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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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Easy Strawberry Cheesecake

Strawberry cheesecake is my 2nd favorite dessert, next to vanilla white cake with strawberries in the middle covered in whipped cream topping. YUM! I wanted to make this easier for myself being I am very busy, going non stop every single day with a 5 year old, 17 year old and 18 year old children. I made this dessert to bring to a family dinner at my brother in laws home. This dessert was gone before I could blink, lol. I literally wanted a second piece but it was gone. So, I made a second one for our family after the party. You Will Need: 1 tub Cheesecake Filling 12 Graham Crackers Crushed 1/2 Cup Sugar 1 Stick Butter, melted  1 lb Strawberries, cut 1/2 Cup Sugar 2 tbsp Lemon Juice

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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