Thanks, Mom
Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Here are Gerich's recipes for his Christmas Wreath cookies and Chocolate Fudge. Note the message from his mom. Now we know why we like Gerich so much! Chantico.
Gerich’s Christmas Wreaths
Here it is. Good Luck. Love Mom
CHRISTMAS WREATHS (made w/cornflakes)
1/2 c. butter 1/2 tsp. vanilla
30 marshmellows 3 1/2 c. cornflakes
1/4 tsp. (or more) green food coloring red cinnamon candies
Melt butter & marshmellows over low heat, or in microwave (“MW”) 2 min.on medium. Remove from heat; add coloring, vanilla and cornflakes. Blend thoroughly. While still warm drop from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet or foil. Shape into wreaths w/ fingers dipped in cold water (lightly). Decorate w/ cinnamon candies (three/wreath looks good if wreaths aren't too) Makes 25-30 when doubled. Best to make 2 batches rather than doubling ingredients.
With MW, melt butter on med. or 70 % power. Add marshmellows and MW until soltened (approx. 2 min.) med 70 % power Stir. and continue recipe.
Gerich’s FUDGE Recipe
1 2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 cups mini marshmallow's
2 cups (one package) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash salt
1) mix sugar and evaporated milk together and microwave for 4 min @ 70% power
2) take out, stir well and then MW again for 2-3 min @ 70% power or until boiling and sugar dissolves
3) add rest of the ingredients and stir until MM + CC are melted together.
4) pour out into buttered 8x8 glass baking dish
5) let cool, then cut. makes a bunch of fudge.
Thanks, Mom
Date: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Here are Gerich's recipes for his Christmas Wreath cookies and Chocolate Fudge. Note the message from his mom. Now we know why we like Gerich so much! Chantico.
Gerich’s Christmas Wreaths
Here it is. Good Luck. Love Mom
CHRISTMAS WREATHS (made w/cornflakes)
1/2 c. butter 1/2 tsp. vanilla
30 marshmellows 3 1/2 c. cornflakes
1/4 tsp. (or more) green food coloring red cinnamon candies
Melt butter & marshmellows over low heat, or in microwave (“MW”) 2 min.on medium. Remove from heat; add coloring, vanilla and cornflakes. Blend thoroughly. While still warm drop from teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet or foil. Shape into wreaths w/ fingers dipped in cold water (lightly). Decorate w/ cinnamon candies (three/wreath looks good if wreaths aren't too) Makes 25-30 when doubled. Best to make 2 batches rather than doubling ingredients.
With MW, melt butter on med. or 70 % power. Add marshmellows and MW until soltened (approx. 2 min.) med 70 % power Stir. and continue recipe.
Gerich’s FUDGE Recipe
1 2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk
2 cups mini marshmallow's
2 cups (one package) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash salt
1) mix sugar and evaporated milk together and microwave for 4 min @ 70% power
2) take out, stir well and then MW again for 2-3 min @ 70% power or until boiling and sugar dissolves
3) add rest of the ingredients and stir until MM + CC are melted together.
4) pour out into buttered 8x8 glass baking dish
5) let cool, then cut. makes a bunch of fudge.
Happy Holidays from Team Anomaly!
Date: Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
All the baking was completed last night and here are the results! I tasted each one - and they are GOOD! We hope our distributors will enjoy them. Recipes will be posted shortly (except for the chocolate chip cookies which is shown below!). Chantico.
Mark, our winemaker, a true multi-talent! He can make wine AND cookies!
Gerich cutting fudge
Mark’s Grandma Martha’s Swedish Spritzes
Gerich’s Christmas Wreath Cookies
Seth’s Nana Goldfarb’s Rugelah
Steve & Linda’s San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Steve begins boxing
Seth is a Happy Elf!
And Gerich is off to the post office
Happy Holidays from Team Anomaly!
Date: Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
All the baking was completed last night and here are the results! I tasted each one - and they are GOOD! We hope our distributors will enjoy them. Recipes will be posted shortly (except for the chocolate chip cookies which is shown below!). Chantico.
Mark, our winemaker, a true multi-talent! He can make wine AND cookies!
Gerich cutting fudge
Mark’s Grandma Martha’s Swedish Spritzes
Gerich’s Christmas Wreath Cookies
Seth’s Nana Goldfarb’s Rugelah
Steve & Linda’s San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Steve begins boxing
Seth is a Happy Elf!
