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June 6th is Applesauce Cake Day

Saucy Apple Swirl Bundt Cake

INGREDIENTS:                                                                                                             

1/4 c. sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

1 pkg. yellow cake mix

1  2/3 c. unsweetened applesauce

3 eggs

DIRECTIONS:
Blend sugar and cinnamon. Grease 10-inch bundt pan and dust with about 1 tablespoon of cinnamon mixture; save rest for cake. Blend cake mix, applesauce and eggs until moistened; beat as directed on package. Reserve 1 ½ cups batter. Pour remaining batter into pan. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon- sugar, then top with reserved batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes or until done. Cool cake in pan, top side up, for 15 minutes. Then invert on plate.

June is Iced Tea Month 

Apple and Honey Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS:                                                                                                                                          

3 cups boiling water                                                                                                                                

4 tea bags                                                                                                                                             

1/3 cup honey                                                                                                                                         

3 cups apple juice

PREPARATION:
Steep tea bags in hot water for 5 minutes. Strain out tea bags, and stir in honey and juice. Mix until honey is dissolved. Chill and serve over ice. Serves 6-8

              June 1st is Donut Day                   

10-minute Doughnuts

INGREDIENTS:

Pillsbury biscuit dough

cooking oil (enough to float the dough on)

sugar

metal bottle cap (for making holes)

DIRECTIONS:
Warm the cooking oil in a deep frying pan. Fashion the biscuit dough into nice doughy blobs. Cut out doughnut holes with bottle cap. Place dough into pan then immediately begin to flip them over with a spatula or other flipping instrument of your choice. Once the dough is a light golden brown, remove them from the pan. If you want, pour a small amount of sugar into a ziplock bag, along with a doughnut and shake until doughnut is covered