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homemade tootsie rolls

2/6/2014

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make your own tootsie rolls at home using this easy recipe!  there's no cooking or baking required and it's made using simple pantry staples.  go on...try it out.  up..up...up...

i never liked them when i was a child.  gave them away or traded them when i'd get them in my bag of halloween loot.  but when i ran across this recipe a couple years ago, i thought i'd try it out.  in love.  you seriously will not believe how much (better) they taste like the real dealio. cray cray.

Makes 22-24 pieces of candy

  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 1/4 cup instant non-fat dry milk powder
  • Wax paper
  1. in a large bowl, combine honey, cocoa powder and vanilla using a whisk. add the melted butter and mix it up while you dance around the kitchen singing really loudly and slightly off key. add in the powdered sugar and pinch of salt; whisk again until well combined.
  2. using a wooden spoon, mix in the instant milk powder ¼ cup at a time until a dough forms. when you can no longer stir the mixture with a spoon, knead it with your hands. keep adding in milk powder until a firm dough forms. you may not have to use all the milk powder. the finished dough should be firm and a little sticky but not so sticky that you can’t handle it. roll the dough into a ball and place on waxed paper lightly sprayed with cooking oil. let dough rest uncovered on the wax paper for 5-10 minutes. as the candy stands it will relax from a ball shape into a disc. cut candy into ¾-inch strips and then into 2-inch lengths. if candy sticks to the knife,  coat it with butter or oil.  
  3. cut wax paper into 3 ½ x 5 inch pieces. wrap candies with the wax paper pieces and roll out the strips into tube shapes. store candies in an air-tight container in the refrigerator. bring to room temperature before serving.
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    I'm Jody Starfish. My friends call me Martha Starfish because I obsess a wee bit over miss Martha Stewart, Pintrest, and all things clever and beautiful. Love to cook, play, craft, garden and love up my friends and family. Welcome to the rodeo.

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