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12 Practical Baking Tips From The Winner Of “The Great British Bake Off ” Bake like a pro.

Jesse Szewczyk, BuzzFeed Staff

This is Edd Kimber. You might recognize him for being the first ever winner of The Great British Bake Off.

1. Make sure to read your recipe before you start baking...

“The amount of times I’ve been baking a recipe, in my own little world, blissfully unaware I have missed a step, is far too high for a guy who does this for a living,” admits Kimber. “Make sure you read the recipe a couple times before you get started. It’ll give you more confidence and you’ll make less mistakes — plus you won’t end up starting a recipe you don’t have time for or bake a recipe you don’t have the ingredients or equipment for.”

2. And prep all of your ingredients first, too.

“This is a tip taken straight from the professional kitchen,” shares Kimber. “When we bake or cook at home, we often weigh out the ingredients as we go — but if you get everything prepped before you start, I guarantee you’ll make less mistakes, the baking will go smoother, and your results will be better.”

3. Invest in a digital kitchen scale to more accurately measure your ingredients.

“The biggest thing you can do to improve your baking (if you currently use cups) is to buy a cheap kitchen scale — nothing more than $15,” says Kimber. “When measuring a cup of flour using a cup, it can vary as much as 75 grams, and this can make a light cake heavy and dense.”

4. Accept that it’s OK to mess up — it’ll only make you a better baker.

“When you’re first learning to bake, failure can teach you way more than success can,” shares Kimber. “When you fail you figure out what went wrong, and then you won’t do that in the future.”

5. Baking is a science, so stick to the recipe.

“Baking isn’t the same as cooking where you can just throw in a bit of this and a bit of that and it comes out delicious,” says Kimber. “It uses science, and because of that you need to know what you’re doing to be able to successfully change the recipe. You can very easily make subtle changes, but if you start adding liquid or changing the amount of flour or butter, you start to alter the building blocks.”

6. Don’t skimp on the salt.

“Baking is still food, so seasoning the dish is important,” says Kimber. “Older recipes will often just call for a pinch of salt — or maybe none at all. These days, we add salt with more thought to how it affects the recipe. Chocolate recipes, for example, really improve with a little bit of salt (just think how salt makes caramel even more magical). A little sprinkling of salt on a chocolate cookie, or in a chocolate cake batter, can add a little bit of magic.”

7. Don’t rush things — and don’t stress.

“I’m a firm believer that baking is an amazing stress reliever — so turn the music up and dance round the kitchen like no one is watching,” says Kimber. “But in the same way that baking is relaxing, we shouldn’t really do it when we are flustered or rushed. Baking needs a little patience and time, so don’t try and knock up a chocolate cake in half an hour — it’ll be a disaster!”

8. Invest in four basic pieces of baking equipment.

“A lot of people are put off by how much equipment is needed for baking — but it doesn’t need to be that way,” says Kimber. “A few sheet pans, a set of 8-inch round cake pans, a muffin pan, and a loaf pan are a great foundation to make hundreds of different recipes. Invest a small amount of money in quality bakeware and you’ll be using the same pans for a lifetime.”

9. If your recipe calls for room temperature ingredients, make sure they’re actually room temp.

“For a lot of recipes (especially ones that beat the butter and sugar together) it’s important that the ingredients are at room temperature,” says Kimber. “If you beat cold butter and sugar together, it’ll take longer to bring it to the correct texture — and if you add cold eggs, the mixture will split and curdle meaning you won’t end up with as light of a cake. A good trick is to place the eggs in warm water for about 20 minutes before you start baking — this will help bring them to room temperature.”

10. Make sure you check the expiration date on all of your ingredients — especially the baking powder, baking soda, and yeast.

“Do you bake just once in a blue moon? Does your baking powder look like you bought it in the 90’s? Then toss it,” says Kimber. “Baking powder, soda, and yeast all have a shelf life and can be affected by humidity, so if you can’t remember when you bought them, there’s a chance it might be past its prime.”

11. Swap out plain brown sugar with muscovado sugar to give your baked goods a better flavor.

“Not all brown sugar is equal,” says Kimber. “A lot of brown sugar is fully processed into regular white sugar, then washed in molasses to add back the beautiful flavor and texture — but when you make muscovado brown sugar, it never becomes fully processed so the flavor and texture is so much better than regular brown sugar. It’s stickier, stronger in flavor, and so much better. Track some down and bake with it!”

12. Don’t cut into your bread as soon as it comes out of the oven.

“There are few things better than the smell of fresh bread straight from the oven,” shares Kimber, “but if you try to slice it straight from the oven, it’ll taste gummy and sad. Instead, pour yourself a coffee and wait an hour — and then, with the bread still warm, you can enjoy the loaf as its best self!

