Granny Maie’s Confectionery
Remember the delight of fresh ‘grandma-made’ candy and sweets? We’ll, fire up your mobile and break out the sugar, because here it is: the very first collection of authentic, old-style Boiled Candy recipes from the kitchen of 87 year-old Australian confectionery legend’, Granny Maie – now available in a scrumptious new mobile app!
Granny Maie shares ‘tried-and-tasted’ classics passed down to her over 150 years of family confectionery making – from Fudges and Toffee Apples, to Marshmallows, Turkish Delight and other unforgettable festive, fête and bake sale favourites.
Designed to take the ‘tricky’ and ‘sticky’ out of traditional boiled confectionery it’s a uniquely...
Granny Maie’s Confectionery
Remember the delight of fresh ‘grandma-made’ candy and sweets? We’ll, fire up your mobile and break out the sugar, because here it is: the very first collection of authentic, old-style Boiled Candy recipes from the kitchen of 87 year-old Australian confectionery legend’, Granny Maie – now available in a scrumptious new mobile app!
Granny Maie shares ‘tried-and-tasted’ classics passed down to her over 150 years of family confectionery making – from Fudges and Toffee Apples, to Marshmallows, Turkish Delight and other unforgettable festive, fête and bake sale favourites.
Designed to take the ‘tricky’ and ‘sticky’ out of traditional boiled confectionery it’s a uniquely no-fuss, ‘look-and-cook’ app for all ages and levels of cooking skill. Nostalgically styled and charmingly illustrated, it features vintage equipment and simple ingredients Gran still uses today, accompanied by light-hearted ‘Gran-knows-best’ advice, anecdotes, and even some of her fascinating candy-making ‘memoirs!
This ultra user-friendly app also offers handy ‘you-will-need’ sections for every recipe including a ‘tick-as-you-shop’ Ingredient Compiler and a comprehensive Equipment and Packaging List. To keep the candy making flop-proof and fun, Gran provides prompts, quick notes, alerts and tips on everything from critical temperature to co-opting your family and friends as kitchen helpers. She’ll even show you how to create some of your own DIY candy-making equipment. Her recipes all use both metric and imperial measuring.
There are 15 individual boiled confectionery recipes to choose from, grouped into 5 recipe sections:
• Plain Toffees, including Lollipops, Barley Sugar and Butterscotch;
• Pulled Toffees, like Humbugs and Nut Brittle;
• Fondant Based confectioneries, from Coconut Ice to a selection of Fudges;
• Gelatine Mix -type recipes for Turkish Delight, Marshmallows and Snowballs;
• “Combination” recipes, featuring Australia’s unique Esmeraldo Balls.
• PLUS more exciting Granny Maie recipes hot on their heels!
There are also 4 FREE recipes to collect. Purchase your app and receive your bonus recipe for each recipe section.
Granny Maie’s Confectionery is currently available for iPhone 4 and 4S, and for 3G/ iPod Touch.
Look out for Granny Maie confectionery lessons and inserts on You Tube. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook, or visit http://www.moltenmango.com.au/granny-maie/ for the latest news.
