It has been a very productive weekend in the Haugen House. Much cleaning, grading of papers, and writing has been accomplished. More importantly, we christened the first Holiday season in the new house by making Holiday goodies!
Jo and I went to the grocery store yesterday and bought all the accouterments to make fudge(chocolate and peanut butter), peanut brittle, snowballs (think round sugar cookies with coconut and orange peel), and white chocolate pretzels with peppermint sprinkles.
Jo valiantly took on the task of hand dipping each individual pretzel over a hot homemade double boiler.
I worked on the fudge and the cookies as well as the peanut brittle. Note the rock hard abs and marshmallow fluff. Don't stare at the goods, thanks.
After much hard labor, Jo rested with the dogs and I took an artsy picture of all the tasty treats.
After a dinner of pizza and beer we loaded plates for the neighbors. Behold the glory that is Holiday treats!
6-8 pounds of fudge, 1 bag of pretzels, 1 jar of corn syrup, 1 16 oz jar of peanuts and 21 snowballs later and I will be taking plates to work as will Jo. Here is to hoping all our friends' teeth don't fall out!
Happy Holidays!
-Cory
4 comments:
And when should we be expecting our goodie bags?
u guys r too funny......make sure u have a dentist appt. scheduled....happy holidays....enjoy the snow
Cory, didn't JoAnna explain her many years of experience as "cookie decorator"? Give the girl a bottle of crystal sugar and she is a pro. BTW - where are the peanut butter thumbprints?
WOW I am so proud of you two!!!Great job{not the apron very bad}
Love Mom
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