[TigersEye]

That all sounds wonderful. I learned herbal medicine in the '90s, even went to a school for it, and came in contact with a lot home crafting ideas like that. Home made soaps, lotions and other 'back to the basics' kinds of things. Even home brewed beer, root beer, ginger ale and other brewed beverages. All good things to know I think although I didn't take them all up myself.

Your guys must be very happy with their presents. ;^)

Here's a recipe for homemade Irish Cream my sister sent me a couple of Christmases ago. She also sent some of the product and it was quite good.

• Stir blend: 2 eggs.
• Add: 2 teaspoons chocolate syrup
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon each; almond and vanilla extracts
• Add: 1 C. vodka
• 1 C. blended whiskey
• 1 C. half-n-half

stir frequently and keep refrigerated

pinging pandy because she is a big fan of salt and sugar scrubs for the skin. Separately I think.

[Still Thinking]

Thanks, TE! I love Baileys but am not as fond of paying for it. I’ll give your recipe a try!

[pandoraou812]

Yes I am. Honey too lol. Thanks & Happy News Years!

[Melinda in TN]

Thanks for the recipe! Here is the one for my bourbon balls. It's also published on CDKitchen. I submitted it there.

Jim Beam Bourbon Balls

Ingredients:

1 box (12 oz size) vanilla wafers crushed (food processor works good here)
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
2 cups powdered sugar plus extra for coating
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup Jim Beam bourbon whiskey*

Directions:

Mix dry ingredients. Add corn syrup and cut in. Add bourbon whiskey and stir until it is too firm to stir. Put on baker's gloves* and knead until dough is thoroughly mixed and firm.

Roll dough into 1-inch balls and roll in powdered sugar. Refrigerate. Makes 60 1-inch balls.

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This dough is VERY thick and I found that putting on thin latex gloves and hand mixing (kneading) insures that the whisky, and the dry ingredients, are mixed throughout the dough. Try to store them air tight in the refrigerator if possible because the whiskey will evaporate some if exposed to the air and they become dry.

Also, here is where I buy my Dead Sea Salt. This link takes you directly to the bulk Dead Sea Salt but if you want to browse the sight click on the company name at the top.

Dead Sea Salt