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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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Focaccia

Focaccia is soooo fun to make esp with kids. I love getting my kids involved in cooking. The younger you get them cooking, the more love they have for it and want to do it. I started my son off at 4 years old.. today he LOVES to cook. I did not do the same with my daughter and she is really not into cooking. So, I decided any children we have going forward, their little butts will be cooking. Anytime my nieces or nephews are over, we cook together (bread, pizza, biscuits, whatever).  You Will Need: 4 Cups Bread Flour (King Arthur) 2 tsp Salt 1 tsp Sugar (honey or agava)  1.5 tsp Yeast 1 tbsp Oil (olive or avocado) 1 3/4 Cups Warm Water  Bake at 445 degrees 10-12 minutes

Baguette

Baguette is a thin crunchy (on the outside) soft and fluffy (on the inside) bread that pairs amazingly with my homemade bruschetta. I have such a fascination with making homemade breads, it is one of my favorite things to make with my kids; besides Christmas cookies! I take great joy in cutting, buttering, or adding toppings to bread that I know what is in it. Let's just stop with all this gibberish and get to making the bread...
You Will Need:
1-1/2 Cups Warm Water
2 tsp Yeast
2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Sugar or Honey 
3-4 Cups Flour
Add sugar, warm water, and yeast to a mixing bowl or your stand mixer bowl, stir gently and let bloom for 10 minutes
It bloomed amazingly, smelled so good in the kitchen.. 
After the yeast is bloomed, add salt and flour
Nicely kneaded
Grease a bowl and place in a warm area to rise for 1 to 1 in a half hours
Punch down and start to knead
Knead... 
Roll into a long 'snake' like stick
Place for bread on a lightly greased pan, sprinkled with organic corn meal
Cut nice slices into the tops- 
450 degrees bake 20 minutes or until golden brown and hallow
Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before cutting it, this allows it to become more crispy on the outside
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