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dough time?If you choose to make homemade dough, have kids cut all of these ingredients together: 1 C All purpose flour, 1 Tbs butter, ½ tsp sea salt and 1 T sugar into a big bowl and add just enough cold water (one tablespoon at a time) so a dough comes together in a ball. Chill in the refrigerator for one hour before using.

preheat+chop+sautéPre-heat your oven to 350 degrees…. And grease your muffin pan wells with butter or oil. Have kids chop up ¾ pound of Granny Smith apples and ⅓ C of fresh cranberries into little bits… Cook (AKA sauté) the fruit for 5-10 minutes in an ovenproof skillet with a 1 to 2 T of butter (or oil) to soften the fruit up. It really makes everything taste great!

combine+tossIn a medium bowl, have kids combine ⅓ C of brown sugar, ¼ C room temperature cream cheese, 2 tsp of cornstarch, and ½ tsp of sea salt and whisk together. Add the sautéed fruit to the sugar mixture and have the kids toss the fruit to coat well.

roll+cutOn a lightly floured work surface, roll one 15-ounce package of pre-made puff pastry (or your homemade dough) with a rolling pin and have kids cut into circles for each child (that can fit into your cupcake/muffin pan) CIRCLE IDEAS: Using a cookie cutter or lid of a jar, punch out a circle shape. Can your kids use their knifes to make a circle?

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spoon+fillHave kids spoon about 1 to 2 T of the fruit filling in the middle of the pastry. Have kids fold dough over filling and then have kids press the edges to seal well.

bake+rest+eatTIME TO BAKE!* Stuff each of the stuffed and folded pastries into your muffin/cupcake pan. Bake at 350 degrees until cups are deep golden brown and juices are bubbling, about 15 to 18 minutes. Sprinkle with extra brown sugar on top, let rest a bit to cool down and eat! Bon appetite! *OPTIONAL (more traditional) BAKING IDEA: Take all the cooked fruit tossed with the sugar mixture and add to the bottom of an ovenproof skillet… Add a layer of dough or puff pastry on top of the fruit and put the whole ovenproof skillet into the oven. Bake the tart tatin at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden brown. Take out if the oven and sprinkle the dough with a little more brown sugar and set to the side to cool. After the Tart tatin is cooled enough, place a plate over the top of the skillet and FLIP over so the tart tatin is on the plate with the crust side down… Bon appetite!

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measure+pourHave kids pour and measure 5 C of milk and ¼ C of brown sugar in a saucepan. Carefully turn on the stove to high heat – Whisk frequently until sugar dissolves and milk begins to simmer (about 3 to 4 minutes). Remove the pan from heat, add 1½ T vanilla extract and 2 big pinches of ground cinnamon. Let the milk stand for 2 minutes.

whisk+serveHave kids whisk the milk mixture vigorously to form a thick layer of foam on top of the milk. Divide the steamers into cups, topped with a dollop of foam. Sprinkle with extra cinnamon! YUM!

ENGLISH Numbers FRENCH Numbers PHONETIC Pronunciation

One UN [uh]

Two DEUX [duhr]

Three TROIS [twa]

Four QUATRE [katr]

Five CINQ [sank]

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!1 C all purpose flour (or 1 15-oz package of puff pastry) 1 T butter

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!1 T sugar ½ tsp sea salt

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ENGLISH Numbers FRENCH Numbers PHONETIC Pronunciation

Six SIX [sees]

Seven SEPT [set]

Eight HUIT [weet]

Nine NEUF [nurf]

Ten DIX [dees]

ENGLISH Phrase FRENCH Translation PHONETIC Pronunciation

Hello / Good day Bonjour bon-jshor

Good evening Bonsoir bon-swarh

Goodnight Bonne nuit bon-nwee

Goodbye Au revoir koh-meh STAI?

