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Spanish Cake (For Two)

Spanish Cake (For Two)

  Of all the cakes I have baked and eaten through the years my second favorite cake of all time has to be my Spanish Cake recipe.  It is so good that I remember once baking it three times in one week. This is second only to my first favorite which is a Victoria Sponge Cake.  I doubt that one will ever be knocked out of its "first place" spot in my life.  This Spanish cake is a close second however.   With there just being one of me now however, I doubt that I could, or would want to, eat a whole...

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Chocolate Chip and Brown Sugar Brioche

Chocolate Chip and Brown Sugar Brioche

Based on Shannon Auton’s Blueberry Brioche from Saveur Magazine Chocolate Chip and Brown Sugar Brioche The past few weeks, I have been watching Chopped Alton Brown’s Maniacal Baskets and Good Eats with Alton Brown and was inspired to try making some bread. On one episode of Good Eats – Fry Bread, Fry, Alton made two types of flat bread – Scallion Pancakes and Langos. I made the scallion pancakes, and they turned out pretty good, so I thought I would try the Hungarian Potato Langos. I was scared, because I haven’t had very good luck working with yeast. Half the...

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The BEST Staples School Supplies Sales This Week (Starting at 15¢ + Ship FREE!)

The BEST Staples School Supplies Sales This Week (Starting at 15¢ + Ship FREE!)

Looking for the best Staples school supply deals and back to school sales? You've come to the right place! Save money on crayons, notebooks, folders, binders, and more! Best Staples School Supplies Deals This Week Check out the following back to school deals you can score at Staples! Even better, many of these deals are available online and they are offering up FREE shipping – no minimum! Also – make sure you're getting the best deals by comparing weekly sales using our Back to School Price Checker HERE! TEACHERS! Looking for details on Staples Classroom Rewards? Scroll down below for...

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Parent Resource Notebook

Parent Resource Notebook

When my kids were little, I created a parent resource notebook for me to keep track of everything I needed to know. I didn’t know all of the spelling rules off the top of my head, or all of the grammar rules, or all of the memorization either. So I created a parent resource notebook.   Here is what it included:   Master Copies of paperwork I needed to reuse each week. (Handwriting Paper, Blank Schedule Form for each kid, etc. Memorization for the month or semester we were working on. Phonics teaching material for me to reference. Math facts...

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Senate ready to move ahead on $1T bill

Senate ready to move ahead on $1T bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement Wednesday on a $1 trillion national infrastructure package, and the Senate appeared ready to begin consideration of the key part of the administration’s agenda. An evening test vote was possible. Biden welcomed the accord as one that would show America can “do big things” — with the most significant long-term investments in nearly a century, on par with building the transcontinental railroad or the Interstate highway system. “This deal signals to the world that our democracy can function,” Biden said in a statement. “We will once...

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