Focaccia & Pesto Buns
8 years ago
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)
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.
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!
Do I even say anymore that I know its been awhile since I've posted? Or is it really just a waste of both our time? I'll let you decide.
So back in July we moved my brother up to Arkansas for him to start work on his PhD. After about 4 days of mostly spending time in his apt I got incredibly stir crazy. So I convinced/forced my family to take part in some extended out door activity. We found a putt putt course. Pictures follow.
My brother being ridiculous.
Same shot, two different focuses for those who can't tell hehe.
My amazing shoes :D
A fuzzy picture taken by someone else, yes I blame them.
So there are some aspects of my life that have been missed by all my readers. (right... I have readers, hah! :-p) I have been trying to think of a way to force myself to blog more. I think I am going to find a good cookbook and go through the whole thing. Maybe a recipe or two a week, with photos and perhaps recipes. Though I suppose would that count as me plagiarizing? hmm... Well at least notes and pictures, everybody loves pictures!
As promised, though somewhat late *cough*, here are pictures of our new dog pumpkin.
She is a tad ridiculous, she enjoys eating kleenex, and if at all possible will climb in your lap...
It is also that lovely time of year where Bluebonnets bloom around campus. I'll try and get some pictures sometime soon. If you have never seen Bluebonnets, or are around campus but don't pass them, I feel immense sorrow for you.
So finally after two years my mother finished my graduation quilt! Now most of that time was because I never got around to going to the fabric store to pick out the backing I wanted. So it was my fault not hers, but I am very happy to have it! Sorry for the blurry pictures.
Aforementioned backing, tis a lovely plaid flannel. (The plaid is obvious... But I decided to mention it anyway :D)
Another of today's activities was doing some tree trimming. Or tree felling... By the way, if you are looking for extremely good exercise I would highly recommend splitting wood.
Tree.
I meant to post last weeks sermon from my church previously, but I somehow just never quite got around to it. Well I fully intend to tomorrow, yes when another one will be on the podcast as well, oh well. I would do it tonight, but I need to find my notes, and its past my bed time anyway.
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...
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.
Overall Josh and I had a wonderful time at David Crowders Fantastical Church music conference. Sadly I do not have the time right at the moment to go into it at depth. However, you shall get a couple pics, and I'll do my best to get my main post up about it in the next few days.
Jars of Clay playing
David and I, sadly my eyes are half closed...
The Lite Brite board of the logo
Well one picture actually. Josh and I leave for Waco today, hopefully it will be an educational and wonderful time.
And here is your picture! These are some little froggies I found around our house.
Yes, yes, I know I've been very bad about pictures especially, not just posting. I'm sure you have noticed that my 365 project kinda died. Anyway, my family and I are goin to Austin this weekend, so y'all might just get some pictures. And if anyone knows of some really good places to eat, feel free to mention em.
My brother had a catering event today and made tea, this is what is left over. It's a 6 gallon bucket full lol. Anyone for a cup of tea?
Yes, really, I am trying my hand at embroidery. I already know how to sew, I figured why not this as well? :D Ok, well not totally lol, we purchased a learn to sew and such kit, WAY back, and I haven't finished it, so now I am. Maybe. Here is a beginning picture, and I'll post some work in progress, and finished pictures when I finish lol.
I went berry picking this morning with my mama, and a home school family from church. It was very enjoyable, and in some ways relaxing as well. Its kinda sad to think that so many people are detached from how their food gets to them. Granted yes, modern conveniences are a wonderful thing, and yes, its nice not having to grow all our own food. However, I think so many people just don't know how it happens, and the wonderful miracles God has put on this earth, and its a shame. Ah well, there goes my rant for the day lol.
It was a rather decent size field by the side of the road.
I realize this has nothing to do at all with berries lol. This is one of the entrances to Sienna Plantation, and those pink flowers just looked fake, even though I know they were not.
P.S. I'm going to try and finish my TULIP series soon, lol, people were SUPPOSED to respond to my downloads post but I guess no one cares...
Well I just decided to post this on here as well as flickr to remind people to check my flickr... :-p
We try and wash ourselves of the deeds we've done, and the tales we've told, but we only come out dirty as before, if not filthier than we went in.
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Touch of gray
Well I need some help on my titles lol. Anyway, my flickr widget is up now, and this will probably be my last 365 post on my blog, the rest will go up just on flickr. Though who knows.. :-p
I have quite a few photos from today, but my non-existent editing skills cut down the useful photos greatly. No caption I could really think of.
Brownie batter, which then died when I did what I was told by the recipe. It said to put the pan in an ice bath, right out of the oven. That did NOT work well, the pan shattered, the brownies drowned, and there is now glass in our disposal. I am very sad...
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Yum? I don't have a caption lol
Yes, this was for saturday, long day working, and I forgot and I was tired so there.
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Would the caption be better without the ... at the end? I decided to create a folder for my 365 pics, much easier to find now.
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