Oklahoma Brown Candy

Oklahoma Brown candy is pretty much just sugar, butter, cream, and vanilla, all mixed and boiled together.

I started by cooking some of the sugar, until it turned into and amber liquid, then we added that to the sugar and cream that was being simmered. The recipe said to take five minutes to pour the liquid sugar into the other pot. That's how slow we had to go. We then boiled it to the firm ball stage.

After adding some butter, it cooled for awhile and then we had to stir it for 15 minutes straight with a wooden spoon. My dad had to help at the end because it was getting hard to mix. I took this photo of him stirring the pot.

It tastes like caramel with the texture of fudge. We tried some with pecans and some plain.

Friendship Bread

I made a type of bread called "Friendship Bread," but it wasn't from the book. My friend gave me a bag of starter from school, so I made the batter bigger by adding ingredients, then I split the batter into three again: one that I made into bread, one to give to friends, and one to keep for myself to make again.

I have made three types already: double-chocolate cherry, double-chocolate cranberry, and vanilla cinnamon. It all tasted great, and the friends that I gave them to loved it!

The Science of Candy Project

At school for this thing called the "Art and Academic" fair, I decided to show my love of making candy for the whole school to see. I had a posterboard with six papers glued to it: an Introduction, the "Soft Ball" stage, the "Firm Ball" stage, the "Hard Ball" stage, the "Soft Crack" stage, and finally, the "Hard Crack" stage. I showed which temperature the sugar and water was cooked at, what it felt like if it were to be dropped in cold water, and some of the candies that are made in that stage. I set out pieces of candy in ziploc bags that were made in the stage for them to feel and see. I believe that it was a big hit!

Tuxedo Strawberries

Tuxedo strawberries are strawberries first dipped in white chocolate, then dipped in dark chocolate, but leaving a small triangle of white chocolate. The dark chocolate is like the coat, and the white chocolate is the shirt underneath. I then took a ziploc bag with a little melted chocolate in it, snipped the corner and make a bowtie and buttons with the dark chocolate on the white. It was simple and yummy! Happy Valentine's Day!

Irish Potato Candies

Irish potato candies are not actual potatoes or even contain potato. They are just a substance of cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and coconut shavings all mixed together and rolled into potato shapes.

To make them look like potatoes, you roll them in cinnamon powder. I also liked these plain!