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Show f 6C Lakeside Review North, Friday, Nov. 25, 1983 Make Candy Caneo Tiny Bears Make Just Like Pulling Gifts for Tots R. JANES IRENE Review Correspondent Mrs. Roberta West of West bountiful volunteers her time to instruct ladies in the area about various handicrafts. Recently she has been working on Christmas gifts and for trees. Some of the she is making are; that things Care Bears, pom pom bears, gin gerbread platters and Smurf 1 orna-.men- ts . ; nightlights. I really enjoy learning how to make new items and teach them to others, she said. , Pom Pom Bears ' Materials needed; 2 (two) Vi fuzzy pom poms 1 for body I 6 Vi" ; paws 2 'A pom poms for ears and pom poms for cheeks eighth pom pom for nose small eyes Small bow tied in front A firm craft glue gun should 2 be used. Begin with the head. Glue eyes to large pom pom after nose has been glued on. Then - Special to the Lakeside Review Christmas wouldnt seem like Christmas without candy canes. Making these candy canes is just like pulling taffy. Because the candy hardens quickly after it begins to cool, it is necessary to have at least two or three people pulling and twisting the candy before it stiffens. This makes a great family proj-- , ect with even the little ones , Gingerbread Plates ' GINGERBREAD PLATTERS are decorated by Roberta West. Ever since the humble clerk in .Charles Dickens A Christmas , Carol, declared his wifes plum ; A C. flour t. baking powder t. salt Need a fun, inexpensive and easy way to brighten up your table during the holiday season? The answer may be in your own back yard. Just raid the bushes, advises USU Extension agent, Alene Macfarlane. But first, split a log and lay it flat. Then melt paraffin wax to attach your small pine boughs and pine cones to the back of the split log. Use ribbons or bows in bright Christmas colors and fasten them to the boughs. Even small Christmas tree ornaments can be used. This decorative log can then be used as a table arrangement, a mantlepiece or as a gift to a neighbor. After the pine boughs dry out, you can take off the ornaments and bum the log in the fireplace, says Ms. Macfarlane. milk and one beaten egg. Stir over low heat until thick. Add T. butter and 1 t. vanilla. Serve 1 , 'A t. cinnamon Stir in prune mixture; add Vi pudding the greatest success C. chopped walnuts. Pour pudachieved by Mrs.' Cratchit since ding in greased mold and steam - her marriage, steamed puddings for 2 hours. ' have been a traditional part of Brown Butter Cream Christmas dinners. In a small saucepan, heat 2 T. butter until foamy and lightlty Plum English Pudding browned. Add 3A C. powdered C. flour sugar, 1 egg, and Vi t. vanilla, It. soda beating until smooth. Fold Vi C. It. salt stiffly whipped cream into t. cinnamon cooled butter mixture. y 'A t. nutmeg Rich Custard Sauce 3A t. mace 2 Combine T. cornstarch with C. cut raisins l'i finely (Vi lb.) 'A C. sugar. Stir in 2 cups cold lVi C. currants (Vi lb.) 'plumped 2; 3A C. finely cut citron ('A' lb.) C. finely cut candied orange and lemon peel Vi C. chopped walnuts " lVi C. coarse soft bread crumbs 2 C. ground suet (Vi lb.) Z 1C. packed brown sugar 3 beaten eggs E 1 Vi C. currant jelly - 'A C. fruit juice, brandy, or warm. . Hard Sauce ' - C. soft butter in samll mixer bowl at high speed until very creamy, fluffy and light in color, 5 min. Gradually beat in 1 C. sifted confectionerss sugar. Stir in Vi t. vanilla or rum flavoring. Chill 1 hour. Beat 1 2- - tsp. peppermint extract tsp. red food coloring Vi tsp. lemon juice (optional) Combine corn syrup, water Start twisting the different coland sugar in a large heavy saucepan. Bring to boil over medium ors together and gently pull as heat, stirring constantly until you twist. This really needs two sugar is dissolved. Continue people working on opposite ends. Smooth the candy as you boiling until temperature of cancanpull. If it becomes to thin in one dy reaches 260 degrees on a thermometer.If you dont area, cut that portion off and dy have a candy thermometer, you form candy canes. Work it one can drop a spoonful of the syrup section at a time. The strands into a dish of cold water. It is should not separate. Cut into deready when a hard ball forms in sired lengths and form cane on one end. Place on buttered pan the cold water. Remove the pan from the and allow to harden. If you want heat. Wait just until the syrup thick canes, dont pull rope as quits boiling to add flavoring. A much. If you want thin, small half teaspoon of lemon juice canes, cut smaller lengths. When adds just enough tartness to the canes are cool, you can wrap taste more like the commercial them in transparent wrap if you desire. If you have a candy. Stir in quickly. Pour one half of syrup into a you can make thin tubes from the plastic and slip it over the buttered square pan, adfood if white candy. ding coloring paste Notes: Once the candy is off you desire a very white white. ..(Otherwise, the. color will be pf the heat and cooling, it only satin takes 10 or 15 minutes to pull more like the sticks.) Because this is so hot. be and twist the candy. If you want sure to protect counter tops with a variety of flavors and colors, a hot pad. Make sure the little feel free to experiment with dif--, ferent extracts or oils. One cauones fingers dont go right in. tion: If you put the candy canes Quickly add the red food colon the Christmas tree, be sure the rest the and to of syrup oring not to put them too close to into buttered another pour square pan. If you have a lights. The heat can melt them marble slab, put the pans on top and they stretch. Vi Vi seal-a-me- ed ch Professional Carpal Cleaning HOLIDAY SPECIAL 3 ROOMS Steamed Puddings Have Long History steele Vi you- - are - ROBERTA WEST with children (from left) Jeremy, Wesley and Jonathan. . com syrup A 4--H Review Correspondent working alone, '' stretch the taffy away from you, then, fold it straight back towards Reyou. Pull and stretch again. to not careful this process, peat loses the , jwist becauae the .taffy air' it' needs. Again, work,, very.' quickly,- doing one color at a time. Soon it will change appearance and begin to stiffen. Keep pulling until you have a satin finish and it is lighter in color. :If This makes about a pound . Sharon ' Candy Canes 2 C. sugar lVi C. light 1 C. water it. ner.) helping. -- Backyard Decoration 3A This will help it cool quicker. Since I dont have a slab of marble, I take the pans outside on the cement for just a minute or two. When it is cool enough to handle safely, we all rub butter over our clean hands. The candy is divided between everyone. (The small children a might work better with partof KATHY KELLY the front of the bear. You may sew a piece of dental floss on the rear of the bear so that it can be hung on the tree. The greenware may be purchased at most ceramic stores.. The gingerbread plate will cost approximately $1.50 with additional firing cost. Glaze is brushed on the plate usually using a cinnamon spice Color. Brush the glaze on thick or thin, depending on the desired darkness of the plate. The plate is then fired. The plates are given as gifts often with a package of gingerbread mix wrapped with the plate or with homemade goodies placed on the plate. A finished cost of the homemade gift will be about $3.75. Taffy Old-Fashion- ed glue another large pom pom below the head to complete the body. Then glue on Vi" size pom poms for the ears and four paws. 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