Curley's Crafts and Creations

On Saturday we had a party and I made Chocolate crinkles. They are SO good. I am not sure how many know how to make so here ya go

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
4-1 oz squares of unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Combine Sugar, oil, melted chocolate, and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Stir in flour and baking powder. Cover and Chill. About 1 tablespoon for each cookie. Roll in powdered sugar. Bake on a greased cookie sheet in a 375 degree oven ofr 8-12 minutes. While warm roll in powdered sugar.

Now I am bad and did not cover and chill and they still turned out good. I also didn't roll in powdered sugar again after they were done cooking. They had plenty of powdered sugar on so I did not worry about it. They were gobbled up and were gone. I also used a scoop to portion them evenly.

I have a pretty big project I am working on along with a bunch of little ones. I have some pictures somewhere I will need to upload and post, so stay tuned :)

So I made peach jam for the first time. Well come to think of it, this is the first time I have made jam all by myself :)
It is actually really easy. Lucky for me my mom has an Uncle that has a peach tree. So she went and got a box FULL. So I made 2 batches of freezer jam. I am planning on making some cooked jam later today.

I just used the instructions in the pecton box. We used MCP pecton.


You need 3 1/4 cups of cut up/mashed peaches. I went ahead and used a potato masher to mash mine, but still had chuncks of peaches. You add 1/4 cup lemon and stir together. Then add the pecton. Mix it until the pecton is disolved. Then let it sit for 30 minutes, stirring every about 5 minutes. After the 30 minutes add 1 cup light karo syrup and once that is stirred in add 4 1/2 cups of sugar. Slowly add the sugar while stirring. Now this is where we do it a little different, we put the mixture on low heat. This helps dissolve the sugar a little faster. But you don't have to do it this way. You just have to keep stirring until the sugar is totally dissolved . Then put it in the jars. I got about 4 per batch, ( I made 2 batches) with a little extra to make the partial jar. Let sit 24 hours on a counter until set and put in freezer.
Now is that not easy or what? of course it is a little time consuming but SO worth it. We also put the peaches in a warm water bath for about 5 minutes to help peel them. (It is SO much faster and easier). Now I am just going to make some cooked peach jam either tonight or tomorrow.