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NUTS!  

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Yes that does describe my general sate of mind. However, this post is about delicious candied nuts. You know those nuts that have at the fair? The ones that you can smell from 10 booths away, immediately drawing you in but you pass up because you hate paying $7 for a little bag? Yea those. Well I needed stocking stuffers, and with no fairs around and being the poor recent college student I am (graduated 6 days ago I did) I decided to make my own. Here is the link for the recipe.

Bavarian Vanilla Almonds {Candied Nuts}


Yield: one pound candied nuts

Ingredients:

1 egg white
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract if you are using regular granulated sugar instead of vanilla sugar
1 tablespoon water
1 pound almonds or pecans
3/4 cup of vanilla sugar (if you do have vanilla sugar, simply substitute regular granulated sugar)
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons of Vanilla Fleur de Sel (if you do not have Vanilla Fleur de Sel simply substitute fine grain sea salt)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, combine egg white, vanilla extract and water. Beat mixture until frothy. Stir in almonds and mix to coat.
3. Gently combine sugar, cinnamon, and sea salt and stir into almond mixture, thoroughly coating all nuts.
4. Evenly spread nuts onto prepared baking sheet and place into oven.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
6. When cool, pack in an airtight jar. They will keep at room temperature for about 2 weeks.


I used a mix of walnuts and almonds, they each provide something different in regards to flavor

 I decided I needed coffee at this point. Katz Coffee is a local roasting company that I worked for a couple years ago that makes a great product.

This is what happens to your fine grain salt (or anything) when you have lots of humidity. YAY!

 Spending money on quality spices is a must. Seriously buy them, your food will be so much better.

 Even though I'm TECHNICALLY supposed to be egg free, meh. I haven't noticed any improvements. So yea I used the egg whites. I would think so long as you used finely ground flax, chia, or a commercial egg replacer it would still work, you just don't want lumps. 

 I wanted to add a little spice, but the Ancho Chili really didn't add any. However, it did add a very nice depth of flavor to the nuts. It wasn't so much an identifiable flavor, but it was more complex if that makes any sense.

I did some with the Ancho, and some without. My mother agreed that the ones with the Ancho were better. Interestingly though the sugar on the nuts with the added chili powder was more granular.

 Mmmm... My favorite beverage besides water.

 The finished product!

These are completely addicting and you should make some. NOW! I also tried making kettle corn. Lets just say it was not a shining success... There will be a few more Christmas tinkerings coming soon!

December random post  

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So its time for my monthly blog post :D

This one is certainly a mishmash of random stuff, but those are the fun ones right?

Through someone elses blog I have been considering doing reverb10's month of reflection. Which being that it is the middle of the month I suppose I should get working on that if I am going to do it... I do think some of the prompts are rather silly, so I most likely won't be doing all of them, assuming I do any at all.

As well I plan on making myself a flannel sheet, which I'm sure many of my readers can attest that cold sheets are not welcome in the midst of winter.

I also intend to fix my moccasins before the school break ends. See picture below for reasons why.





We also intend on replacing our sliding glass doors on our back porch, as one of them pretty much refuses to open now. This will also involve building in a couple new windows, so that should be interesting and might even involve pictures!

I have also begun running everyday (not counting the weekend) 1. Because I need exercise, and 2 because I want a pair of these! *insert big grin*





The idea behind the shoes is to basically be running barefoot (when you have better balance and save more energy) but still have a bit of protection.


I also am trying making cookies with coconut sugar (insert your own picture) we shall see how those turn out.

Well thats it for now, we'll see how it all goes!

The chief end of brownies?  

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Apparently it is to epically fail, well at least the eggless, gluten free kind. They have decided that they don't like butter and spit it out and are just a gooey mess. Evidence provided forthwith (and yes I know this is not the exactly correct usage but who care :D)



And yes that is a pool of butter...



OREOS!  

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So from one of my regular blogs I came across a recipe for GF oreos! The recipe be here, the original recipe from another blog from a book lol, is using reg flour, but they worked with it. Amazingly these taste like regular oreos, really even better.



The Copper Hearth  

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Well my brother and I decided to rename our Gluten Free bakery to "The Copper Hearth" and we finally have our website up here. We would love everyone to check it out, come visit us at one of our farmers markets, and any comment or questions are welcome. We also have a facebook fan page, and it would be great if y'all would fan us as well.

HTML  

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My brother and I are looking to make  a website for our Gluten Free baking business. Does anyone know of a good template site, and or a site that teaches HTML really well?

Oh Dear...  

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Well so I'm drinking coffee again hehe, you may be wondering why... Well i know from previous experiance that coffee, in moderation, doesn't really affect my stomach. Also, my mother pointed out to me this morning that there are more and more people talking about how a lot of people with wheat gluten problems, also have problems with corn gluten. So starting tomorrow, or friday, I will be relinquishing my tasty hold upon corn, and we'll see if that helps any. That I will need more prayer in than coffee, because that cuts my food options down majorly. Well so here goes another of my food journeys, we shall see where it takes me, don't worry, you'll be getting updates... :-p

Oh and if your wondering why I haven't made my next TULIP post yet, its because its rather finicky, but soon I promise... *soon is a relative term*

For any foodies out there...  

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If you love food, then you will absolutely melt thinking about eating some of these things. And for any of you who have or choose to eat GF, this blog is for you.

Enjoy!

GF CROISSANTS!!!!  

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As my family can attest to one of the big things i have missed since going gluten free is croissants. I discovered a recipe for them the other day, and though they are not exactly like regular ones they are quite good. Here is the link for the recipe

Here are some pictures, sorry for the poor lighting.








Gillian's Gluten Free tastyness  

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Hello again,

So as I'm sure most of you know I am gluten sensitive. This means, for those of you who don't know, that if I eat gluten (the protein in wheat and such) that the villi in my small intestine could possibly be harmed. This would result in malnourshment effectively. I do not have celiac disease if anyone is thinking it is the same thing. Celiac disease means that there is already damage to your intestines, along with the sensitiveity I don't have any damage so thusly... Anyway, the other day, on our weekly trip through Central Market, my mother discorved Gillian's Gluten Free (GF) products. Now anyone who has every had anything GF can attest to the fact that most of these products are just nasty, sadly it is true. BUT Gillians (we purchesed their cinnmamon raison rolls) taste pretty much like regular bread. No funky tastes, textures, or other strange things. They are fairly dense but otherwise you would have no idea it is GF. I just thought I would share this lovely discovery with y'all, for those who might just be interested or if you want/have to eat GF.

I shall leave y'all with that...