And Gerich is off to the post office
Busy little elves
Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Linda and Steve baking chocolate chip cookies. Tomorrow there will be more photos!! Until then, Chantico.
Busy little elves
Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Linda and Steve baking chocolate chip cookies. Tomorrow there will be more photos!! Until then, Chantico.
We Whistle While We Work
Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
They Anomaly elves are busy bakers tonight. No, really, they are busy BAKERS! Each year 'round this time, we try to figure out what our distributors might enjoy as a holiday gift. Last year it was iTunes gift certificates. The year before, chocolate. On Monday, as we began discussing the top, Seth and Gerich had a gleam in their eyes. "Something homemade" was their suggestion. Yikes was my thought! We bantered about various ideas - what would ship well, what would they enjoy, what could we make? Tonight, all of us, Gerich, Seth, Mark, me & Steve were in our kitchens baking various cookies which we will ship overnight tomorrow to our twenty - yes TWENTY distributors. Want to guess? Yes, that's about 120 cookies per baker given the size of the box Gerich found online! It's 9 pm and Steve and I just finished our double batch of chocolate chip cookies. We thought it'd be fun to post our recipes here, so to start, here's ours - which came from a contest the San Francisco Chronicle had for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe about 15 years ago! It is truly time-tested and I swear by these cookies - they really are the best! Chantico.
The Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup (1 cube) margarine
1/2 cup (1 cube) butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
18-24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnut (optional)
Preheat oven to 325 and line baking pans with parchment paper. Cream margarine and butter until light. Beat in vanilla and eggs until smooth. Mix together flour, soda and salt, but do not sift; beat into batter. Add the chocolate chips and nuts and mix thoroughtly. Drop onto lined cookie sheets. Bake 10-15 minutes or until just beginning to brown on top and edges. Makes 60 cookies.
"
We Whistle While We Work
Date: Tue, Dec 11, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
They Anomaly elves are busy bakers tonight. No, really, they are busy BAKERS! Each year 'round this time, we try to figure out what our distributors might enjoy as a holiday gift. Last year it was iTunes gift certificates. The year before, chocolate. On Monday, as we began discussing the top, Seth and Gerich had a gleam in their eyes. "Something homemade" was their suggestion. Yikes was my thought! We bantered about various ideas - what would ship well, what would they enjoy, what could we make? Tonight, all of us, Gerich, Seth, Mark, me & Steve were in our kitchens baking various cookies which we will ship overnight tomorrow to our twenty - yes TWENTY distributors. Want to guess? Yes, that's about 120 cookies per baker given the size of the box Gerich found online! It's 9 pm and Steve and I just finished our double batch of chocolate chip cookies. We thought it'd be fun to post our recipes here, so to start, here's ours - which came from a contest the San Francisco Chronicle had for the best chocolate chip cookie recipe about 15 years ago! It is truly time-tested and I swear by these cookies - they really are the best! Chantico.
The Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup (1 cube) margarine
1/2 cup (1 cube) butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
18-24 oz. chocolate chips
2 cups chopped walnut (optional)
Preheat oven to 325 and line baking pans with parchment paper. Cream margarine and butter until light. Beat in vanilla and eggs until smooth. Mix together flour, soda and salt, but do not sift; beat into batter. Add the chocolate chips and nuts and mix thoroughtly. Drop onto lined cookie sheets. Bake 10-15 minutes or until just beginning to brown on top and edges. Makes 60 cookies.
"
ARF ARF
Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Last Sunday, Lisa and I poured the Anomaly 2004 for Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation fundraiser in Walnut Creek. It was a great event, very well attended by humans and canines. What a great way to combine our passion for animals along with our wine. I promised Steve that I wouldn't come home with yet another rescued dog - so I didn't (but if I could have....). Chantico
ARF ARF
Date: Wed, Nov 14, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Last Sunday, Lisa and I poured the Anomaly 2004 for Tony LaRussa's Animal Rescue Foundation fundraiser in Walnut Creek. It was a great event, very well attended by humans and canines. What a great way to combine our passion for animals along with our wine. I promised Steve that I wouldn't come home with yet another rescued dog - so I didn't (but if I could have....). Chantico
Gerich may be having too much fun
Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Assistant Winemaker/Marketing Director
Gerich Fellermann
Gerich may be having too much fun
Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 Winery Blogs Wine Business
Assistant Winemaker/Marketing Director
Gerich Fellermann
