Four Holiday Candies Your Family Will LOVE!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2021
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Becky, a tip for facilitating spreading of brittles, etc., quick-hardening candies: Don't put the pan you are pouring it into on a cold counter--especially granite or something that holds the cold. Put down a silicon pad or other heat-resistant pad, and put your pan on top of it. Those extra seconds achieved may make all the difference. A cold counter cools the pan and makes the candy harden faster.
That is a great idea, Linda!
Great idea. Certainly makes sense.
Great advice Linda S. Thanks very much! 😀
Good to know - thanks Linda!☺️
i put the cookie sheet in the oven.
Hey Becky, i have a tip for you and your viewers, about the sugar crystals. I was a pastry chef for over a decade and whenever I melted sugar like that, i put a well fitting lid on the pot, when I first put it on the heat, then bring to a boil. Remove the lid. The condensation "washes" the sides for you. I did this after many times accidentally seeding my sugar with the grains left on the brush.
Merry Christmas and thank you for the videos!
That's an awesome tip!!
Thank you! I’ve been making what a friend calls “chocolate caramel pretzel bark” but it’s supposed to have a toffee texture. I have done just about everything there is to do wrong, but this tip will help me so much! It’s delicious despite the mistakes, but I don’t want a grainy praline or a gooey mess…
Yes, I can say from experience, this works beautifully!
Genius!!! Thank you!
@@kathrynwitte3398 you have the lid on before you put the candy thermometer in, while the sugar is still granular. It is not a good idea to put the thermometer in before the sugar is dissolved. It can potentially trap a grain of sugar and "seed" your candy .
Pro tip. For the salteen toffee put the salted crackers face down. So you get toffy top and salty bottom! Love you videos so much!
Definitely makes a difference! WAY BETTER!!
I like to do a little blessing of some course salt on top of the chocolate lol or pretzel crumbs
A little blessing ❤ adorbs!
Great idea!! Thank you
I totally love this channel and how straight forward and quick it is …
Tip: I used painters tape and tape my parchment paper to my counter so I can spread the brittle more easily
Great idea.
Becky I love how detailed you are when giving instructions and even include what could happen if we don't do it like you tell us to. You might have missed your calling to be a teacher. If you and Josh decide to have kids you'll make a great mom for sure!
Agreed!!! She's even got my littles hooked now aatching the details and learning along!❤ Love it Becky! Keep doing what your doing!!!
Absolutely
She’s amazing! For a detailed person, it’s very much appreciated. New subscriber!
PS: This is the first time Ive heard it explained WHY you want to use a pastry brush and water around the inside of a candy pot. Thank you!!
she's our teacher!
And now she’s pregnant ❤❤❤
Peanut brittle has always been my moms signature candy. She had a specific pan and brush that were used just for peanut and nothing else. My dad even bought her a marble slab and inset it in the countertop so she could do the traditional stretching of the brittle. I always new it was getting close to Christmas when the house smelled like peanut brittle.
You almost made me cry. Those wonderful memories are such a treasure. My mom’s signature candy was divinity. I can’t see or eat a piece of divinity without thinking of her. Thank you for sharing. Have a lovely Christmas.
Thanks Becky! And thanks to all the other experts out there that shared little tips to make things even easier. What an amazing community this is💕
Sweetheart you are in desperate need of an offset spatula. Everything looks delicious. I might stay up tonight making those saltine things for my daughter's choir mates
I like the look of the peppermint pieces on the dark chocolate better than on the white. Personal preference. I think it stands out better.
Me too!!
A couple of hints: when pouring out brittle, pour into disposable pie pans (buttered) in thin layer. Then when cooled you can put the whole sheet in a gallon bag, or break it up.
