This month, I'm going to add some interesting facts ~ This Month in History- November

Peter the Great becomes Emperor of Russia (1721)

First Opium War between China and Britain begins. (1839)

Clarence Birdseye marketed frozen peas (1952)

Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd (1842)

Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States (1860)

Cartoonist Thomas Nast depicts Republican party as an elephant in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly. (1874)

Montana became the 41st State (1889)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt forms the Civil Works Administration to help create jobs for millions of workers unemployed during the Great Depression. (1933)

Giant Pandas are discovered in China (1927)

Direct dial telephone service is first available coast to coast. (1951)

Sesame Street premiered on PBS television (1969)

The Edmund Fitzgerald and it's entire crew is lost during a storm on Lake Superior. (1975)

Forty one Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sign a compact calling for a "body Politick" just off the Massachusetts coast. (1620)

The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the 2and time. This was the first time a space vehicle was used more than once. (1981)

The Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River opens to the public, connecting New York City and New Jersey. (1927)

The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18 (1942)

The first streetcar went into operation (1832)

Yale University goes Co-ed. (1968)

The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. (1777)

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. (1863)

Ford quit making the unpopular Edsel (1959)

President John F. Kennedy, the youngest person to become a U.S. president, is assassinated in Dallas ,Texas as his motorcade travelled through the city. (1963)

A patent is issued for the horseshoe manufacturing machine. (1835)

Charles Darwin publishes his theory on evolution "On the Origin of the Species", sparking great controversy. (1859)

The first lion was exhibited in America (1716)

The "Grande Ole Opry "debuts on radio. (1925)

The United Stated and Great Britain sign a peace treaty in Paris, formally ending the Revolutionary War. (1782)




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This month's Recipe Contest Winner is Dawn Marie!

Cinnamon Buns

3 TBSP yeast
1cup of warm milk

Dissolve the yeast in the milk and add...

1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup melted butter
1 tsp salt
4 cups of flour

Mix it all up and then dump onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it a bit until it becomes a nice doughy ball. Put back in your bowl and cover with a towel and let rise for an hour. After an hour of rising, roll the dough out into a large rectangle..approx. 20" x 16"(yours could be smaller or larger in either direction).

1/3 cup of softened butter
1 cup brown sugar
cinnamon

Spread the butter all over your large rectangle(i use my hands). Then sprinkle brown sugar all over it...you can use more or less, depending on how much of a sweet tooth you have. Same with the cinnamon - sprinkle it all over. (This is the time you'd add your raisins or apple bits onto the dough)
Roll the dough along the longer side of the rectangle and slowly go across to the other side. Pinch the ends off. With a serrated knife, cut the long log into 1" pieces(or as big or as small as you'd like them to be). Place the pieces onto a greased cookie sheet. Let them rise again for 30 minutes and then place into a 400 degree F oven. Mine take about 10-12 minutes but it all depends on your oven(MIL's takes 20 minutes), but they are usually done when the tops are just brown. Take them out and then spread your icing on top...

ICING

1/4 cup of melted butter
1/4 cup of cream cheese
1 1/2 cups of icing sugar
1/2 tsp of vanilla(or more depending on your taste)

Mix it all together and spread it on warm buns...enjoy!




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Jill @ Freebiediva@gmail.com

I always fix mashed potatoes, usually corn or green beans, my grandmother's jello recipe and crescent rolls and jellied cranberries.
(you just made me really hungry girl!!)

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