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December, 2000 [IMAGE] ? ?=20 ? ? ? This is the Knead to Know Newsletter, packed with information, tips and=20 recipes useful to home bakers like you. It's written exclusively for member= s=20 of Bread Brigade America. ? ?=20 ? ? LATEST COUNT!??By the end of November, 17,500 people had signed on as Bread= =20 Brigade America members. From all parts of the country, members gather here= =20 at the Knead to Know news corner of breadworld.com for their exclusive=20 information. Members are enjoying the special privileges of membership -=20 including earning greenpoints just for joining. ?=20 ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? THE THIRD EDITION Knead to Know This is our holiday issue, complete with festive recipes and tips for the= =20 holidays. The October and November Knead to Know newsletters featured some= =20 delicious recipes as well. If you missed these issues, you can access them = in=20 the Knead to Know archives: www.breadworld.com/bba/kneadarchive.asp. Each= =20 month, you can count on Knead to Know for great baking ideas, seasonal tips= ,=20 and recipes for conventional oven and bread machine baking. ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? RECIPE OF THE MONTH Cranberry-Pecan Wreath December has been designated National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month. On= e=20 way to minimize the stress of the season is to plan an old-fashioned holida= y,=20 free of commercialization and the noise of crowded department stores. Bake= =20 your gifts instead. Put on some holiday music and turn the baking activity= =20 into a family get-together. If you'd like free gift stickers to go along wi= th=20 your baked gifts, they're available from breadworld.com. Go to the Bread as= =20 Gifts section and click on Wrapping Ideas =20 www.breadworld.com/breadgifts/wrapping.asp [IMAGE] ? ?=20 ? ? You might also want to invite your friends over one weekend for a pre-holid= ay=20 bake-in. Few things bring family and friends together in a more caring,=20 care-free way than the wonderful aroma of home-baked bread. Best of all, th= is=20 recipe has been kitchen-tested by Fleischmann's Yeast home economists. ? ?=20 ? ? ?CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE: TRADITIONAL BREAD MACHINE=20 ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? REMINDER! Bread Brigade America members were automatically entered in our weekly=20 sweepstakes drawing for 25,000 greenpoints for each week in October and=20 November. Starting with the week of December 3-9, be sure to register weekl= y=20 for the weekly sweepstakes drawings conducted each and every week.=20 ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? NEWS FLASH! Among the three new brochures that have recently been mailed to you as a=20 Bread Brigade America member was Helping Bakers Bake=0FT. Now, pages 6 and = 7 of=20 the brochure, a section called Frequently Asked Questions, have been=20 incorporated onto the www.breadworld.com web site. This is a handy referenc= e=20 site when questions arise while you're baking or planning to bake. You can= =20 access these FAQs from this issue of the newsletter or from the web site at= =20 any time by clicking into the section Helping Bakers Bake=0FT. ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? FYI: Here are the survey results of November's Knead to Know Question of the=20 Month. The question, referring to baking from scratch, using yeast, was: How often does the average Bread Brigade America member bake? Almost 71% of respondents bake at least once a month. Of this group, 86% actually bake several times a month. Of those respondents who bake less than once a month, some bake only for=20 special occasions and the others only during the holidays. ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? QUESTION OF THE MONTH Are Bread Brigade America members baking more this year (2000) than last=20 (1999)? Once again, we have to depend on you in order to arrive at an answe= r=20 to the question, which we'll publish in an upcoming issue of this newslette= r. As we noted in the last Knead to Know newsletter, the purpose of our Questi= on=20 of the Month is to gather general information which will help us learn how = we=20 can better meet the needs of Bread Brigade America members. There is no foc= us=20 on the baking habits of any one individual, nor does your answer represent = a=20 commitment from you in any way regarding baking. Please help us by answering the question below. How would you compare the frequency of your baking from scratch using yeast= =20 this year (2000) compared to the prior year (1999)? ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? More often =20 ? ?If selected, please answer (A) below. About as often =20 ? ?If selected, please answer (A) below. Less often =20 ? ?If selected, please answer (B) below. (A) Why have you baked from scratch using yeast more or about as often this= =20 past year compared to the prior year? I've had more time to bake from scratchI value doing itDietary/health=20 reasonsIt is fun/easy to doOthers appreciate itOther (B) Why have you baked from scratch using yeast less often this past year= =20 compared to the prior year? I did not have the timeOther things were more importantI didn't have the=20 necessary ingredients or equipmentDietary/health reasonsIt's too much=20 work/difficult to doOther ? ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? WEEKENDS ARE SPECIAL Here Comes The December Weekend Calendar The holidays are upon us! And with them, the stresses of holiday shopping a= re=20 piling onto the normal pressures of the work week and the school week.=20 Fleischmann's Yeast has a suggestion for coping: Use the weekends to share= =20 the holiday spirit without the holiday stress. With our featured holiday weekend recipes, you can bake great holiday gifts= =20 instead of buying them. You can also turn weekends into pre-holiday and=20 holiday celebrations with family and friends. ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? FIRST WEEKEND: Freezer Rolls We already told you about how baking the Fleischmann's Yeast kitchen-tested= =20 Cranberry-Pecan Wreath is perfect for holiday gift-giving. Now here's the= =20 first of several more delicious suggestions from Fleischmann's Yeast for=20 gift-giving and for making other weekends in December just as special as=20 pre-holiday get-togethers with family and friends. Next to their great taste, the best thing about Freezer Rolls is their=20 convenience. After you've prepared the dough, you can form it into crescent= s,=20 coils or twists. Then you can freeze them for up to one week before baking,= =20 or you can bake them without freezing them at all. The choice is yours.=20 Either way, the result is about two dozen delicious rolls. They're=20 irresistible! ? ?=20 ? ? ?CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE: TRADITIONAL? ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? SECOND WEEKEND: Date Nut Christmas Trees Here's an an easy, fun way to decorate the Christmas tree...throw a party!= =20 And here's the perfect reward to serve all your dedicated tree decorators a= t=20 the party...Date Nut Christmas Trees. This delicious recipe makes two trees= =20 that taste great and look almost as good as the one you're decorating. Each= =20 tree serves 16 people. ? ?=20 ? ? ?CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE: TRADITIONAL? ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? THIRD WEEKEND: Teddy Bears (from Just for Kids Section) One precious gift you can give a child this holiday season is the gift of= =20 creativity. Help your young baker put his or her talents to work creating= =20 these two lovable Teddy Bears. It's a project that's sure to excite the=20 imagination and to tap into a child's natural desire to share the gift of h= is=20 or her creativity. What better way to share the holiday spirit ! [IMAGE] ? ?=20 ? ? ?CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE: TRADITIONAL? ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? FOURTH WEEKEND: Cinnamon-Sugar Candy Cane Twists* Look at the twist you can put on home baked bread for the holidays! There i= s=20 no greater tasting holiday treat than these candy-cane shaped and colored= =20 bread twists. Serve them up to the family when everyone gets together to=20 decorate the house for the holidays. It's a State Fair-winner that's easy t= o=20 make. * Our thanks to 1998 North Dakota State Fair Winner Tobi Lynne for this=20 recipe. ? ?=20 ? ? ?CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE: TRADITIONAL? ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? RECIPE REPORT:=20 When Bread Brigade America members click on recipes, we know they're=20 interested. Last month, Peanut Butter Bread was the recipe visited most by= =20 members. Cinnamon Swirl Loaf was a close second, followed by Pumpkin Nut=20 Bread and The Bread Bowl.=20 ? ? ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? NEW YORK STATE FAIR Syracuse, NY Congratulations to the Winners! Ellen Tracy and her 13-year old goddaughter, Hannah Young, won first prize= =20 among the 10 entrants in this year's contest with a chocolate bread braid= =20 they made to celebrate Hannah's donating her hair to a program that makes= =20 wigs for cancer patients. Fittingly, their recipe, which symbolized the=20 donated hair, was called "Locks of Love". Hannah, who had never cut her hai= r=20 before, donated 12 inches of her locks to the program. Mary Ellen Botsford= =20 and Katy Botsford took second place and Christine Prowak came in third.=20 ? ?=20 ? [IMAGE] ?=20 ? ? NEXT MONTH IN KNEAD TO KNOW: TAKE TEA AND TRY ANOTHER GREAT RECIPE! ? ? ?=20 ? ? ? BREAD BRIGADE AMERICA HOME PAGE ? ? ?=20 ? ? [IMAGE] ? ?=20 ? ? 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