Seperation

cirquelover · 12-17-2007, 05:56 PM

There's nothing like homemade almond roca. I have made it before but now I mainly do cookies and chocolate. This year I was on a fudge kick, chocolate, peanut buter, peppermint and chocolate mint. I have about 16 pounds in the fridge waiting to go on candy/cookie trays starting tomorrow.

Jeff- we would love to have some snow down here! It snowed a week ago but it didn't stick. I'm just glad the wind is gone! The boy was tired of the electricity going away and I hate listening to all the trees creak and bend!!

sleepyjeff · 12-17-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cirquelover

This year I was on a fudge kick, chocolate, peanut buter, peppermint and chocolate mint.

Mmmm..

Peppermint fudge...(drool)

Drince88 · 12-17-2007, 06:44 PM

I wonder if cranking up the heat in the house a bit will help with the relative humidity and the separation.

I had issues with Divinity earlier - it was carmelizing before it got to the right stage (softball, I think). In my case, I just decreased the temp and let it take longer to get to temperature, and it seemed to work (And then I beat it too long and it was hard and got thrown out anyway).

So maybe adjusting the stove temp to speed/slow the progression to the right temp might help?

sleepyjeff · 12-17-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Drince88

I wonder if cranking up the heat in the house a bit will help with the relative humidity and the separation.

Precisely what I did. I made a roaring fire in the fireplace, switched the heat pump over to oil(sorry Earth), and even put a space heater in the kitchen. I then turned on all burners and both ovens for a few minutes before starting my batch...basically I turned the kitchen into Arizona.

Success

Thanks everyone for all the tips.......

12-17-2007, 05:56 PM	#1
cirquelover Cruising around in my automobile... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,617	There's nothing like homemade almond roca. I have made it before but now I mainly do cookies and chocolate. This year I was on a fudge kick, chocolate, peanut buter, peppermint and chocolate mint. I have about 16 pounds in the fridge waiting to go on candy/cookie trays starting tomorrow. Jeff- we would love to have some snow down here! It snowed a week ago but it didn't stick. I'm just glad the wind is gone! The boy was tired of the electricity going away and I hate listening to all the trees creak and bend!!
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Drince88 Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 481	I wonder if cranking up the heat in the house a bit will help with the relative humidity and the separation. I had issues with Divinity earlier - it was carmelizing before it got to the right stage (softball, I think). In my case, I just decreased the temp and let it take longer to get to temperature, and it seemed to work (And then I beat it too long and it was hard and got thrown out anyway). So maybe adjusting the stove temp to speed/slow the progression to the right temp might help?
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