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Make an edible Garlic Butter Candle with garlic and herbs! This fun holiday appetizer melts into bread for easy dipping and is so delicious and fun!A FUN WAY TO SERVE GARLIC BUTTER AND BREADWant a fun conversation starter at your next gathering? Then this delicious and unique appetizer is the way to go! They also make great gifts for foodie friends and family. Made with real butter, roasted garlic, and Italian herbs, this edible butter candle melts as it is warmed by the flame, creating a warm, flavorful dip for all your crusty bread. Its surprisingly easy to make, completely customizable, and guaranteed to be a huge hit for the upcoming holidays!FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:How do I roast garlic? To make roasted garlic, just follow these instructions.Preheat your oven to 400F. Peel off any loose outer paper-like layers of a whole garlic bulb, keeping it intact as best as possible (you dont have to peel them all off, just the loose stuff.)Slice about inch off the top, exposing the tops of the cloves.Place the bulb on a square of foil.Drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with salt.Wrap the foil tightly around the bulb.Place the wrapped garlic directly on the oven rack or on a baking sheet.Roast for 35-45 minutes, or until the cloves are very soft and lightly golden.Let the garlic cool slightly, then squeeze from the base to pop the cloves out of their skins.Transfer the roasted cloves to a cutting board and finely mince or pop them in your garlic press.I feel like this provides the most flavor and is a better option than biting into raw garlic. Can I make more candles? You can make more than two candles if you have a longer loaf of bread. Or this recipe can be adapted to make more. For example, if you want four candles, just double the recipe. What size cups should I use? For this, I used the 6-ounces cups, but depending on what you can find, you can use smaller ones if needed. They should be smaller, disposable cups (affiliate link) that are short and wide as opposed to the tall and thin ones. What can I use in place of clothes pins? I used clothes pins when making these, but anything that will help hold the wick in place should work. You could use a chip clip if needed or even a fork would hold it in place. Just put the wick in between the fork tines and balance the fork on top of the cup (it make take two forks to get it balanced properly. How to store a Butter Candle? This Garlic Butter candle can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks in your refrigerator. Can you freeze a Garlic Butter Candle? You can freeze this garlic butter candle for up to a month in a freezer-safe container. INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)loaf of uncut bread use any of your favorite breads. Some popular breads would be sourdough, rye, French, or white. You want a thick, sturdy bread to hold the candles well. You can even use Homemade Dutch Oven Bread.salted butter you can use unsalted. It needs to be real butter here, not margarine.roasted garlic you could use 2 teaspoons of garlic powder instead. See above Frequently Asked Questions section on how to roast garlic. I know someone will ask about jarred garlic and I am not totally against it but if you are going through all this trouble to make this homemade, I think the garlic should be the best flavor and you wont get that with the jarred stuff. Italian seasoning feel free to make your own with fresh herbs.I have a Homemade Italian Seasoning recipe if you want something more homemade.rosemary sprigs these are optional. I just think they really make the presentation look nicer as they fill in any gaps around your candles. candle wicks I prefer to use beeswax wicks, but hemp is another great option. These are all food safe options that I prefer. You can purchase these at craft stores like Michaels or you can order them online at Amazon (affiliate link) or other places. Theyre pretty cheap, thankfully. disposable cups I used 2 (6 ounce) plastic cups. clothes pins use any kind of clips you might have to hold the wick in place. you could probably even balance it in between fork tines and place that on top of the cup to hold it in place. HOW TO MAKE GARLIC BUTTER CANDLES:In a small saucepan, melt the butter gently with the garlic and Italian seasoning over medium heat and stir until hot and fragrant. Set it aside to cool slightly but not enough to harden.While the butter is cooling, prepare the disposable cups with a food safe candle wick. Use clothes pins or twine at the top to secure the wick in the center of the cup.Pour the melted butter into the cup making sure not to cover the wick. Youll be putting about cup melted butter in each cup so it will not go all the way to the top of the cup. Place the butter cup in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (up to overnight) to harden.Once hardened, you can gently squeeze the cup from the bottom to pop the solid butter out of it, or, if that isnt working, you can cut the side of the cup down to remove the butter candle. Place the disposable cups over your bread in the place youd like to serve the candles.Using a sharp bread knife, cut around the cups into the bread and pull out the middle of the circle to create a round cup-sized hole in the bread. Make sure not to cut down to the bottom of the bread, leave a layer to soak up melted butter.Place the butter candle into the hole you made in your bread and surround the candle with rosemary sprigs to take up any extra space. If the wick seems too long, you can trim it up a bit.Light the candles, allow the butter to begin to melt then tear off pieces of bread to dip into the melted garlic butter. enjoy!CRAVING MORE RECIPES?Cranberry Brie BitesChristmas Veggie TrayCheesy Hawaiian Roll Garlic BreadChristmas CheeseballRudolph Cheeseball PrintGarlic Butter CandleHomemade garlic butter in the shape of a candle, inserted into a loaf of bread to, perfect for dipping.Course CondimentsCuisine AmericanPrep Time 10 minutes minutesChill Time 2 hours hoursTotal Time 2 hours hours 10 minutes minutesServings 8Calories 208kcalAuthor Brandie SkibinskiIngredients1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter2 Tablespoons minced roasted garlic (see above post on how to roast)1 teaspoon Italian seasoning2 (6-inch) beeswax candle wicks (see above post for more info.)2 (6 ounce) disposable cups (see above post for more info.)4 clothes pins (see above post for alternatives)1 whole loaf bread (I used Italian any rustic style bread works)5-6 rosemary sprigsInstructionsIn a small saucepan, melt 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter with 2 Tablespoons minced roasted