Iced Coffee Concentrate

I just found the most amazing recipe for iced coffee!! This is the reason why I am sitting on my computer at midnight writing this blog post. I just drank an entire glass of this amazing iced coffee. Well, I had to try it right....anyway I got this recipe from Pioneer Woman Cooks and it is amazing. It takes a long time, but it's SO WORTH IT... First take a pound of ground coffee, the richer and darker the better, but any coffee will do. I used cheap price rite brand just because it's all I had in the house. Then you want to add 2 GALLONS of water to the coffee grounds, that's A LOT of water so be sure that you have a GINORMOUS bowl, pitcher or bucket to hold it all while the coffee steeps.

Then wait and wait and wait until the coffee steeps, at least 8 hours or overnight, after that strain it through a cheescloth into whatever you want to store it in and then refridgerate until frigid

Ok here comes the good part, grab a glass and FILL it with ice, as much as you can fit in there

Then fill the glass with coffee concentrate until about a half full. Then take 3 tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk, make sure it's not evaporated, it's not the same and will not work, and mix it into your coffee (YUM)

Then add half and half until it's as light as you want it, and sugar if you need it

YUMMY....now mix it all about

stick in a straw, or two, and enjoy!!!

NOW you don't have to spend all your money at this place.....

Or that place.......

Have a great, coffee filled summer!!

Potato Candy

Opportunities to actually cook with Jesse are very rare, so I am always excited when I find a recipe that he can participate in. I found this recipe for Potato Candy and decided to try it with him. We had a lot of fun making the candy, unfortunately it didn't taste that good =(

RECIPE

1 medium sized white potato, cooked until soft and mashed

Confectioners Sugar

That's it 2 ingredients, mash the potato and then start added sugar, it will get very wet and mushy, keep mixing and adding sugar until it forms a dough that you can roll out easily. This takes A LOT of sugar. I used 3 pounds all together. Roll out dough on waxed paper until very thin and let sit for about 2hrs. Cut into little squares and store in a bowl in a powdered sugar bath to keep it dry.

You can add chocolate chips or any flavor extract to this recipe and I'm sure that will make it tastier, Jesse cannot have those so I just made it plain, we were not impressed with the taste, but maybe you will be! Let me know if you try it