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Martha Washington Candy

Jackie Garvin — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:00:10 +0000

Martha Washington Candy is a classic hand-rolled and hand-dipped candy that contains a pecan and coconut nougat with a chocolate coating. Researching the history of food is of significant interest to me. I can’t say I’m as interested in researching the food as I am in eating the food, but it’s a close second. I...

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Peppermint Bark

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:31:17 +0000

Peppermint Bark is an easy and elegant Christmas gift. It’s a cinch to make with only four ingredients and contains layers of semi-sweet and white chocolate. It’s topped with crushed peppermint candy for a festive appearance. I lived through the era of those aluminum Christmas trees that looked nothing like Christmas trees. They had...

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Sweet Potato Fudge with Buttered Salted Pecans

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:49:21 +0000

Sweet Potato Fudge with Buttered Salted Pecans is no-fuss, no-fail when made with sweetened condensed milk. Pecans are toasted in butter, sprinkled with salt and added to the fudge mixture. The older I get, the more I realize the profound influence of Granny’s pantry on my life, food choices, and cooking style. I came to...

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Chocolate Fudge with Pecans

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:19:48 +0000

Chocolate Fudge with Pecans. A no-fail chocolate fudge that I’ve made for over 40 years without a failed batch. I’m squarely in the “why mess with success?” camp. After we completed our latest batch of Chocolate Fudge with Pecans this morning, I asked my husband if he remembered the time I had a fudge fail....

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Heavenly Hash Candy

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 16:23:31 +0000

I had to do a little detective work to nail down the name of this recipe , written in my handwriting, that has been in my possession for about 40 years. The recipe card is in good shape and easy to read. It was missing one thing: the title. I haven’t made it in about...

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Bark

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:55:43 +0000

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bark is an easy recipe and a winning combination of peanut butter, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. I would like to kiss the person who discovered what a magnificent flavor combination results from mixing chocolate and peanut butter. I mean kiss then smack dab on the lips. Then I would confess. Not for the...

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When is a Cookie a Cookie? (Recipe:Saltine Toffee Bars)

Jackie Garvin — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:03:27 +0000

A few years back, I hosted a Christmas Cookie Swap along with my friend, Billie. In addition to the tradition of bringing a big batch of cookies to share, we decided to hold a contest and let all the cookie swap participates vote on their favorite cookie at the swap. The winner would win...

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Trash Talkin’ (Recipe: White Trash)

Jackie Garvin — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 19:30:23 +0000

You just don’t know what you can and can’t say anymore. The mere act of opening your mouth and having words come out is subject to offend somebody somewhere at sometime. I’m not talking about stupid and hateful talk. I’m talking about just regular old everyday talk that you say with the best of intentions....

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Groundnut Candy (Recipe: Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle)

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:20 +0000

When a craving for peanut brittle hits you, there are plenty of places you can go to that sell the commercially prepared product. It’s packaged as peanut brittle and has all the ingredients of traditional peanut brittle. You can find it at any big box retailer, grocery store, convenient store and probably some hardware stores....

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Southern Pecan Pralines

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:32:28 +0000

Pecan Pralines are a southern confection made from white and brown sugar, pecans, butter and vanilla extract. Before you decide to make Pralines, there’s a few things you need to get straight. First, you need to decide how you want to pronounce “praline”. Some of us say “pray-leen”. Some folks around Nawlins (New Orleans) are...

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Southern Pecan Divinity Candy

Jackie Garvin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:37:43 +0000

Southern Pecan Divinity Candy is a nougat type candy flavored with vanilla and pecans. It is a classic Southern candy and there aren’t too many Christmases that go by that I don’t make a batch or two. I don’t recall exactly how the conversation came about, but as a new bride, I discovered that...

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Homemade Vanilla Marshmallows

Jackie Garvin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:41:25 +0000

A family lives in our community with the last name Mello. They have children about the same age as my daughters. I often thought what a great topic of conversation it would be if my daughter, Marcia (pronounced like Marsha), married a Mello son. I could say, “Have I introduced you to...

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Peanut Butter Candy

Jackie Garvin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:48:59 +0000

Peanut Butter Candy (read related story here: https://wp.me/p1lazE-1q) 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup corn syrup 1 1/4 cups powdered milk Mix all ingredients together. Roll into balls. Eat them. Peanut butter Candy

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Peanut Butter Candy and Marathons (recipe: Peanut Butter Candy)

Jackie Garvin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:17:15 +0000

There are many different reasons you may want to share a recipe. It might be that the dish is so good it makes you want to swallow your tongue. Or perhaps the recipe is your original creation and you are just plain ol’ proud of yourself. But the special recipes that you want to...

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