My mother could have opened a candy shop...she was well known for her candies. She never used the spoon or spatula on the sides of the pan while stirring. Only stir the bottom. Same when pouring out candy into prepared pans. Then you can scrape the sides onto a saucer. Those are the family samples. This prevents and sugar crystals from getting into the full batch and turning the whole thing into sugar. She also swore to never make a double batch, it sometimes doesn't turn out. And finally, try to make candy on a clear day if at all possible. The extra moisture in the air will sometimes affect the candy, especially something delicate like difinity.
Yes, to all these hints! Another way to make an impressive peanut brittle gift is to leave the round whole instead of breaking it. If you use your pie tin idea, you probably could get three rounds per batch to gift, wrapped in saran wrap and a bow! Cute and Yum!
Carolyn, I lived in South Texas for several years. Perfect place to make divinity. The first batch I made, I turned the mixer on and started washing the dishes. I looked over and could tell the mixer was slower. At 5 minutes, the divinity was perfect to remove from the pan. It was so easy I made several batches, along with toffee and old fashioned fudge. I could have gone into the candy business, but I was too lazy!!
My grandpa who we lost last year always made his peanut brittle in an iron skillet. I need to find the recipe and make some this week. It was something he always looked forward to. ☺️
Beautiful job Becky!! That was alot of work and care you put into your lovely gifts! Just a little hint from an 'Old Cook' if you put a bit of butter or spray oil on your cookie sheet before you lay on the parchment paper it will keep it from sliding so much. Makes it a bit easier. And folding a damp kitchen towel and placing it under a mixer or chopper/blender will keep it from moving about and keep it quieter. You are an amazing young woman and an excellent cook! LOVE watching your videos!
Watching you make your candy and cookies prompted me to make some of my favorites as gifts this year. I hadn't made any in a few years and you helped me get in the "Betty Crocker" mood.
Wonderful!
I’ve made the saltine toffee cookies successfully and there is no need to wait before putting the chocolate chips on top of the pan when it comes out of the oven. Also, you can put a pan upside down on top of the chips. It will hold the heat in & they’ll melt in no time. The suggestion about the offset spatula was excellent. You don’t realize what a great tool it is until you actually use it.
Hi Becky. You could laminate your recipes then you can use a white board marker to write on any notes or mark out your progress. They wipe clean and are ready for next time in seconds.
I loved seeing your Dad in the video. I can tell you have great parents. You are a blessed girl indeed. Thank you, Becky.
If you ever do merchandise a great phrase would be " but that's OK" love it when you say that ❤️
I love watching the videos but even more the comments from everyone. I learn so much. Thank you Becky and everyone else. Merry Christmas!
My dad was in his 90s and had stopped eating a lot because he just couldn't taste much. I knew that sweet and hot are two flavors that are some of the last to go so I made pecan and finely chopped jalapeño brittle. We found that the jars of pickled jalapeños brought the flavors together better than fresh ones.
JustPlainTara that was very thoughtful of you for your Dad. I'm sure he was very delighted with them!! They sound delicious.
I make lots of peanut brittle at Christmas time and alway pore mine out on parchment paper. Doesn’t stick nothing to wash and don’t have to worry about breaking any bowls!
Technically, what you have are "half-sheet" pans. Half of a commercial full sheet pan. I have 6 of them. They are wonderful to have when making large quantities.
I learned from Marth Stewart videos to keep a bowl of Ice water nearby when you are working w/ boiling sugar. If you do get hot sugar on you, plunge your hand in the ice water right away to stop the burning.
I suggest you invest in a long off-set spatula. It will make it easier to spread your chocolate or brittle to a thin layer.
I'm a retired cake decorator. The bakery I worked for sells a cookie tray for $50+ dollars. You gave great gifts to your co-workers.
Wow thank you Linda!
I was wondering because I have a full sheet pan and it is HUGE. My Mom was a caterer and I inherited lots of her stuff!
@@villagesteader3552 The off-set spatula will be another 'game-changer' for Becky. Highly recommend getting a few sizes.
@@colleenc1010 yes in at least 2 sizes.
