Happy everything to all who read this! I hope you, like me, are surrounded by family and friends and looking forward to a positive, healthy new year.
Things are a bit hectic on my end at present; my holiday retail job is going full speed! So here is a quick recipe and not much more to help you celebrate Christmas.
I should note that the recipe—and indeed, some of the ingredients—came to me courtesy of King Arthur Flour. I have made turtles from scratch; there’s a great recipe for them in my Pudding Hollow Cookbook. I have to admit, however, that I love the idea of making them as quickly and simply as one can with this recipe.
I made them last week on Mass Appeal, along with a family favorite: my mother’s fruitcake! Here is a link to the fruitcake video, and here is the one for the turtles.
Please note that you do have to store the turtles on parchment; they stick to just about any other surface. You won’t have to store them long; they disappear quickly!
Merry Christmas to all…
Ingredients:
16 pecan halves
1 4-ounce block of caramel, cut into 16 pieces, or 16 caramel candies
16 milk chocolate disks or small pieces of chocolate
1 pinch fleur de sel or other sea salt for each candy
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet or line it with parchment or silicone.
Spread the pecans around the sheet, keeping them as far apart from each other as possible. Flatten each caramel piece into a round about the size of a half dollar, and place the caramel pieces on top of the pecans.
Heat the candies in the oven for 2 to 3 minutes, until the caramel starts to melt. Remove them from the oven, and press a piece of chocolate on top of each candy. Sprinkle a little of the salt on top.
Allow the candies to cool before removing them from the pan and placing them on parchment paper. Makes 16 candies.
Tags: Candy Turtles, Christmas Candy, Christmas Recipes, Quick and Easy Turtles, Tinky on TV, Turtles
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and the family.
THANK YOU!
You were great on TV!
Thank you, Phyllis. We do have fun!
Lovely vintage image. Happy Christmas to you!
Happy Holidays Tinky! Thank you for the recipes! I love turtles.