About two months ago upon remembering my plan to make these, I headed to my favorite goat cheese stand at my UWS farmer's market. They were a little snotty when telling me that they can't sell Goat's milk. Strike two.
Now two weeks ago in an effort to save money for a baby and start eating healthier food that I'm making myself (wasn't the point of this blog to start making food for myself?- god I fail at everything) I found myself in Trader Joe's. Who knew they sold goat's milk? This was happening- I could already taste them.
As a caramel making novice- I underestimated the usefulness of a candy thermometer. I don't have one, my soft chewy caramels turned out to be Werther's hard candies. Delicious hard candies- but I don't have grandparents to give these to and they were NOT what I was hoping for. Strike three.
This weekend I found myself with no friends in town, a sprinkling of snow and weather outside in the teens. I figured I'd give these suckers another shot. Still no candy thermometer, but I was judging by gut feeling now. It's silly how often I tell myself that gut feeling is more useful that fact. BUT in this case- my gut feeling paid off! Holy fuck are these caramels GOOD.
They say four time's a charm...?
