March Baked Goods Swap *Sign Ups Closed*

[shellyga]

Mine will ship tomorrow but I wanted to say I got the most wonderful cookies from Sianara today.. sad to say that everyone had grab a handful and I have had to hide the rest so I can get at least a few this time..

Shelly

 

[farmerChef]

I'll post the April thread when I get home and can get on the computer, its hard to do things other than just a simple post on my phone.

 

[sianara]

Mine will ship tomorrow but I wanted to say I got the most wonderful cookies from Sianara today.. sad to say that everyone had grab a handful and I have had to hide the rest so I can get at least a few this time..
Shelly

Glad you like them Shelly. They are peanut butter oatmeal with chocolate chips and raisins

 

[sianara]

Ok, I got busy and a little side tracked. I am baking tomorrow to ship out on Monday to both of my partners.

Did everyone have cheaper shipping with the closer shipping ranges. Do you think it worked out better that way.

I was surprised that it was still $8 to ship. The cookies were lighter than the previous packages and it was only to GA but still $8. Oh well, I couldn't pay someone that little to BRING it to GA lol

 

[sianara]

So glad you liked it! I've got a jar of the cherry flavor sitting in front of me on my desk at work. yummy.

KBlue, would you please share your recipe here? Rock candy sounds great!

 

[hispoptart]

Mine just got dropped off at the post office on the way to silkymom1986.

 

[HiddenHens987]

My Items shipped out this morning. Hope everyone enjoys their goodies!

 

[ChickenLeg]

I sooo want in on the April swap!

 

[shellyga]

Mine went out to Millie and Joanne this morning as well.. enjoy.

Shelly

 

[KBlue]

Got the cookies and zucchini bread from reesepoultry today! My 2 year old approves.

Quote:
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Window Pane Rock Candy
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup water
3/4 cup corn syrup
1 dram essential oil flavoring
food coloring, if desired
2 tsp powdered sugar

In a medium saucepan, bring the sugar, water, and syrup to a boil; stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Using a candy thermometer, let the mixture get to 300 deg. F. (The temps rise fast from 250 up so keep an eye out!)

While the sugar mixture is heating up, line a cookie sheet with wax paper and spray liberally with oil.

Once the mixture is at temperature, add the flavoring and food coloring. Stir. Pour out onto the oiled cookie sheet. Move fast as it starts to set quickly. Don't worry about any bubbles, they will work themselves out. Let it cool completely (1 - 2 hours). Using the wax paper, carefully pry the sheet of candy off the cookie sheet. Peel off the wax paper and invert the candy back onto the cookie sheet (so what was the bottom is now facing up).

With a hard, blunt object (I use a knife handle.) whack the candy into bite sized pieces. Put into a storage container (I use two pint mason jars). Add a tsp of the powdered sugar to each jar, put on lid and shake until all the pieces are coated in a light covering of sugar. Makes 2 pints candy.

Enjoy!

If anything is unclear, just ask! I would be happy to clarify. It sounds like a lot of work, but after you do it once it is pretty straight forward and easy.