November 2019
Once Upon a Time, Many Thanksgivings Ago …
True or False: The Truth Is What You Want It to Be
Worth Quoting
This month, some famous quotes on the topic of truth:
Learn what is true in order to do what is right.
Thomas Huxley
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.
Mark Twain
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Rene Descartes
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Marcus Aurelius
Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert Einstein
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
Galileo Galilei
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
These holiday cookies are a perennial favorite.
Makes approximately 30 cookies
- 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Hershey's Kisses (about 30)
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°. Using a whisk, combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. In a larger bowl, beat the softened butter and the peanut butter until smooth (use a hand mixer). Add both sugars and beat until the mixture is fluffy. Beat in the egg, then the milk and vanilla, and mix until well combined. Gradually add the flour mixture, beating at a low speed until the dough is just combined.
Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Form the dough into balls, then roll each in white sugar before placing them on the cookie sheets.
Bake for eight to 10 minutes, until the cookies have puffed up. Remove them from the oven and quickly top each cookie with an unwrapped Hershey's Kiss.
Quick Quiz
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What insect migrates to a warmer climate 2,500 miles away each winter?
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