Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 16th.
Stay tuned for Discussion Questions and activities!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Close to Famous Discussion Questions and Activities
Foster's Famous Vanilla Cupcakes
1 & 1/2 cup cake flour1 cup sugar
1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter softened (one stick)
1 large egg
2 large egg yolks
1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut (for moistness)
1/2 cup milk
In one bowl, sift cake flour with baking powder and salt. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar with mixer. Beat in eggs and vanilla until creamy. Add cake flour mixture a little at a time with the milk until well blended and fluffy. Fold in coconut. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full. Makes around 15.
Bake at 350 for 20 - 25 minutes. Let cupcakes cool on rack. Pile on the vanilla frosting.
Vanilla Frosting
1 box confectioners sugar1/2 cup butter softened (1 stick)
3-4 tbsp milk or, if you want it extra special, instead of milk add 3 & 1/2 tbsp half and half
1 tsp vanilla
Combine all in a bowl, and beat with your mixer for two minutes until creamy.
Sonny's Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes
2 cups cake flour1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa (I use Hershey's)
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup mayonnaise plus 1 tblsp mayo
1 egg
1 cup sugar plus 1 tblsp sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Sift in bowl — cake flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir well to blend.
In another bowl, cream sugar, mayonnaise, egg, water and vanilla together in mixer on low at first, then high to blend.
Add dry ingredients to wet 1/3 at a time until well blended.
Bake at 350 for 18 minutes, then check for doneness. Can go 20 - 25 minutes depending on your stove.
Makes 16-18 regular cupcakes. Frost high and deep with chocolate or vanilla frosting. Grate chocolate over the frosting if you really want to show off.
Serious Chocolate Frosting
1 stick butter1/2 cup cocoa (I use Hershey's)
1/3 cup milk — if you add a little cream, it's heaven
3 cups powdered sugar
1tsp vanilla
Combine powdered sugar, vanilla in bowl with milk and mix on low.
Melt butter, add cocoa. Add to sugar mixture, beating till fluffy. I whip this on high at the end.
Malted Milk Cupcakes
(This recipe was hidden on Joan Bauer's website. Is someone brave enough to try and make it?!)
1 cup all purpose flour2 tablespoons unsweetened, dutch processed cocoa powder (highest quality available)
3 tablespoons unsweetened malted milk powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
Heat oven to 350 degrees
In smaller bowl: mix flour, cocoa powder, malted milk powder, baking powder and baking soda.
In larger bowl: cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.
Add dry mixture to egg mixture in small increments, alternating with the milk. Beat after each addition. Begin and end with the dry ingredients.
Fill muffin cups 1/2 full and bake for ~20mins. These cupcakes stick to the sides, so liners are probably a good idea.
Makes 12 cupcakes.
Malted Buttercream Icing
8 oz confectioners sugar1/4 cup butter softened
4 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons malted milk powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix on high until fluffy.
Will frost 12 cupcakes
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Monday, November 11, 2013
Meeting is November 14th!
(See previous post for discussion questions and additional activities if interested.)
Monday, October 28, 2013
Anything But Typical Discussion Questions and Activites
Additional Activities if you're looking for more...
Activities for Anything But Typical
1.
Read Rules by Cynthia Lord. “Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is
near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves
around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from
"a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in
public" ---in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors. But
the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi,
the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior
that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?”
2.
Many young people use writing as
a way of sharing who they are: it helps them find a voice that they don’t have
in talking with people. Try writing something that reveals something about
yourself that you may find difficult to tell but that you can write about. The
expression that Jason experiences from writing frees him from some of his
limitations. What do you feel as you express yourself in your writing?
3.
Learn more about autism, or
autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and how it affects people:
4.
Write a response to one of the quotes from
Anything But Typical (or one you found
on your own):
“Why do people want everyone to act just like they do, look
like they do...and if you don’t, well, if you don’t, then people make the
assumption that you do not feel what they feel…and then they make the
assumption that you must not feel anything at all.”
“I am like a leaf on a river, riding along the top of the
water, not quite floating, not quite drowning.
So I can’t control the direction I am going. I can feel the water, but I never know which
way I am heading. But I might feel lucky
this day and avoid the sticks and branches pulling at me.”
“’People don’t mean everything they say,’ my mother has told
me. So why do they say it? Why would people say things they don’t really
mean? Nobody has given me a good answer.”
Monday, October 21, 2013
Next Book: Anything But Typical!
Stay Tuned for Discussion Questions! Happy Reading! Our meeting is scheduled for November 14th.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Captain Nobody Discussion Questions and Activities! Meeting October 17th!
Activities (Make sure you ask your parents first!):
Create your own superhero at Marvel –
Write your own superhero comic
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Captain Nobody Meeting - October 17th!
Captain Nobody is our first book club book. Our meeting will take place over the lunch hour. Books are available for pick up at the Oak Park Public Library (Tell them you're from Lincoln Lions' Book Club) on the 2nd floor fiction desk, as well as for purchase at Magic Tree and Book Table. Happy Reading!
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A New BOOK CLUB YEAR is HERE!
Welcome to a new school year and a brand new BOOK CLUB year as well! We're excited to get started with another great selection of books! Sign up begins today and will go until September 20th! Please read the two documents below to make sure book club is right for your child. The permission slip will need to be signed by a parent or guardian and returned to school. Though Mrs. Valverde and Mrs. Meisinger are on maternity leave for a few months, they will be in for the meetings. Mrs. Frame will be helping out as well, and is the "go-to" person at Lincoln until they return. Permission slips should be directed her way. We're looking forward to another year of fabulous book discussions! Any questions, please email Rebecca Meisinger (rmeisinger@op97.org), Carolyn Frame (cframe@op97.org), or Jessica Parra-Valverde (jparra@op97.org).
Book Club Selection and Summaries
Book Club Permission Slip
Monday, May 27, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Shooting Kabul-Next Book!
Our next meeting will be discussing Shooting Kabul and it's scheduled for Thursday, April 18th. Books can be picked up at Magic Tree, The Book Table, Lincoln Library, and the OPPL (call to check on availability at OPPL).
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
From the Mixed Up Files...
of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is the next book! Our meeting will be March 21st so get a head start on your reading! There are lots of copies of this book available for BORROWING if you're not interested in purchasing this one. Check out the OP/Lincoln libraries, and Mr. Wold has some spare copies to check out with him as well. HAPPY READING!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Meeting Jan. 17th! Discussion Questions Below!
Meeting for BUD, NOT BUDDY will be held Thursday, January 17th. Click for Discussion Questions!
Next up: WONDER (Meeting will be the week of Feb. 11th)
Next up: WONDER (Meeting will be the week of Feb. 11th)
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