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Thanks, RL.

Dinner on Tuesday evening was roasted chicken quarters and cut up sweet potatoes drizzled with olive oil and maple syrup, then sprinkled with rosemary. Steamed green beans completed the dinner.

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I order my medium rye flour from them, and I usually mix it with Bob's Red Mill Dark Rye flour.

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My younger stepson and my husband have birthdays only a couple of days apart this week, so they will share a birthday cake. Today, I baked the KAF Favorite Fudge Birthday Cake, which I've been baking for them for about five years now. I'll assemble it tonight.

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Our caravan of rental truck, long-bed pick-up truck, and Ford Explorer arrived in Indiana around 8:30 last night. When has there been snow on spring break? We did miss most of it, but the vehicle are covered with salt.

For a quick dinner, I brought with us the ingredients for tuna casserole made with evaporated milk, since we did not have time to stop at a store. I had to use canned rather than frozen peas, but I used spinach noodles and Gouda cheese. Our starving crew (my husband, younger stepson, and his friend) likely would have eaten anything, but they all praised it, and I have to admit, it is delicious. It's been a while since I've cooked for this many guys.

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Bob's Red Mill gives free shipping for purchases over $50, and they have a variety of grains, flours, and dried beans. I like their dark rye flour in my Limpa bread.

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Riverside Len--I'm going to have to try your Oat Fruit bars. I particularly like your reduction of the sugar.

On Saturday, I baked a double batch of my version of Ellen's (Moomie's) buns as rolls. I also baked Eggnog Scones (had some frozen eggnog), and I baked the double batch of Sourdough Cheddar Crackers. All of these are for our spring break trip.

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That recipe looks great, Joan. Thanks for posting it.

On Thursday, I made a batch of Chex Party Mix and a batch of my variation of Nutritious Pop 'N Fresh Cookies. That recipe comes from a Pillsbury Booklet, #30 that came out years ago. I've been experimenting with the recipe over the years. This time instead of 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal Flour, I used 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal and 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour. I also added 1/4 cup flax meal. I used pecans and chocolate chips. Tomorrow, my younger stepson is going to help us load a rental truck, so I need snacks on hand, and we will also take them on our trip.

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Aaron--When you mentioned pancakes, I thought that I recalled a KAF recipe that used malted milk powder in pancakes. If you go to the KAF site there are several.

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Aaron--your tip solves a problem for the coconut vs. non-coconut household. My husband has problems with coconut, so I only get to bake coconut cookies when I am taking cookies somewhere or else am baking a small stash for myself. Now I know that I can add some coconut to some of the chocolate chip cookies I bake, and we can both be happy.

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On Wednesday, I baked the lemon cake from Susan Purdy's The Perfect Cake and assembled it that evening--with lemon curd between two layers. I take it to the office tomorrow for a birthday celebration. I used Hudson Mill bleached flour this time, and the cake seems to have baked far better. (Thank you, Cass!).

I also tried the Lemon Drops recipe from Peter Reinhart & Denene Wallace's The Joy of Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Baking, because one of the two staff members having a birthday has some kind of gluten intolerance. I tasted them-YUK. My husband agreed. There is a weird aftertaste. Maybe it's the Stevia in the Raw. I threw them in the trash--which is a sad waste of ingredients not to mention time. It's the first recipe I've tried from that book. I'm not sure if I will try another.

I also baked two loaves of my Buttermilk Grape Nuts Bread, which is my husband's favorite.-

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Thank you Navlys for letting us know. Now I'm going to have to take a look at that recipe!

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On Tuesday, I baked Orange-Barley Pound Cake. I posted the recipe on this site last year, after Kid Pizza kindly corrected the original recipe. I've now baked it three times. My husband and I really like it. I also mixed up the dough for a double batch of Sourdough-Cheddar Crackers, which I will bake later this week to take on our trip.

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On Tuesday, I used Bob's Red Mill Vegi-Soup bean and barley blend in a turkey-vegetable soup. This time I used Penzey's Bouquet Garni as the seasoning. I added some tomato paste, and a few dashes of fish sauce. I also made a small batch of applesauce and froze it. (We will have it at Easter.)

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What about Biscotti? KAF has a variety of recipes. I like the Barista Biscotti Bites (leave off the chocolate coating), the Maple-Walnut Biscotti, and the Butter Pecan Biscotti to which Cwcdesign introduced us last Christmas.

Also, I recommend the Greek cookies, Kouluria. The recipe is here in the thread from the Baking Circle that I posted, titled Kouluria.

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Thanks, Cass! That is what I will do. 🙂

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