cookies as
> fast
> as I could bake them.
>
> I made chocolate chip cookies, have some vegan oatmeal and coconut dough
> (didn't need vegan but this recipe uses ingredients I had on hand) and
> also
> some Snickerdoodles with Bisquick. I got a box of Bisquick at Costco and
> it's HUGE! The end result was a slightly different texture and sweeter
> than
> the kind I make from scratch, but I didn't have to add fat. My problem was
> that I've been using butter like crazy and need to make sure that I have
> enough left for Christmas dinner. Am doing a mixed berry crisp (can use
> coconut oil if I need to), stuffing for the turkey and buttery dinner
> rolls.
>
> I also made a pan of powdered sugar fudge. Accidently grabbed the lemon
> extract instead of the vanilla! Thankfully I could smell it as the first
> drop hit the fudge. I attempted to scoop out the portion where it hit. The
> end result is great! No lemon taste at all. Need to go do the oatmeal and
> coconut cookies now. Had to let the oven cool down a bit as the prior
> cookies used a higher temp.
>
> ==
>
> My goodness! You have been busy)))

I think I have!

==

Sure sounds like it

Tomorrow I will be making a Pecan pie, courtesy of I not I, and a sweet
potato pie. Heck I don't remember who gave me that recipe. Sorry to whoever
gave it to me.