Hmmm, I don’t think her sheets are commercial full or half sheet. I have half sheets and Becky’s appear longer but not that much wider. I looked on Amazon, and commercial full sheets are 18x26, half sheet is about 13x18 but they also sell sheets called big sheets or 2/3 size 😂 that are 15x21. That might be what Becky has.
I made your Peanut Brittle and Peppermint Bark along with a Peanut Blossom Cookie and put them in decorative Christmas tins to hand out to all of my neighbors this next week. Thank you for the tutorial!!!
If you warm your metal sheet in the oven a bit it will give you a bit more time to spread your candy.
I see you are using a timer! Great joy! Susan, Becky’s Mom.
*Baking tip I just learned this year!
Spraying the cookie sheet with a little oil or greasing it with butter will hold the parchment paper still when you’re trying to spread things like toffee.
Becky is so sweet to do all of those treats for them so much hard work attention and care went into them
You are so sweet and thoughtful Becky, everyone there is lucky to have you in their lives And we are glad you share yourself with us too :) It’s been amazing to see your channel explode, you deserve it. Merry Christmas.
This is the first year in over 10 years that I haven’t constantly been baking from halloween until the new year. I would make dozens upon dozens of cookies and fudge every night. This year I was just over it. I’ve baked a few times but I’m mainly trying to empty out my baking pantry for other things
Your husband's coworkers are so lucky! Everything you made looks amazing.
Love the saltine toffee!!!! Been making it for years!!
An easy tip to stop your Parchment paper from sliding is to spray your pan with a little cooking spray and it will stay put.😊
I love watching brittle being made. It’s one of the reasons I love watching Hercules. They have been making smoked almond brittle.
I am so thrilled for you (and us who benefit) that you are doing this full-time now. I will be making and sharing some of these goodies!! Awesome video/series. Thank you!
What a great surprise for them. Love the packaging you did.
Oh that all looked delicious! I bet everyone loved all the goodies! So thoughtful! 💚
Those look delicious! I love your story about using the library book and making the almond chocolate candy.
Your time management skills are enviable. I've never had almond roca or saltine toffee, I'm going to have to add these to my Christmas gift repertoire. Thanks for sharing!
Sweet and salty - be still my heart!
YES!! SO GOOD!!
Becky you're an incredible lady. I hope you have wonderful and given people who give to you the way you give to them. You deserve it. Never change you're a gift to us all.
I love holiday baking!!! My time is so limited and I hope the people I gift the baked goods to appreciate it. TFS your recipes.
Becky and her cute little slippers practicing safety first by grabbing that metal tray. Hehe I hope you have a beautiful holiday. Congrats on your years success. I’ve loved watching you grow and your journey here. 💛🎄
The sound of the peanut brittle!
I tend to hi-light key temps so my eye quickly finds it on the page. I also draw a line through major steps, like the difference between two bowls being mixed separately.
Liking your recipes 😁👍🏻
All your candies and cookies looked wonderful!!
Hooray for Christmas Candy!
I was a Bluebird and a Camp Fire Girl. I haven’t heard anything about that in years. Throwback memories. A side note about taking hot desserts out of the oven - never use flimsy foil pans. My mom had a foil pan fold on her coming out of the oven and the sugary pie ingredients spilled down on the top of her foot. It stuck and burned her pretty severely. Wearing shoes is important too. She had on slip on house shoes which were not much protection.
Ouch!
So fun! I love making candies and chocolates this time of year. I had a group of friends and we did a chocolate day and all worked together to create enough chocolate for each of us to go home with boxes and boxes of gifting chocolates.
Great idea!
Would be so lucky to receive those goodies as gifts. I’m sure everyone will enjoy them.
I so agree with you on the pans they are a life saver. I am an ultra organized baker. I get everything ready ahead of time. Love your site.
Saltine toffee is also known as Christmas Crack. We have it every year, it’s always a big hit and so easy.
