Herald A Lantern 16 December 81

Gifts t’rom Your Kitchen

Candy is Dandy & Homemade is Handy

by Florrnce Hr*l Buying or making candy is expensive, but homemade candy is a little cheaper and a lot of fun — even for the children Some of the sweets I make at Christmas time are fudge, poamit brittle, mints, and fondant. DELICIOUS FUDGE 2 squares unsweetened chocolate I Cup brown sugar, packed 1 Cup granulated fugar ' , 1/3 Cup undllated evaporated mflb • 2 Tablespoon Corn Syrupy 2 TdMespqpn butter - ^ ^ I teaspoon variiha I Cup chopped niit* (oplionafj Combine the first five ingredients in a heavy saucepan, stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved Cook, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, to the soft ball stage (mixture /brms a soft ball when a small amount is dropped in fold water); or a candy thermoiheter registered 234-240*F. ’ Remove from fire and set aside until just cool enough to hold pan on hand. Beat until candy begins to loose glossy appearance. v j Stir in vanilla and nuts, turn into a buttered 8x8x2 inch When firm, cut into squares. MORAVIAN MINTS 3 Cups ^bn/ectloner's sugar I Cup boiling water * 12 drops oil of peppermint or oilolwlnte^ireen Boil sugar and water together until a small amount dropped^in cold water forms a small ball. Add-flavoring, remove from stove, and beat until the mixture begins.to thicken. Then quickly drop from end of spoon, forming thin round patties on waxed paper. Put candy over hot water while forming patties.

peanVt brittle

I Cup shelled peanuts

1 Tablespoon butter 2 Cups sugar K teaspoon baking soda Grease a shallow pan with butter. Spread the peanuts over the bottom of the pan. Pour the sugar into a heavy frying pan. v Over low feat, stir until it starts to melt and becomes brown syrup. Remove from ’heat, quickly stir in baking soda. Pour syrup over nuta. Let cool. Break into pieces. UNCOOKED FONDANT y 4 Cup butter 2 Tablespoon cream 4 Cups confectioner’s sugar Vanilla Put butter and cream in saucepan/ Heat almost to boil. Add Vi-Cup sqgar and mix well. Place the remaining sugar in a mixing bdwl. Add the sugar, butter, and cream mixture. Mix well. If the whole recipe is to be of one flavor, add the flavoring. If several flavors are to be used, separaffe the mixture into the portions for desired flavors. Let the fondant ripen for a day or two before shaping into balls or centers for chocolate covering. Stbte in a covered container. t

COCOANUT CANDY 2 Cups firmly packed cocoanut 2 Cups sugar ^ Cup light corn syrup l 1/3 Cup half and half. Cup butter or Oleo y 4 teaspoon salt I teaspoon vanilla IH'C. flaked cocoanut i Combine sugar, corn syrup, half and half in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat to soft bail stage, stirring con- ’

stantly.

Remove from heat; add butter and salt. Cool to lukewarm. Add vanilla. iBeat with wooden spoon until mixture.rs creamy and has lost its gloss. , .7 ' Fold in cocoanut. •• Pour mixture into a greased 9 inch square pan. WALNUT KISSES 1 pound sugar , 6 egg whites ^ ,• 4 tablespoons flour . 1 quart walnui kernels Beat egg whites until stiff and dry. Mix flour and sugar and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Add walnuts. . Drop by teaspoons on brown paper on baking sheet.

Bake at 350*F.

HICKORY NUT KISSES 2 cups sugar , * 2 cups hickory nuts, chopped fine 3 tablespoons flour 6 egg Whites, beaten stiff . Beat egg whites, add sugar gradually, then add nuts,

lastly the flour.

Drop on brown paper baking sheet and bake in

moderate oven 350*F.

(Note: Do not try these on a damp day)

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by Ink Mendelsohn All that glitters may not be gold. But in this case it was. James aemahts, a railroad brakeman who struck it rich in the Klondike in 1897, decorated his Christmas tree that year with $70,000 worth of

gold nuggets.

On the other hand, the next year, a Pennsylvania farmer trimmed his tree with stuffed squirrels and chipmunks, simply proving that all fnanner of favorite things, be they serendipitous gold nuggets or stuffed trophies of the hunt, are likely to turn up as ornaments on Afherican

Christmas trees.

Many people cherish as Christmas ornamenU family keepsakes, gifts from friends and especially the creations of their children. "I treasure all the Christmas decorations the children made at school down through the years,'' yaays NANCY REAGAN. AS AN ADVOCATE for America's artists, JOAN MONDALE always made certain that, during the holiday season, the vice president’s house was filled with their handmade ornaments. As for her personal favorites, "The ornaments our children have made over the years are treasures, and I think if I must select one, it is the shiny metal rim of a mason jar framing a photograph

of our three children

The Christmas tree becomes a kind of evergreen family album to be admired anew each holiday season. This year, what do you suppose STANLEY MARCUS, spirit behind the fabulous Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog, will be admiring most on his own tree? A miniature diamond-studd-ed cowboy hat? A tiny pair of platinum boots? Actually, his favorite ornament is a simple natural

wood angel. ANGELS ARE also the favorite ornaments of several other widelyknown Americans. "I sprinkle them on my tree,’.’ famed mezzo-soprano SHIRLEY VERRETT says of her special collection of paper and ceramic angels. As for tennis champion TRACY AUSTIN, "Every year the Austin family gathers around ourr tree and puts the angel on top, and that angel's my favorite." An ornament with wings is also the favorite of actor PAUL WINFIELD - a white origami bird "that looks so perfect on its natural green tree with small twinkling white

lights."

"I love anything that twinkles,” revpals the general director Of the New York City Ofpra - an appropriate statement coming from ffstar like

BEVERLY SILLS.

FRANK MANKIEWICZ, president of - National Public Radio, is fondest of his family’s homespun treasures, which he hopes will become family heirlooms. "Each year my wife makes patchwork ornaments for the tree. Her first one, made years ago,

is my favorite.

FAMILY TRADITION and candlelight have always ^een important ingredients in achieving a warm holiday mood. Another diva, ROBERTA PETERS, counts among her most precious possessions the Hanukkah menorah given her when she was in Israel during the

Six-Day War.

The young Superman may have had memories of a shimmering, green crystal, ^ but CHRISTOPHER REEVES, according to his mother, Mrs. Tristam Johnson, of Princeton, loved "the real candles on his childhood

Christmas tree."

GOLDIE HAWN’S mother, Laura Hawh, recalls the Christmas Goldie decided she was, unhappy with the way the dining room wallpaper

looked for the holidays. Her parents came home one night to find that Goldie had made a gigantic gift out of the entire dining room — papering all the walls with Christmas wrap.

THE CHRISTMAS TREE Their eyes, danced round the Christmas tree As smiles embjaced its massive form And Santa ClaM, gold bugles poised In bright array with mirrored stars Now dazzied tiny minds with joy.

On tip, the angel stretched her wings As if Ih readied flight to soar • Upon the green and silver limbs In stabled hold the bails and lights Reflected secrets, children hnow.

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