garlic and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning over medium heat and stir until hot and fragrant. Set it aside to cool slightly but not enough to harden. While the butter is cooling, prepare 2 (6 ounce) disposable cups with 2 (6-inch) beeswax candle wicks. Use clothes pins (or similar object) at the top to secure the wick in the center of the cup.Pour the melted butter into each cup making sure not to cover the wick. Youll be putting about cup melted butter in each cup so it will not go all the way to the top of the cup. Place the butter cup in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (up to overnight) to harden.Once hardened, you can gently squeeze the cup from the bottom to pop the solid butter out of it, or, if that isnt working, you can cut the side of the cup down to remove the butter candle. Place the disposable cups over 1 whole loaf bread in the place you'd like to serve the candles.Using a sharp bread knife, cut around the cups into the bread and pull out the middle of the circle to create a round cup-sized hole in the bread. Make sure not to cut down to the bottom of the bread, leave a layer to soak up melted butter. Place the butter candle into the hole you made in your bread and surround the candles with rosemary sprigs to take up any extra space. If the wick seems too long, you can trim it up a bit. Light the candles, allow the butter to begin to melt then tear off pieces of bread to dip into the melted garlic butter. Enjoy! NotesCOOKS NOTE: Please refer to my FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and ingredient list above for substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions. You will more than likely find the answer to your question in the post. Please scroll up!NutritionCalories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 23g | Sodium: 184mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.05g

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(And this is a press-and-hold gesture, too, which means you can't start the ring's recording and then let go to surreptitiously record a conversation.)You can wear the stainless steel ring while in the shower, washing hands, doing dishes, or in the rain, but you would have to take it off for other water-related activities, like swimming. At launch, it's water-resistant to 1 meter.The ring is also not a fitness tracker or sleep monitor. It doesn't record details about your heart rate or health. And it's not there to be your AI friend. "I'm not trying to build some AI assistant thing," Migicovsky told TechCrunch in an interview. "I build things that solve one main problem, and they solve it really well," he explains. "I think of [the ring] as external memory for my brain...that's what this is. It's always with you." Plus, the ring has been designed to be highly reliable and privacy-preserving, he says, as all your thoughts are stored on your phone, not in the cloud. There is no subscription. Migicovsky has been wearing the ring for three months now and says he cannot imagine going back to a world where he doesn't always have a memory device with him."The problem is that, during the day, I get ideas or I remember something, and if I don't write it down that second, I forget it," he says. The ring solves this problem, he adds, without becoming another device you need to charge. "The battery lasts for years," Migicovsky claims. Technically, the ring is said to support roughly 12 to 14 hours of recording. On average, the founder says he uses it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. At that rate, he'll get about two years of usage. When the ring's battery dies, you can ship it back to the company for recycling. When using Index, you can record up to five minutes of audio, which can be saved to the ring and synced to your phone later. This makes sense for recording briefer, personal thoughts and notes, even when you don't have your phone handy, but it wouldn't work for recording a longer chat, like a presentation, meeting, or in-person interview of some kind.The ring also supports 99+ languages and has a bit of on-device memory, in case you're not in Bluetooth range of your device, where the recording is ultimately saved and transcribed. (The raw audio is retained, too, in case the speech-to-text is garbled due to loud background noise). If you own a Pebble smartwatch or one from another brand, your recorded thought can even appear on the watch's screen so you can verify it's correct. The ring works with Pebble's mobile app, which offers notes and reminders, but can optionally integrate with your phone's calendaring system, too, or other apps, like Notion. And the ring's software is open source, which makes it hackable by the community, the founder points out. Because of its open nature, the ring's button is already programmable. In addition to the press-and-hold gesture, you can program the ring to do other things with a single or double press, like play or pause your music or control the shutter on your phone's camera. You could use it to send a message through the universal chat app Beeper, which Migicovsky also created, or you could add your own voice actions via MCP. A new approach to hardware Migicovsky acknowledges that hardware can be difficult to get right -- as the previous exit of Pebble to Fitbit showed. (Fitbit, too, was later acquired by Google in 2021). "I didn't earn any money during Pebble -- we exited, but it was not a great exit," Migicovsky admits. This year, however, he decided to reboot the Pebble project after Google open sourced the PebbleOS, which opened up the door to new hardware. With his new company, Core Devices, Migicovsky plans to do things differently. Still, the founder doesn't regret his previous choices, he clarifies."I wouldn't have gone back and changed anything. I loved what we built. I loved what we did. I love the company that we built, but it's not the only way to build a company," he told TechCrunch. " And, speaking as an ex-YC partner, there are -- there's a time and a place for building a venture-backed startup. Some companies are phenomenal when they raise money and build a big team, and I tried that...I think what I'm doing now is trying an alternative path, which is [to] start from profitability," he says.The new company is a small team of five, self-funded, and focused on sustainability.So far, Core Devices has shipped the Pebble 2 Duo smartwatch with a black-and-white display. Its first run sold out, and the company is now preparing to ship the upgraded version, the Pebble Time 2. The newer device, which has seen 25,000 pre-orders, is a stainless steel watch with a larger, color e-ink screen. 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