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I Am Watching You
The Maid
Hopeless
It Ends with Us
Unmissing
The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 200 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
Jurassic World: The Official Cookbook
Halo: The Official Cookbook
Ugly Love
Verity
Where the Crawdads Sing
The Moonlight Child
Becky: The Heartbreaking Story of Becky Watts by Her Father Darren Galsworthy
Freed
Drowning in Stars
Behind Her Eyes
The Girl in the White Van
Regretting You
Defending Jacob


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Homemade McChicken

M cChicken sandwich, spicy or regular, has always been a household favorite until McDonalds started adding crap to the recipe. I used to work at McDonalds when I was 16 years old, things have def changed from then to now. Season it how you wish, I just throw a bunch of spices in and call it good! Does not matter what you use.  You Will Need: Ground Chicken Garlic Powder Onion Powder Paprika  Breadcrumbs  Flour Egg Wash Mayo Buns Lettuce Tomato After you form patties, freeze for 1 to 2 hours. Once frozen, dip in flour, egg then bread crumbs and deep fry until golden brown and 165 degrees temp reached inside. 

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

With the holidays approaching fast, this is the time I take to pre-make cookies. I do them in big batches, and freeze raw once I am ready to use them, we remove from freezer, set on baking sheet on counter for an hour or until thawed then proceed to cook at normal temperature. This has saved me SOOOO much time on the holidays when I am VERY busy with cooking other things (tamales, and such) wrapping gifts, and just plain old hanging with my family. 

You Will Need:
1/2 Cup Butter, Softened
1 Cup Sugar 
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Egg, Room Temp
1/3 Cup Cocoa Powder 
2 tbsp Milk
1 3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1 Cup Chocolate Chips 
Add walnuts for crunch, Optional 

Cream the sugar, butter and vanilla together. Add egg and beat to combine. Add milk and cocoa powder and slowly combine together (the cocoa powder will puff all over you unless you go slow! I have learned my lesson haha)!

Add flour, and baking powder, mix until all the flour is no longer visible. Add chocolate chips (and walnuts if you choose too) 

I use an ice cream scoop to scoop even amounts onto a baking sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper.

Bake at 350 degrees for 14-18 minutes. Once cooled enough, dip the tops in powder sugar. There are chewy and taste much like brownies.

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