When you were chopping the candies, I was afraid you had forgotten the cookies in the oven again. Whew! You took them out, just not on camera.
Thank you for sharing these. My mom always made the Russian Tea Cakes and they are still my favorites.
I love watching your long cooking videos while I cook/bake 🥰
Our family makes the saltine toffee every year in the spring for Passover. We sub the crackers for matzah. So good!
Realy nice to see more video's ♥️
Can't wait till the vegie garden starts again 😊
Me too!!
I love Almond Roca❤️👍 looks wonderful, Becky.
Aw thank you so very much!!
I was also a campfire girl, I loved them!!
Wohelo!!!! I was a Campfire Girl too in the early 1960’s.
Thanks for making these recipes so easy to access; I really appreciate that, I hate having to look through stuff to find a recipe lol. Love you and your videos💜☺️.
Omg, perfect timing! I was just writing out the ingredients I need to make our Christmas cookies and treats! I love sweet and salty so I'm definitely making the saltine candy 🤤😍
Hope you enjoy!
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You're amazing! Thanks so much for this.
I made the saltine toffee for the first time ever and I'm 60 years old. I think it will be in my regular repertoire now
Try putting a heating pad under your baking sheet, it will keep it warm while you’re spreading but not so hot that it continues cooking.
You're the cutest making sweets for your husband's work!! Love your videos so much!!!!
I've berm hearing about the saltine toffee forever. You've inspired me to finally make it.
That all looked absolutely amazing. It sure did inspire me to make some of that delicious candy and cookie treats. Thanks so much!!!!!
Everything looked delicious! I’m going to make the saltine candy, also making peanut butter balls, peanut butter fudge, cookies n cream fudge, chocolate dipped pretzels, and candied pecans for gifts to my friends and family. It’s a lot of work!
I appreciate the finished pics at the beginning and the overview of each, as one who doesn't make sweets often, gives me the idea what each looks like ❤
I appreciate the tips from the professional bakers. So helpful!!
You have an amazing heart Becky… they all looked wonderful.. I would have even eaten your burnt ones lol
Aw you are so sweet!
I will definitely make this candies tomorrow, everything looks delicious, thank you for sharing this recipes, you are awesome!
I truly like the peppermint bark with the milk/dark chocolate on top!
Everything looks delicious!! I love making candy!
I like her. 👍 good no frills but delicious recipes
The peanut brittle looks so good. Was my husband’s favorite.
This looks absolutely delicious! There’s definitely a culture difference when it comes to Christmas cookies and candy, can’t wait to try some American ones for my Swedish Christmas table this year 🥰
You should share some of your Swedish Christmas treats!
God Jul
I made the peppermint almond bark for the first time and it was a huge hit. Thank you Becky
Everyone I talked to today was in a bad mood. Thank you for sharing some positivity - I needed it! 💗💗
Everything looks so good Becky!! 😍
LOVE the saltine toffee, def try it with Ritz crackers sometime. AMAZING
Hi Becky--yummy!!! I make the saltine toffee candy and add sprinkles on top. Need to try the almond roca--love anything almond. Thanks for inviting me into your kitchen today. Hugs and blessings.
Aw thank you so very much!!
I usually make my brittle with mixed nuts. So good. I like it salty too. I keep seeing the cracker stuff I may try that.
They all looks so good. Thanks for the video
Hey thanks for some great ideas! I was surprised that you don't have trouble with the chocolate seizing when using "extract" since it has water in it. I was told to always use "oil" when flavoring chocolate! I do this with orange oil and orange candies calling them "Orange Meows". Wonderful if you are fan of orange chocolate.
Made cranberry orange pinwheels this morning and making Needham's this afternoon. I have tons of cookie dough in the fridge waiting to bake.
Needhams! Are you in Maine too? My dad’s favorite!!
