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S'mores with Homemade Graham Crackers

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During Snowzilla, there wasn't much to do except roll around in the snow and bake, a lot. However, only a combination of boredom and a graham cracker shortage at the corner store would cause me to bake graham crackers. That, and the promise of s'mores over a fire pit in a backyard full of more than 2 feet of snow. I don't know if I would make them again (except under similarly desperate circumstances), but it's nice to know that I can. Ingredients : 3 cups whole wheat flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp cinnamon 8 Tbsp butter 1/2 cup + 3 Tbsp honey Directions : 1. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon into a bowl 2. Melt together the butter and honey. Pour this into the dry ingredients. 3. Mix with a fork, then push the dough together with your hands Don't knead or over-mix. Place the dough on a lightly-floured surface, and roll with a floured rolling pin to 1/8" thick. Cut into rectangles approximately 1 1/4...

Not quite like mom used to make...

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My mom always makes the best stuffing at Thanksgiving and Christmas - just celery, onion, butter and Pepperidge Farm stuffing . She would always make twice as much and leave half of it uncooked in the refrigerator. Everyday I would have a small bowl as a snack or as part of the meal, and at the end of the week, the flavors have all marinated together and the stuffing is absolutely delicious . I had a bunch of leftover oatmeal bread that was going to go bad, so I bought some celery today and made homemade stuffing.  All the recipes I found said to use poultry seasoning , a mixture of thyme, sage, marjoram, rosemary, black pepper and nutmeg, but it just didn't smell the same as my mom's. Some recipes said to use parsley , and some suggested garlic or garlic powder, but any recipe with sausage or apples or cranberries is just overly extravagant. It's definitely going to take a couple tries to get this right. Celery and Onion Stuffing Ingredients 1/2 loaf sl...