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I am so glad you stopped by. A couple of months ago I saw the movie Julie & Julia, where a young woman decides to take a year and make every recipe in Julia Child's French Cookbook. I enjoyed the movie very much and became intrigued. Maybe I could do something like that, so, I got out my barely used, 13 year old, Better Homes Cookbook and started flipping through. Thus began my cooking experiment.

Cooking is something I have always hated to do, it was a chore for me, not a pleasure. I am not a professional cook, and never will be, but the movie ignited a spark in me and revealed a new discovery, cooking can be fun!

I am learning that with patience, motivation, and good recipes anyone can be a good cook. Believe me, if I can do it, so can you! I hope you will experiment along with me and let me know what you think of the recipes I share.

I will post each new recipe I try along with a picture (I can't stand cookbooks that don't include pictures!) so you can see the final product. I will also share tips that I have learned along the way. For you seasoned chefs, the tips may seem like common sense, but for those of us who are dummies in the kitchen, they are epiphanies.

Happy Cooking!
Nancy

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Carmel Corn

I needed to bring snacks for a couple of Christmas events that are coming up. Since I knew most people would be bringing cookies, I decided to make Christmas bags of Carmel Corn. I picked up the bags at the Dollar Store and filled them with the corn. They turned out really cute.

Ingredients:

4 bags of popped corn, make sure to remove any unpopped kernels.
3 cups brown sugar
3 sticks of butter
3/4 cup Kero syrup
dash of salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Directions:

Bring sugar, Kero, butter, and salt to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Add baking soda and stir well.

Pour mixture over popcorn. Mix to cover all the popcorn. Use a large baking pan or roaster.

Bake about 1 1/2 hour at 200* stirring every 15 minutes.

Cool and break apart large pieces. Store in a covered container.


Gail Matthews' recipe
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None of the recipes posted on this site are mine, they are all taken from other sources, or given to me to try. I am not nearly creative enough or good enough in the kitchen to have come up with any of them.

I also cannot promise that any of these recipes are going to turn out good, or taste good for that matter, so you try them at your own risk.

Enjoy!!! Nancy SmileyCentral.com