Hi / Bye [informal] Salut ohr-vwah

Please [formal] S'il vous plaît see voo play

Please [informal] S'il te plaît see te play

Thank you (very much) Merci (beaucoup) mair-see (boh-koo)

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shopping listApple Cranberry Tarte Tatin Filling!¾ lb Granny Smith apples ⅓ C fresh cranberries some butter (or veg oil) 2 tsp cornstarch

! ⅓ C brown sugar 1 tsp sea salt ¼ C room temp cream cheese

!5 C milk ¼ C brown sugar 1½ T vanilla extract

Vanilla Cinnamon Steamers2 big pinches ground cinnamon (and some extra to sprinkle)

The Amazing Story of Granny Smith Apples! In Sydney, Australia back in the year 1868 a Grandma named Marie Smith had been testing different types of French crab-apples for cooking. She ended up throwing the used apple cores out her window as she worked. Granny Smith found that a new kind of apple tree (or cultivar) sprung up underneath her kitchen windowsill. Smith's husband was handicapped so she took it upon herself to try and grow them herself on her property, finding the apples that this new tree produced were good for cooking and for eating. Having all the appearances of a cooking apple, it turned out that they were not very tart but instead were sweet and crisp to eat. Grandma Marie Smith took a stall at a farmer’s market in Sydney, where her apples stored exceptionally well and became very popular. She sold her apples once a week and called them ‘Granny Smith’s Apples’. Smart (and enterprising) fruit merchants in 1890s and 1900s experimented with methods to transport the Granny Smith apples overseas in cold storage all around the world. Because of its excellent shelf life, the Granny Smith apple could be exported long distances and most times of the year. Because the Granny Smith tree is a rare mutation, the seeds of the apple when grown in different parts of the world tend to produce

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a tart green apple with a much less appealing taste. This is a BIG problem! So, to preserve the exact taste of the original granny smith apple, cutting and grafting are required (not using seeds). All the Granny Smith apples grown today are from cuttings from Grandma Marie Smith’ original trees in Sydney.

Quick Fun Apple Facts ★ Apples come in all shades of reds, greens, yellows. ★ 7500 varieties of apples are grown throughout the world. ★ Apples are grown in all 50 states. ★ In 2002 United States consumers ate an average of 42.2 pounds of fresh apples and

processed apple products. That's a lot of applesauce! ★ Apples are fat, sodium, and cholesterol free. A medium apple is about 80 calories. ★ Apples are a great source of the fiber pectin. One apple has five grams of fiber. ★ Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit. ★ Most apples are still picked by hand in the fall. ★ The apple tree originated in an area between the Caspian and the Black Sea. ★ Apples were the favorite fruit of ancient Greeks and Romans. ★ Apples are a member of the rose family. ★ 25 percent of an apple's volume is air. That is why they float. ★ The largest apple picked weighed three pounds. ★ Some apple trees will grow over forty feet high and live over a hundred years.

Super Silly Apple Jokes! What do you get when you cross an apple with a pine tree? Pineapple! What reads and lives in an apple? A bookworm What kind of apple has a short temper? A crab apple What do you get if you cross an apple with a shellfish? A crab apple Why did the apple cry? It's peelings were hurt What did the apple tree say to the hungry caterpillar? Leaf me alone Why did the apple go to the doctor? He felt rotten to the core What do you call an apple with tummy problems? A tooty fruity What can a whole apple do that half an apple can't do? It can look round What is the left side of an apple? The part that you don’t eat

What is Tarte Tatin? Tarte Tatin (tart tah-TAN) - A famous French upside-down apple tart (or a sweet upside-down cake) made by covering the bottom of a shallow baking dish with butter and sugar, then apples and topping with a pastry

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pastry crust. While baking, the sugar and butter create a delicious caramel that becomes the topping when the tart is inverted onto a serving plate.There is one rule for eating Tarte Tatin, which is scrupulously observed. It must be served warm, so the cream melts on contact. To the French, a room temperature Tarte Tatin isn't worth the pan it was baked in.

