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    Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy
    Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy
    Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy
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    Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy

    By Will Bontrager

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    Amish stories. Amish chocolate-covered candy recipes.

    I tip my hat to you.

    Imagine being raised with Amish homemade candy.

    Manifest imagination into reality. It's relatively easy to make highly praised Amish-recipe candy.

    I, the author of this book, was born and raised Amish. (But you don't have to be just to make the taste-bud inspiring candy.)

    Mom taught me cooking. When I was a tyke, she learned that I loved candy, really loved candy. (Story in the book.)

    The Amish lifestyle is pretty much void of modern conveniences. The recipes in this book are updated for modern kitchens - each recipe tested, tasted, and tweaked to be as perfect as possible and yet easy to make.

    Because you make this candy with your own ingredients, you know what's in it - no guessing or crossing your fingers when presenting your sweet creations to family and friends.

    The recipes in this book are the result of Amish childhood memories and conversations with siblings. They are based on my Mom's Peanut Butter Cups recipe (included in the book) and on other Amish recipes perused for techniques and suggestions.

    The recipes come with stories.

    Even before the recipes, you'll find a story about a little Amish boy (me) and his adventure eating as much candy as he possibly could, with his Mom's permission.

    Then, an overview of how to make the candy center and cover the candy with chocolate, so you can quickly become skilled.

    In the book, you will find these chocolate-covered candy recipes and stories.

    ~ Crunchy peanut butter candy center (for people who like peanut butter, the crunchy kind). You'll read about how the recipe was developed from Mom's Peanut Butter Cups recipe.

    ~ Creamy peanut butter candy center (for people who prefer creamy peanut butter candy). The chapter contains a synopsis of how it is different from the crunchy peanut butter candy center.

    ~ Cinnamon candy center (for cinnamon lovers). Find out why I almost gave up on this. And about stumbling on the what worked.

    ~ Chocolate candy center (yes, chocolate-covered chocolate candy). It took several approaches over a few months to find an ingredient combination for the candy I remembered from childhood.

    ~ Mexican seasoning candy center (for people who like sweet and savory). The recipe story is about creating the special seasoning for the chocolate-covered candy.

    After the recipes, you'll find information about the kinds of chocolate to use and how to melt chocolate.

    In addition to Mom's Peanut Butter Cups recipe and the chocolate-covered candy recipes, there is a bonus.

    The bonus is a new recipe for easy-to-make cinnamon-flavored chocolate candy. It is not a filled candy, but cinnamon-flavored chocolate. The chocolate has a subtle cinnamon flavor that makes a person smile.

    All the recipes are as easy to follow as I could make them.

    There is no cooking to make the candy centers. Mix the centers, cover the entire candy with melted chocolate, and let it dry.

    Then, share the joy of your Amish chocolate-covered candy with the people you love - and the people you want to impress.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWill Bontrager
    Release dateMar 7, 2020
    ISBN9780463477915
    Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy
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    Will Bontrager

    Will Bontrager was raised Amish in Iowa and Wisconsin, USA. (There's lots to say about the Amish, but that's outside the scope of this particular bio. If interested, do a web search for "Old Order Amish".)At almost 17 years of age, during year 1970, he left home to go to high school and experience the world outside the Amish community. He never returned to the Amish lifestyle.His primary interests, other than interacting with people, are cooking, writing software, and writing both non-fiction and fiction.He has been cooking pretty much all of his adult life, and is now writing about it.He has been writing software exclusively for websites for a couple decades, since 1997. The software website with a lot of his non-fiction articles is Willmaster.com.His non-fiction Amish recipes, fiction stories, tools for writers, and other interesting content are at the WillBontrager.com website.Life is too fun to slow down.

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      Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy - Will Bontrager

      Amish Recipes; Chocolate-Covered Candy

      by Will Bontrager

      Copyright 2019 Will Bontrager. All rights reserved.

      Published by Will Bontrager Software LLC

      Permission requests can be made at

      WillBontrager.com

      via the Contact menu item.

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      The Love of Candy (a Story)

      Making Chocolate-Covered Candy

      Mom's Peanut Butter Cups

      Evolving the Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Crunchy Peanut Butter Candy

      Chocolate-Covered Creamy Peanut Butter Candy

      Chocolate-Covered Chocolate Candy

      Chocolate-covered Cinnamon Candy

      Chocolate-Covered Mexican Candy

      Cinnamon-Flavored Chocolate Drops

      Kinds of Chocolate to Use

      Melting Chocolate

      Wrapping and Packaging Your Candy

      Appendix

      Mom's Peanut Butter Cups Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Crunchy Peanut Butter Candy Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Creamy Peanut Butter Candy Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Chocolate Candy Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Cinnamon Candy Recipe

      Chocolate-Covered Mexican Candy Recipe

      Mexican Seasoning Recipe

      Cinnamon-Flavored Chocolate Drops Recipe

      The Author's Book Support, Contact Information, and Amish Recipe Site

      Acknowledgments

      Terri Zwierzynski of Solowiz Website Services (SoloWiz.com) and her husband provided extremely helpful taste and texture feedback during the initial development of various candy center recipes.

      Deborah Bailey of Barnstormer Design (BarnstormerDesign.com) tweaked the cover image and provided diplomatic, helpful feedback on my cover design.

      And my Mom, who was my best friend during my Amish childhood. See the Introduction for the reason this book would not exist without her having been who she was.

      Introduction

      Imagine growing up with homemade candy — Amish homemade candy.

      It was a special treat while growing up that I never forget.

      Now imagine yourself, in your kitchen, making Amish-recipe chocolate-covered candies. And the adoration of your family and friends.

      It is a joy you won't forget, either.

      Although this book is a tribute to Mom, you are who I made it for — you, who would enjoy making some chocolate-covered candy Amish style.

      Digging into containers of candy Mom made and enjoying every taste variation are my fondest holiday memories.

      Making candy was a specialty she was known for, even among the Amish.

      Generally, Mom made extra candy to sell for a bit of cash. Sales helped pay for ingredients used to make candy for the family and for gifting.

      Mom was my best friend when I was a kid. Not because she loved candy and instilled in her son an appreciation for quality, although it may have smoothed the way. It was because I could always talk to her, as a child and as a teenager, and I would listen to what she had to say. Somehow, even as a child, I recognized the wisdom within her.

      That is why this book is a tribute to her.

      From Mom, I learned how to modify recipes. She seemed to forever be experimenting — changing quantities to change taste or consistency, switching ingredients to make new recipes, and creating recipes from scratch. Not just candy recipes, but all categories of food, from breakfast to supper, including treats for between meals, before and after.

      I learned to view recipes as conveniences, reminders of what to do to make something — not immutable rules that must be followed.

      This book takes a similar approach.

      All the featured recipes in this book were developed from one recipe of Mom's — relatively easy-to-make chocolate/peanut butter cups. Her peanut butter cups recipe, along with clues gleaned from other Amish candy recipes, conversations with siblings, and my own memories of homemade candy experienced as a child and young teen, resulted in the chocolate-covered candy recipes you find in

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