Just a quick tip. My Mom's recipe calls for scalding the milk. For those of you scratching your head and mumbling to your self "What the heck is scalding?" Here is your answer. As with most older recipes you will come across Scalded milk from time to time will pop up. This isn't something that you can buy in the store. You have to do it. . . . yep you guessed it the old fashioned way. No stressing though. It is an extremely simple process. Scalding milk is just heating the milk to the point of almost boiling. (180 degrees)
In the olden days this step was done for health reason, mostly to destroy the bacteria in the milk. Good old pasteurization has already taken care of the process for us. How ever scalded milk can make a bit of a difference in your breads texture (custards too). So if your mom or grandma has a super awesome recipe that you have never been able to duplicate I bet ya she's holding out on the scalded milk secret!!
So here is all you need to scald your milk.
Thick bottom Sauce pan or a double boiler.
Milk (whole is what would typically be used. But I usually only have 2 % in my fridge so that is what I use)
Candy thermometer (only if you want to look super cool to your husband and friends so that they think that you are a pro. . . . ok so maybe in my world I think that a thermometer in a pot makes you cool!)
So here is the whole process Take a deep breath . . . . . you ready?
Put your milk in the pan
Heat to 180 degrees. stir continuously. You will know that you are at 180 when it starts to come to a light froth (tiny bubbles around the edges of the pan.) Or your thermometer will read 180. DO NOT BRING TO A BOIL!!! Remove from heat and TA DA!!! Scaled Milk!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
We are back!
Ok so after a bit (and I'm stretching a bit using this word) of a break. Stitches and Staples is back this month. We are going to be focusing on one of my favorite staples . . . . baking!!! mmmmmm. We will be having a bread braiding class on November 30th at 7pm. I will be making super delicious holiday Sweet dough and teaching you guys how to do some fun designs with it. I will teach you how to make a Candy Cane, Christmas tree, and if we have enough time a pumpkin and a turkey. Oh and did I mention that we will be eating this bread!! So make sure that you come over to the church at 7 sharp for good food, great friends, and of course a little bit of organized chaos. It just wouldn't be a Stitches and Staples class with out it.
If you can't make it to this class then just scroll down a couple of posts and you will see the recipe. You can always get the class hand out on Sunday as well. Hope to see you all there!!
If you can't make it to this class then just scroll down a couple of posts and you will see the recipe. You can always get the class hand out on Sunday as well. Hope to see you all there!!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Card Binder
Hello Ladies! So for January I have to admit my brain is a little fried from Christmas still. My creative gene is totally on strike and I had a total brain cramp trying to think of this months project! So while I was sitting in my office trying to think of what on earth I was going to do for this month I remembered something that I did for myself last year. I come from a huge family with sisters who make baby's like bunnies. Seriously! I have 13 nieces and nephews and more on the way as we speak! Try keeping all of those birthdays straight! So my solution was the birthday bidner. In January I make enough birthday cards for every person in my family and then just slip it into the appropriate month. At the beginning of every month I mail out the birthday cards for everyone who has a birthday from the 1st to the 15th and on the 15th of every month I send out the cards to everyone who has a birthday from the 16th to the end of the month! It's so easy and I'm proud to say that last year I never missed a single birthday!! So here is what you will need.
One 3 ring binder- a simple one will do. You can find these many places for under $1
12 clear page protectors. I like to put some extra ones in the back of my binder to hold Thank You's, Get Well, Baby,Wedding, etc. I have 6 extras in the back of my binder. This seems to be just enough for the usual cards that you send out through the year.
12 pieces of paper (one for everymonth) You can type these out or just slip in a piece of lined paper that you have printed on.
You can fill your binder with homemade or store bought cards. I like to put a book of stamps in the front pocket that they have on most binders. this way I always know where my stamps are and I can see when I need to get more. Just as a heads up for those of you who are anti card making (I know who you are! I will convert you one of these days!) Bonnie Jones informed me on that NPS is having an awesome sale on their greeting cards. They are in a grab bag form and I believe that she said you get 10 cards for $2. This might be a great thing for a couple of people to go in on together and by a couple of sets and then mix up up so that you have a good variety!
For those of you who have crossed over to the dark side and are letting m brainwash you with all sorts of fun handmade things we will be makeing our own greeting cards!
One of the cards that we are making i found on one of my most often viewed sites! Splitcoast Stamper is an awesome website that has all sorts of papercrafting ideas and tutorials on it. Here is the link for one of the cards that we are making. It is called a Tri Fold Shutter card for those of you who were at church on sunday it was the card that I had with me.
We will also be making simple gift card holders and Money envelopes.
You will need 12x12 cardstock to make the tri shutter card I belive that it said 8 1/2 x 11 on the R.S. handouts. Sorry about that. I told you my brain has been fried. I will try to get that fixed for next week. You will also want coordinating scrapbook paper. The link bellow has a list of everything that you will need to make 1 card.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/
For the gift card holder and the money envelope you will want 1-2 pieces of cardstock 12x12 and 1-2 pieces of decorative paper again 12x12. I will try to get some pictures posted of these. I haven't had much luck lately with the pictures on here. I will have samples at church on sunday.
One 3 ring binder- a simple one will do. You can find these many places for under $1
12 clear page protectors. I like to put some extra ones in the back of my binder to hold Thank You's, Get Well, Baby,Wedding, etc. I have 6 extras in the back of my binder. This seems to be just enough for the usual cards that you send out through the year.
12 pieces of paper (one for everymonth) You can type these out or just slip in a piece of lined paper that you have printed on.
You can fill your binder with homemade or store bought cards. I like to put a book of stamps in the front pocket that they have on most binders. this way I always know where my stamps are and I can see when I need to get more. Just as a heads up for those of you who are anti card making (I know who you are! I will convert you one of these days!) Bonnie Jones informed me on that NPS is having an awesome sale on their greeting cards. They are in a grab bag form and I believe that she said you get 10 cards for $2. This might be a great thing for a couple of people to go in on together and by a couple of sets and then mix up up so that you have a good variety!
For those of you who have crossed over to the dark side and are letting m brainwash you with all sorts of fun handmade things we will be makeing our own greeting cards!
One of the cards that we are making i found on one of my most often viewed sites! Splitcoast Stamper is an awesome website that has all sorts of papercrafting ideas and tutorials on it. Here is the link for one of the cards that we are making. It is called a Tri Fold Shutter card for those of you who were at church on sunday it was the card that I had with me.
We will also be making simple gift card holders and Money envelopes.
You will need 12x12 cardstock to make the tri shutter card I belive that it said 8 1/2 x 11 on the R.S. handouts. Sorry about that. I told you my brain has been fried. I will try to get that fixed for next week. You will also want coordinating scrapbook paper. The link bellow has a list of everything that you will need to make 1 card.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/
For the gift card holder and the money envelope you will want 1-2 pieces of cardstock 12x12 and 1-2 pieces of decorative paper again 12x12. I will try to get some pictures posted of these. I haven't had much luck lately with the pictures on here. I will have samples at church on sunday.
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