Nothing feels better than the sense of accomplishment you feel when someone looks at you and says "YOU MADE THAT?!?!?!"
Today I made candy canes! :D Proud of me? I am :)
Got the how to here :)
Fist of all, I didn't get a lot of pictures, because the gloves I was wearing wouldn't really allow it,and also because you want to move fast so it doesn't get hard to fast on you.
I was lucky and didn't have to use the oven to warm mine up to make it more pliable.
First thing is you want to get all the ingredients ready ahead of time.
And then you let it boil. It has to reach a certain degree before it's ready. It took somewhere between 10 to 15 minutes for mine to boil to the right degree at medium temperature.
This is where you want to start working fast So I have no pictures. While I was trying to pull and fold the mixture, (I did pink and blue by the way) if you don't wait long enough before using your hands, the mixture that is really sticky will literally stick to your gloves making it ten times harder. So you might want to use your spatula or whatever you used for a good few minutes until you're sure it'll hold it's shape.
Then you roll them out into a log together.
The part where you twist and pull is a little hard at first but once you get a good rhythm going it gets easier and kind of fun.
Oh, and I ate a piece. VERY VERY VERY sticky. The whole 'let it cure' is for your own good, so listen up!
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