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\"Handmade<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s not too late to be that person that makes all of their Christmas gifts. You don’t need to\u00a0channel Martha Stewart; \u00a0there’s many fairly low effort items that you can whip up in your kitchen and\u00a0look like a superstar\u00a0with something either savoury or sweet.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the cookbook from Alison Walker, Handmade Gifts From The Kitchen<\/em>, if you can follow some straightforward instructions and you know how to tie a bow, you can wrap up everything from Bourbon Peaches to mini Christmas Cakes and please all sorts of hungry people on your holiday gift list.<\/p>\n

We recently made the Rosemary Grissini (page 127) and served it up with some Marinated Goat Cheese from her\u00a0recipe on the opposite page.<\/p>\n

\"Apricot<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Apricot<\/a><\/p>\n

Summer apricots made there way into a Apricot and Almond Jelly and we’ve got some pears marinating right now as we substituted them for the peaches in\u00a0Walker’s Bourbon Peaches recipe.<\/p>\n

Make cookies, marshmallows, or popcorn bark, there’s everything in here to show that special someone you really do care. Better yet, give them the book as well and maybe they’ll return the favour.<\/p>\n

Check out this recipe for peanut brittle and you’ll have something sweet in very little time. Substitute hazelnuts from one of the great local Agassiz nut producers and make it\u00a0full of locally sourced ingredients.<\/p>\n

\"Peanut<\/a><\/p>\n

PEANUT BRITTLE<\/p>\n

PREPARATION: 15 minutes,\u00a0plus cooling
\nCOOKING: 20 minutes
\nMAKES: about 1 lb 6 oz<\/p>\n

1\/3\u00a0cup unsalted butter, plus extra\u00a0for greasing
\n2 2\u20443 cups salted roasted peanuts
\nscant 2 cups granulated sugar
\n3\/4\u00a0cup light brown sugar
\n1\/2\u00a0cup corn syrup
\nscant 2\u20443 cup water<\/p>\n

Whether you like to snap a sweet nutty piece onto ice cream or just
\nnibble on some when you feel the need, this brittle also makes a perfect\u00a0foodie gift. Don\u2019t feel wedded to peanuts, though; toasted almonds,\u00a0macadamias, or pistachios are all admirable substitutes.<\/p>\n

Liberally grease a cookie sheet or a marble slab measuring around
\n12 inches x 16 inches. Preheat the oven to 250\u00b0F.
\nSprinkle the nuts on to a cookie sheet and keep warm in the oven.
\nPut the butter, sugars, and corn syrup into a large deep pan along
\nwith the water. Gently heat until the sugar has dissolved. Wash down\u00a0the sides of the pan with a pastry brush dipped in water to dissolve\u00a0any sugar crystals.
\nWhen the sugar is completely dissolved, bring to a boil. Boil steadily
\nwithout stirring until a candy thermometer reaches 300\u00b0F (the hard
\ncrack stage). If you don\u2019t have a thermometer, drop a teaspoon of the
\nmixture into a bowl of cold water and it should snap easily.
\nQuickly and thoroughly stir in the warmed nuts. Pour the mixture
\nonto the greased cookie sheet or slab and spread out thinly. Leave to
\ncool completely, then break into pieces. This brittle keeps for up to two\u00a0weeks in an airtight container or sealed plastic bag.<\/p>\n

Excerpted from Handmade Gifts from the Kitchen<\/em>.\u00a0 Copyright \u00a9 2014 Alison Walker.\u00a0 Published by Appetite by Random House, a division of Random House of Canada Limited a Penguin Random House Company. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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