Gingerbread House

A snowy day for staying indoors and creating a gingerbread house, Jonathan did all the piping:

Candy Stash (though there were a lot of M&M's to start with and none made it on the house, there was only a handful left when we stopped)  Another thing I do is buy most of the candy after Christmas on clearance and save it for the next year - cheap. . . and apparently still edible!

Keaton & Brady's side (the word 'peace' started going up, however a friend came over and P and most of the E was all that got glued on):

Jonathan & Cheri's side:

A lot to be done still, but this took us 1 1/2 hours - hopefully we come back to it!

Sea Foam Candy

I tried this recipe for Sea Foam - it's old fashioned chocolate covered candy - my mom loves it. I made it for Thanksgiving for her. She doesn't remember to read my blog - LoL - so I can post it here before she knows about it:

I used an 8x8 pan to pour it into so the candy would be thick:

It tastes super yummy - fun, fun! This was my first attempt and I'll definitely make this again.

RECIPE:

1 cup Sugar (I used Brown Sugar)

1 cup Dark Corn Syrup (I used Brown Sugar Corn Syrup)

1 tablespoon Vinegar

1 Tablespoon Baking Soda

Cook sugar, corn syrup and vinegar in heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves, 3 to 4 minutes. Stop stirring and bring candy to boil and continue cooking without stirring until candy reaches hard-crack stage (300 to 310 degrees on candy thermometer), about 9-10 minutes. Do not overcook. Remove candy from heat and quickly stir in baking soda. Pour into buttered 13- by 9-inch(I poured it in an 8x8 pan to get thicker pieces) baking pan but do not spread (candy wont fill pan). Let candy cool. Melt chocolate (I used 1 cup white chocolate chips & 1 cup semi-sweet) in top of double boiler over simmering water and set aside to cool. Break hardened candy into chunks and dip into melted chocolate. Place on wax paper until firm, about 30 minutes, or refrigerate. Store in airtight container.

. . . . and then Keaton was putting dishes away and 3 glasses fell and broke all over my candy on the counter =( I'm very, VeRy, VERY sad right now . . .