This cookbook contains more than 70 recipes that are far more than simply old family favorites. For nearly 3/4 of a century, these formulas and trade secrets were closely guarded but are now being made available to the public for the first time. This book was written by Virginia Sager Holen with the help of her husband, Merv. For years they had owned and operated the Hazel's Candy Shops that were in the major malls in Washington and Oregon. Even though the book is written by professionals it is for the amateur using original recipes that were reduced in size for home cooking. All the recipes have been tested, with step-by-step procedures recorded, using the same concept as 'painting by numbers'.
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"Dandy ways to make candy. Longtime Hazel's Candies owners offer recipe book full of 'Trade Secrets'." -- Mary Boone, The News Tribune Paper, Dec 20, 2000
"Former Yakima Candymaker tells secrets to Hazel's sweet success." -- Stephanie Earls, Yakima Herald-Republic Paper, Dec. 13, 2000
"Nothing but sweet treat here." -- Laura Crooks food editor, Spokesman Review Newspaper
"Former Yakima Candymaker tells secrets to Hazel's sweet success." -- Stephanie Earls, Yakima Herald-Republic Paper, Dec. 13, 2000
"Nothing but sweet treat here." -- Laura Crooks food editor, Spokesman Review Newspaper
About the Author
Virginia and Merv were married in 1939 and after Pearl Harbor Merv joined the Army Air Corps. When he returned home after the war, he had been issued a 1,100 pound sugar allotment, a benefit to returning veterans. They had decided to become self-employed and their options were very limited. They considered many things and with the availability of Virginia's fathers popcorn, the sugar allotment, some savings bonds, their love of sweets and the firm determination to be entrepreneurs they decided on a candy/popcorn shop. Their first store was in Toppenish, WA and was called the Sweet Center where they started with a purchase of the KarmelKorn franchise which included a vintage copper kettle and some eguipment. In 1948 they purchased Hazel's Candies in Yakima, WA. In the early 1950's they bid on and were awared with a contract with the Camp Fire Girls for 10,000 one-pound boxes of Walnut Divinity. In 1962 they had their shop at the Seattle World's Fair and from there they opened a stores in the North Gate Mall, South Center Mall, Tacoma Mall and malls is Yakima, Tri-Cities and Portland. Virginia and Merv have worked on this book for over 7 years-cutting the recipes down so the average person can make then at home.
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This review is from: Hazel's Candies Copper Kettle Trade Secrets (Hardcover)
I never heard of Hazel's Candies, and I bought this book along with several others as I launched into home candymaking. This book contains kitchen-tested recipes -- very important -- that are easy enough and well-explained enough for the novice. Forget microwave fudge. This is the real deal. I just made a batch of the best fudge in the universe from this cookbook. It's enough to make me think of switching careers, or gaining 500 pounds, or both.
Some recipes call for items not usually found in a home cook's kitchen -- such as hard butter. I found everything I needed on-line at www.kitchenkrafts.com.
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Great candy recipes,
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This review is from: Hazel's Candies Copper Kettle Trade Secrets (Hardcover)
I am an amateur cook and love to make candy. I remember buying candy at Hazel's Candies when they had stores in the malls in Washington and Oregon. I was really excited to see that they had written a candy cookbook using their original recipes that they scaled down for home use. My favorites are the Victorian creams and the fudge recipes. This book tells you exactly what ingredients you will need and a step by step recipe. If you do have a problem it walks you through a list of questions and what you might have done that caused the problem. I would recommend this candy cookbook as a gift to ones self and also a gift for others for any occasion.
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I received this book as a gift and I absolutely love, love, love it! I regret that I was not fortunate enough to actually purchase any of their candies when their stores where open. I'm a truffle lover and the truffles in this book, while few are absolutely excellent and extremely easy to make. We made caramel apples recently and used the caramel recipe in the book and I won't say how many of the apples I ate but I enjoyed each and every one of them. Buy this book; you will love all the recipes in it.
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In retrospect, it seems almost inevitable that candy would play an integral role in my life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white canvas gloves, filled water jar, grill spatula, bun pan, set off heat, final cook, cook line, kettle sides, bowl scraper, bench scraper, main batch, chocolate dipping, add corn syrup, heavy kettle, candy business, cup corn syrup, pastry brush Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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white canvas gloves, filled water jar, grill spatula, bun pan, set off heat, final cook, cook line, kettle sides, bowl scraper, bench scraper, main batch, chocolate dipping, add corn syrup, heavy kettle, candy business, cup corn syrup, pastry brush Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hazel's Candies, Copper Kettle Trade Secrets, Hard Butter, Glossary of Ingredients, Revere Ware, Food Circus, Hazels Candies, Yakima Valley, Peanut Clusters New!
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