KBB Challenge # 22: Spun Sugar

The time I have now seems too short since I've been working. I feel like I spend more time at work than at home and everytime I have my days off (sometimes 2 days in a row, sometimes not), I'll try to use them doing something that I like or spend my time with hubby since I work during the weekend. I'm so longing to be at home and to do something together with hubby on weekend but I don't know when it's gonna happen again.

When I read this month's task, I thought to make it early but I was ill. Then my sister in law and her daughter visited us. They stayed with us for 4 days during Carnival's holidays. I had to work but luckyly I had one day off during their visit, so we spent that day together. I thought I would have time to bake and decorate it with spun sugar but I just couldn't make it. Another days off came and this time hubby was ill, I couldn't do the task. Finally I had another day off and I used it to make spun sugar. I baked Ontbijkoek, covered my kitchen with alot of papers, prepared everything I need; my camera, photo properties etc but I was failed at the first time then I tried again and again but still no luck until the 5th attempt. The next day I decided to try making spun sugar again before I started my shift at 11am and I did it!! Woohooo...

Spun Sugar
Ingredients:
Heavy use
1 1/4 cups of water
7/8 cup of sugar

Directions:
Combine sugar and water and cook until its boiling. Remove from heat, let stand (don't stir while standing). Using a spoon or chopsticks or whisk or forks, dip it into the sugar syrup, flickt it back and forth of the two rolling pins so that railing threads are formed. Break the sugar and gently shape it as desired

Note: I also used a spoon and made threads on a parchment paper. The result is you can see on top of Ontbijkoek petit four