Christmas and holiday season – Francois et Moi

Easy Buttery English Toffee for Holiday Gifting

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Deliciously decadent and easy buttery English toffee recipe perfect for Holiday gifting + tricks and tips for a foolproof batch. Nine days to Christmas and the great cookie bake is on! I’m teaming up with a few designer blog friends for a holiday cookie recipe swap, so be sure to check out all the deliciously decadent recipes linked at the bottom of this post! We’ve been making a baking list, and checking it twice. Among our family holiday cookie favorites are Spritz cookies, pepparkakor ginger snaps, wreath cookies, and homemade caramel. Homemade caramel is what we usually make for friends and neighbor gifts, but this year we’re taking our caramelized sugar one step further (or 50F degrees higher) and doing buttery English toffee. What Exactly is English Toffee? What sets English toffee apart from American toffee or buttercrunch? In a word–almonds. English toffee, in addition to chocolate, usually incorporates almonds. In this case, we’re toasting our almonds prior to sprinkling them on top, which really maximizes their flavor. Tips for Toffee Success Candy-making sometimes gets a bad wrap for being hard to make, but if you’ve made caramel with me before (or even if you haven’t ), you’ve got this–I […]

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Simply a Wonderful Christmas Time

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:36:32 +0000

Happy Christmas Eve! Can you believe it’s upon us? Since we headed out of town to spend the Holidays with family, Ken and I celebrated with one another at home last Saturday morning. After exchanging gifts, we decided to take some pictures as a way to document our 2nd Christmas together as a married couple. We had so much fun with these. Ken had me laughing, and I mean ridiculous, gut-busting, laughing-so-hard-I’m-crying laughing several times. I’m so thankful to have such an incredible partner and friend to go through life with. And on that note, Ken and I would like to wish you a very merry Christmas surrounded by the ones you love!

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Salted Bourbon Soft Caramels

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:59:20 +0000

When I was little, I always looked forward celebrating Holiday traditions with my family. From making wreath cookies with my mom, to reading The Night Before Christmas as a family on Christmas Eve, to singing Silent Night by candlelight at church, the memories we made through our family’s traditions have created a patchwork of gleaming nostalgia that always help put me in the Christmas spirit, even now as an adult. Over the past few years, Ken and I have begun our own traditions, and one of our favorites is making homemade caramels together. We’ve found its a good activity for 2+ people, because though it’s not hard to make, it does require a close watchful eye and about an hour of constant stirring, so it’s nice to be able take turns stirring along the way. The bourbon flavor isn’t super dominant; it simply adds a fullness to the flavor and provides a nice compliment to the sea salt sprinkling. The result is a rich, chewy caramel that is a welcomed change up at the annual Holiday cookie exchange. Ingredients: 1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk 1.5 c White Corn Syrup 1 c Butter 2 c Granulated Sugar 1 tsp Fine Grain […]

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