Don’t spend too much time grading your kids papers! Honestly, I can hardly believe I’m writing this but it is true. If you are trying to get your 6th grader to write a perfect essay and so you correct every.single.thing. that you can find, re-write all the sentences, and re-arrange the content YOU ARE DOING TOO MUCH.
The curriculum we use (BJU Press Homeschool) comes with rubriks* to help us grade each writing assignment. There are points for content (Did the students get the point across in the essay? Did the ideas have logical progression?) and points for technical skills (Capitalization and punctuation, etc.) Those 2 scores are combined and a grade is assigned. This way both the student and the teacher know what is expected!
This post is brought to you courtesy of Tamika Hurdle Smith of Chosen Troopers. I hope that her words will speak to your heart!
Toxic: You don’t have to be that person.
With so much grace and mercy that the Father has shown me, I am in no place to withhold grace and mercy from another. As a person who dwelled there for years, I will say to grown toxic folks who have to manipulate and blame others, never taking any responsibility for where you are and what you have going on, “God wants to heal you!” Continue reading “God Will Help: You Don’t Have to STAY TOXIC”
If you want to start a tasty tradition at your house, don’t miss this sweet, walnut filled yeast bread, rolled into tasty goodness. This recipe make 9 loaves, so you will have plenty to share, if they last that long! If you start by 8 am, you can be sitting down to fresh warm loaves and coffee by 1 pm.
This sweet bread is bursting with flavor and a sweet ground walnut filling.
Course
Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Bread
Prep Time3hours
Total Time5hours
Servings72servings (9 rolls)
AuthorGoal Accomplished
Ingredients
1tbspyeast
1/2 cup+1/2 tspsugar
2 cups + 1/4 cupmilk
1/2 lbbutter2 sticks
1 tbspsvegetable shortening
8egg yolks,divided
8 cupsbread flour
3 tbspbutter, meltedfor brushing tops of cooked loaves
Filling for NUT ROLL
1/2 cupwarm milk
2 tbspmelted butter
2 lbsground walnutsI use a food processor.
8egg whites, beaten stiff
2tspvanilla
2 1/2cupssugarFor Filling: Heat milk and butter and add to ground walnuts. Fold in beaten egg whites and vanilla. If the filling seems too pasty, add milk.
Instructions
Put yeast and ½ tsp sugar in an 8 oz measuring cup. Mix with fork and add about ¼ cup warm milk. Mix well until yeast dissolves and let rise in warm spot until it reaches the top of the cup.
Heat the 2 cups of milk, butter, and shortening, in a saucepan. Let cool to lukewarm.
Beat 6 egg yolks and sugar together until creamy.
Add the milk and egg mixture to the flour alternately with the yeast. I use a mixer with a dough hook for this step.
Knead dough until it becomes satiny. At this point, add more flour or milk as needed to reach proper consistency. Dough should be smooth and elastic. Cover and let rise in a warm spot for 2 hours.
Divide the dough into about 8-10 balls, approximately the size of baseballs.
Roll each ball into a large rectangle: about 12 inches by 14 inches.
Spread the filling over the dough and roll up jelly-roll fashion. Fold ends over and pinch closed.
Brush loaves with a mixture of 2 egg yolks mixed with 1 tablespoon water.
Bake at 375º for 18-22 minutes or till done. Remove and brush with butter. Cool on wire racks.
Recipe Notes
If you want to start a tasty tradition at your house, don’t miss this sweet, walnut filled yeast bread, rolled into tasty goodness. This recipe make 9 loaves, so you will have plenty to share, if they last that long! If you start by 8 am, you can be sitting down to fresh warm loaves and coffee by 1 pm.