STORY: Accidents sometimes lead to delightful things and the story of Tarte Tatin’s origins is proof of that! A Tarte Tatin is an upside-down caramelized apple tart and as the story goes, the first tarte Tatin was accidentally created in the late 1800′s, at Caroline and Stephanie Tatin’s inn just south of Paris. One particularly hectic day, Stephanie was preparing dinner for her guests but she forgot to put a pie crust on the bottom of her apple pie. Because she was running out of time, she put the dough on top of the pie instead. After she flipped the pie over, she discovered that the apples had caramelized perfectly and the pie was an instant hit with the guests. Thus was born one of the most classic desserts in French cuisine.

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The History of Cranberries! Native Americans, long before the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, mixed deer meat and mashed cranberries to make pemmican -- a convenience food that kept for long periods of time. They also believed that cranberries had medicinal value, and were used by medicine men as an ingredient in poultices to draw poison from arrow wounds. Cranberry juice was a natural dye for rugs, blankets and clothing. The Delaware Indians in New Jersey used the cranberry as a symbol of peace.

Origins of the Name Cranberries have had a variety of different names since their discovery. Eastern Indians called them "sassamanesh." Cape Cod Pequots and the South Jersey Leni-Lenape tribes named them "ibimi," or bitter berry. The Algonquins of Wisconsin called the fruit “atoqua.” But it wasn't until German and Dutch settlers came up with "crane berry," because the vine blossoms resembled the neck, head and bill of a crane, that we arrive at what we know today as the cranberry. The cranberry is one of only a handful of fruits native to North America - the Concord grape and blueberry being the others. Cranberries were widely found in Massachusetts, as documented by the Pilgrims who settled there. Rumor has it that cranberries may have been served at the first Thanksgiving dinner in Plymouth. Recipes using cranberries date back to the 1700s.

Cranberry Fun Facts! ★ During the days of wooden ships and iron men, American vessels carried cranberries. Just as the

English loved limes, American sailors craved cranberries. It was the cranberry's generous supply of vitamin C that prevented scurvy.

★ Legend has it that the Pilgrims may have served cranberries at the first Thanksgiving in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

★ During World War II, American troops required about one million pounds of dehydrated cranberries a year. !

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★ The hearty cranberry vine thrives in conditions that would not support most other crops: acid soil, few nutrients and low temperatures, even in summer.

★ Depending on the weather, cranberry blossoms last 10 to 12 days. ★ Contrary to popular belief, cranberries do not grow in water. They are grown on sandy bogs or

marshes. Because cranberries float, some bogs are flooded when the fruit is ready for harvesting. ★ If all the cranberry bogs in North America were put together, they would comprise an area equal in

size to the island of Nantucket, off Massachusetts, approximately 47 square miles. ★ Cranberries are primarily grown in five states -- Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Oregon

and Washington. ★ Americans consume some 400 million pounds of cranberries each year. About 80 million pounds

—or 20 percent—are gobbled up during Thanksgiving Week. ★ Cranberries are a good source of resveratrol - which is found in blueberries, bilberries, peanuts,

yucca, grapes and Japanese knotweed. It makes your body work better and gives you energy! ★ The pilgrims learned all about cranberries from the Native American Indians (the true pioneers of

herbal medicines). ★ Did you know that there are 440 cranberries in one pound? 4,400 cranberries in one gallon of

juice? 440,000 cranberries in a 100-pound barrel? ★ Cranberries are also called “bounce-berries” because the small pockets of air make them bounce

and float in the bogs when they are ready to harvest!

Now, Time For Some Really Silly Cranberry Jokes! Knock Knock. Who's there? Norma Lee. Norma Lee who? Norma Lee I don't eat this much cranberry sauce! But it is SO GOOD!   Why did the cranberries turn red? Because they saw the turkey dressing! What’s the difference between a pirate and a cranberry farmer? Pirate buries his treasure, but a cranberry farmer treasures his berries. What is round and red and goes up and down, up and down, up and down? A cranberry on an elevator! Why was the cranberry alone with the apple? Because the banana split

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