So todays activity was just a fun one in celebration of the holidays. Baking annual Christmas cookies. Fortunately my daughter did that already. Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodles, Molasses, and I believe in a day or two my daughter is making more. Not going to lie my all time favorite cookies are Peanut Butter, however she has made me fall in love with Snicker Doodles, and then just now her Molasses cookies have become my favorite. In fact I do believe both of my masters fell in love with them as well.
However my master Damon had a work part and he had to bring stuff for it. So my master Calvin got to making his infamous fudge recipes and I thew in some batches of Toffee. Granted my master Calvin the amazing chef and baker he is did most of the cooking but I did help. The Toffee is my recipe, and let me tell you. It turned out so well I didnt want Damon to take it to work. However luckily it is simple to make and we can just make another batch which will likely be the one set to perfection.
English Toffee is my favorite candy in the entire world. It is my favorite anything, it can be dipped in chocolate. It can be crushed up into your coffee, it is perfect for toppings on ice cream, yogurt, etc. I will be buying molds to make mine into perfect little candy shapes next time. However the majority is just the shattered glass that we make. It is tasty and I end up making about eight to ten pounds of it during this time of year.
I will be making some soon to ship out to a friend or two along with my masters chocolate and peanut butter fudge. We are so excited that we get this chance to do all of that. Plus with the Toffee recipe we did try something new and I feel like I died and went to heaven. It was tastier than the original recipe.
Not many people on here know that I am a self taught baker. When my daughter was young she had a dream of being a baker so I went all out. I learned how to bake,, how to frost cakes, cupcakes, candy, etc. I learned how to pipe frosting, which by the way sucked so badly. I got her the entire piping kits, etc. We would bake every weekend. I took pictures of everything we ever made. My Chocolate Ganache recipe is fantastic but since I have become blind I havent really enjoyed being able to bake, or cook.
It does make me sad not being able to do these things all on my own anymore but I am grateful that my master Calvin is passionate about cooking and baking. He takes my recipes and he recreates them. My Italian Fried Chicken was one of them that Damon really really missed but Calvin made it one night and Damon was so happy. He said it wasnt exactly the same taste as mine but I am grateful that I can still teach the recipes and it can still be used.
So I may not always be able to cook and being blind my recipes may not always come out perfect anymore but at least I know they wont die. At least I know I have passed them off to my daughter and she has grown as a baker, and my master Calvin uses them and we can still enjoy the good food. With him doing this I do not have to grieve anymore feeling like I lost all the joy of that, because we still get to use them.
So making Toffee, Christmas Cookies, Etc. Has been humbling this year but it has been really fun. Especially watching my master Calvin teach our nephew how to make the Toffee as well. How proud they all are when it comes out well and not burnt.