Molly, I love anything cranberry orange! Is this a recipe Becky has uploaded, or is it one of yours?
I love how your peppermint bark looks with the candy canes on top of the chocolate - looks like candy snow on rich, dark earth! More festive than the other way 'round IMO! Thanks for an amazing video!
This reminds me of all of the Christmas cookie-making fun that I had with my mother-in-law many years ago! Thank you so much for sharing!
Everything looks amazing,you packaged it all beautifully!
Thank you, Billie!!
The cookie's and candy look so beautiful in the packages. I am sure they taste wonderful too!
Becky I love all of these recipes! I wish you had a print button on your scratch pantry. That would be very helpful! Merry Christmas!
Hi Linda, in a recent video Becky said her hubby is working on her new site and it will have a print button 🥳
That’s great to know! I was going to ask the same question of print button! I want to try the peanut brittle but I’m thinking Since cashews are my all time fave, I’d use that instead of roasted peanuts! I’m so nervous of boiling sugar as this would be my first time but reading all the tips I will be ok! Thanks so much Becky! I’m glad I found your TH-cam channel and you explain so nicely and detailed out! Merry e!
Loved the shout out to Camp Fire Girls. Those were good times. Thanks for the videos.
I have been obsessed with watching holiday treat videos the past couple of days, so yours came up in the algorithm. I'm in awe of your ability to multitask - quite daring when doing candy! I really ought to get a candy thermometer and give some of these a go. I've done almond roca and the christmas crack before by crossing myself and offering up a prayer. Worked half of the time, the other half we don't speak of. LOL.
I’ve never done a mass production bake like that, it’s usually just one item at a time like fudge or cookies. But I’m so inspired to make at least 4 maybe 5 things to give out this year :)
Yes, she definitely shows you the possibilities for mass production, I’m like you I do it one at a time and even then I feel challenged L O L
It was nice of you to leave nuts off of the saltine toffee. I'm allergic to nuts, and several other things. This time of the year I'm always chasing down who made what to double check the ingredients.
Great vids with both cookies and Candy. You were very organized and made the whole process look easy peasy!
This was great Becky! It definitely inspires me to make some treats and spread some joy! Thank you! 🧁🍰🍫🍪🍭💝
I just made the Christmas "crack" last night... wow Is it addictive lol. Super amazing! Love the peppermint on top!
It's so good!
You always do such a great job with all the dishes you prepare! The sweet treats look divine and I'm sure they taste delicious. A little suggestion when using parchment paper on sheet pans and need to spread, try clipping small paper clip binders to keep parchment in place, I found that helpful. I really enjoy watching your cook once eat all week preps.
Love, love, love! I think the peppermint looked nice on the dark chocolate! Yumm!
I LOVE saltine toffee! So good and easy to make 😋
Becky, thank you so much for the cookie and candy videos. I want to try making some different recipes this year and these look so easy! You are awesome! I hope you and your amazing family have a very merry Christmas 🎄🎄❤❤
I think the peppermint bark is perfect, the candy canes show up great in the chocolate. I’m definitely going to make some.
I add chopped Heath bars on top of the cracker toffee. YUM!
You are amazing! Those were such wonderful treats for your friends and colleagues. So thoughtful.
Hi Becky, I just found your channel because of Jess from Roots and Refuge. She spoke highly of your channel and all the good things you share. I am not a cookie maker, but have learned a lot watching this video. A tip I use for anchoring a recipe in place while I follow it is to use a magnetic to hold the recipe onto the front of the microware. It works like a champ! Happy New Year 2022!
Almond rocas are my fave but I haven’t been able to eat them since I developed a ton of food allergies. I didn’t even know I could make them at home, so I am going to attempt it at some point and try to make them allergy friendly for me to eat.
Loving watching your videos all the way from New Zealand! 💚
I’ve always preferred the milk/dark chocolate as the top layer on peppermint bark - love the higher contrast it creates with the white/red candy!