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German Chocolate Pie

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I love chocolate in almost any way shape or form and German Chocolate Cake is one of my favorites. A few years ago a friend of mine passed along a recipe for German Chocolate Pie and I was in love. I tweaked the original recipe a little and this is what I came up with.

German Chocolate Pie

Ingredients:

  • 2 T. cocoa
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/2 c. pecans, chopped
  • 1/2 c. coconut, flaked
  • 2/3 c. evaporated milk
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 3 T. butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 pie shell, unbaked

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325.

Line a pie plate with the pie shell. Set to the side.

Mix remaining ingredients together.

Pour into the pie shell.

Bake for 45 – 50 minutes.

 

 

National Doughnut Day

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National Doughnut Day is the day to celebrate doughnuts. It is always on the first Friday in June.

Below are some of the recipes I found to celebrate this day:

Easy Donut Holes

Super Easy Doughnuts Recipe – Allrecipes.com

Just a Taste | Easy Homemade Glazed Doughnut Holes

Easy drop Doughnuts Recipe – Food.com

Fried Donut Holes (No Yeast) – Sugar Spun Run

Classic Glazed Doughnuts Recipe – NYT Cooking

Silver Fox Squares: June 2017 Update

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Read all about our square dancing adventures from last month and take a peek into some of what we have planned for the upcoming months. Be sure to like and follow us on Facebook and to follow our website for updates.

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Wow! What a busy month for us! The Silver Fox Squares would like to thank everyone who attended our most recent dance, the Sombrero/Crazy Hat Dangle Dance. Our callers were Ken ‘Silver Fox’ Perez and Shane ‘Little Bear’ Perez. We were thrilled to see so many people come with so many different hats.
Many of the dancers also ordered dangles which have arrived and can be picked up on a club night. We dance every Friday night at the Bradford County Senior Center in Starke.
If you didn’t get to make it for this past dance please be sure to mark your calendars for June 9th for our upcoming Chili Dog Dangle Dance and July 21st for our Red, White, & Blue Dance.
We have also enjoyed dancing with many different visitors from other clubs throughout the month. On May 25th several dancers from the Silver Fox Squares went…

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Clay Allemanders: June 2017 Updates

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Clay Allemanders … Got a new Home!

On May 22, The Clay Allemanders held their first home dance in their new hall with a great new caller, Shane Perez, and his father, Ken, as co-caller. This new hall has better acoustics and a larger dance floor. Continue reading “Clay Allemanders: June 2017 Updates” →

June Holidays

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I will try to update this list with some fun activities as well. Feel free to click the links to find out more about the origins and meanings behind these special days. I plan to incorporate a few of these into our normal homeschool routine to add a little fun and excitement to our days. Have fun and maybe make up your own personal family holiday or tradition for the month!

This month is full of food days so as school finishes up this may be the perfect time to incorporate some cooking lessons into your day with your kids. Just be sure to keep it simple and have fun!

This month is also know as:

  • Aquarium Month
  • Candy Month
  • Dairy Month
  • Fight the Filthy Fly Month
  • National Gardening Week – First full week of month
  • National Accordion Awareness Month
  • National Adopt a Cat Month
  • National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
  • Rose Month
  • Turkey Lovers Month

The weeks are known as:

  • Fishing Week, Week 1
  • Email Week, Week 2
  • Lightning Safety Week – Last full week of Month

(Links will be updated closer to the dates of each holiday.)

I found this list and more here:

Flip a Coin Day (1st)

National Doughnut Day (2nd) ** the first Friday in June

**see National Doughnut Day for recipes

Applesauce Cake Day (4th)

**see Applesauce Cake Day for recipes

National Cheese Day

World Environment Day (5th)

Hot Air Balloon Day (5th)

National Yo-Yo Day (6th)

**see National Yo-Yo Day for more activities

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (7th)

**see National Chocolate Ice Cream Day for more activities

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day (9th)

**see National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day for recipes

Iced Tea Day (10th)

**see National Iced Tea Day for recipes

National Corn on the Cob Day (11th)

**see National Corn on the Cob Day for more activities

Red Rose Day (12th)

**see Red Rose Day for more activities

Flag Day (14th)

**see Flag Day  for more activities (some of these may also work for July 4th)

Fresh Veggies Day (16th) /Eat Your Vegetables Day (17th)

**see Fresh Veggies Day for more activities

Father’s Day (18th) (third Sunday)

**see Father’s Day for more activities

Ice Cream Soda Day (20th)

**see Ice Cream Soda Day  for more activities

Finally Summer Day (21st — date varies)

**see Finally Summer Day for more activities

National Chocolate Eclair Day (22nd)

**see National Chocolate Eclair Day for more activities

National Pink Day (23rd)

**see National Pink Day for more activities

National Catfish Day (25th) (Go Fishing Day is on June 18th)

**see National Catfish Day for more activities

Forgiveness Day (26th)

**see Forgiveness Day for more activities

Paul Bunyan Day (28th)

**see Paul Bunyan Day for more activities

Waffle Iron Day (29th)

**see Waffle Iron Day for more activities

Meteor Day (30th)

**see Meteor Day for more activities

Also check out:

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