HeartLand: Holidays

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy New Year!

These are some shots I took while wandering around the neighborhood in the freezing cold today.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2010!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Happy Holidays!

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful holiday season!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

This weekend was all about butter, I've gone through three pounds of it so far! Yes, the holiday baking has kicked off. First on the list was salted toffee. Tasty tasty toffee. And who knew it was so easy to make? Original recipe here.

Salted Toffee

Cooking spray
1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter
2 2/3 cups sugar
1/3 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
Coarse sea salt, for sprinkling. The original recipe recommended Fleur de Sel, if you can get it, go for it!

Coat a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray. Bring butter, sugar, water, and corn syrup to a boil in a large saucepan, whisking frequently until sugar dissolves and butter melts. Cook, undisturbed, until mixture registers 300 degrees on a candy thermometer, about 12 minutes.

Whisk toffee mixture, then immediately pour onto prepared sheet, tilting pan to spread over entire surface. Let stand for about 30 seconds, then sprinkle with the salt. Let cool. Be sure not move the pan! Once it has hardend, break toffee into pieces and enjoy.

Toffee will keep, covered, for up to 1 week. If by some chance it actually doesn't get eaten before then.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Holiday Gifts continue

There's still time for holiday shopping! A few more gift ideas for you all...

Brass Necklace $26
Dores

Reversible Tube Scarf $25
Hier Apparel

Gift Tags $6
Ebba Handmade

Lace bowl $65
Raquel Masri

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

More holiday gift ideas

Screenprinted scarf $22
AD LOVE

Silver leather headband $18
Hende

AC's mugshot greeting card $3
Kate Funk

Bigbot $20
Bubblesinburry

Mixed media panel $40
Jodie Hurt

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Holiday Gift Ideas

An evening spent putting up the tree and baking cookies has really put me into a holiday mood. So I think for the next few days I will feature some ideas for lovely handmade gifts to share with your friends and family this season.