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We are still accepting organizations who are interested in sponsoring for an activity table. The activity tables would be from 9-11 a.m. with the Easter egg hunt beginning promptly at 11 a.m. at the IWHS soccer fields. We hope you will participate with us, all students will receive community service hours. If you have any questions please reach me at 210-805-3595 or mjmoreno@uiwtx.edu.

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Your voice is needed!

Please participate in the Call-­‐in Day to Congress on Monday, February 26, 2018!

Your advocacy is critical to help the nearly 1.8 million Dreamers, young people who were brought into the United States by their parents as children. They may face deportation as soon as March 6, unless Congress reaches a bi-­‐partisan deal to protect them. Please follow these easy steps to help:

1. Call 855-­‐589-­‐5698 to reach the Capitol switchboard, and press 1 to connect to your Senators. Once you are connected to each Senator’s office, please ask the person on the phone to deliver this simple message:

• “I urge you to support a bipartisan, common-­‐sense, and humane solution for Dreamers: • Protect Dreamers from deportation and provide them with a path to citizenship.

• Reject proposals that undermine family immigration or protections for unaccompanied children.

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As a Catholic, I know that families are not “chains,” but a blessing to be protected.

• Act now to protect Dreamers, our immigrant brothers and sisters.”

2. Please call 855-­‐589-­‐5698 a second time to reach the Capitol switchboard again, and press 2 to connect to your Representative. Once you are connected to the Representative’s office, please ask the person on the phone to deliver the same message as above.

After completing your call, please go to http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org to learn more about Dreamers and find other ways to voice your support.

Why We Are Advocating for Dreamers • There is a pressing issue before our country today: the future of a very important group of young immigrants called the “Dreamers”.

• Dreamers are the 1.8 million young people who were brought to the United States as children by their parents through no fault of their own. They often know America as their only home.

• Dreamers are woven into the fabric of our country and of our Church, and are, by every social and human measure, American. They are contributors to our economy, veterans of our military, academic standouts in our universities, and leaders in our parishes.

• They live out their daily lives with hope and a determination to flourish and contribute to society. They should not have to live their lives in constant fear of deportation, which brings with it separation from their families and real dangers of violence and poverty in their countries of birth.

• It is both our moral duty and in our nation’s best interest to protect Dreamers and allow them to reach their God-given potential. Some enjoy limited legal protection now, but those protections will begin to expire on March 5.

• Congress is deadlocked over this important issue, and so I urge you to take a few moments on this coming Monday, February 26, to join with Catholics across the country in calling their Senators and Representatives to urge them to give Dreamers protection and a path to citizenship.

• Thank you for taking action on behalf of our immigrant brothers and sisters, who are among the vulnerable in our society.

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DONATE CLEAN & GENTLY USED: T-SHIRTS JEANS SHORTS SKIRTS

DROP OFF BASKETS LOCATED IN RESIDENCE HALLS AND THE ETTLING CENTER IN AD 158.

For questions, contact your RA or Christian Boggess at boggess@student.uiwtx.edu in Residence Life or Yesenia Caloca at caloca@uiwtx.edu in the Ettling Center for Civic Leadership & Sustainability

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UIW GARDEN WORKDAYS Let's work together towards a greener community!

FEB. 23 | 12-2 P.M. MAR. 9 | 9-11 A.M. MAR. 24| 9-11 A.M. APR. 13| 9-11 A.M. APR. 20| 12-2 P.M. GORMAN GARDEN For more details about these events, visit www.facebook.com/UIWsustain

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WE NEED YOUR OLD PRESCRIPTION GLASSES!

COLLECTION DRIVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF

OAXACA, MEXICO Los Quijotes & UIW Annual Medical Mission Trip UIW & Los Quijotes of San Antonio Health Ambassadors are collecting used prescription glasses. They will be used for the 2018 Health Mission trip to the southern part of Mexico, focusing on serving the indigenous population of the state of Oaxaca.

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Help provide uniforms and school supplies for the children attending the Jose Cardenas Early Childhood Head Start Center.

How? Drop your change inside the labeled mason jars with a " " in front.

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Now until March 24, 2018.

Contact (210) 283-6423 or treyes@uiwtx.edu for more details.

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FRIENDSHIP-BRACELET MAKING

WGC invites you to share a message with a fellow student on the other side of the globe. Join us at the Brackenridge Villa to make friendship bracelets for our friends at Hekima Secondary School in Bukoba, Tanzania. All materials will be provided; just bring your creative skills.

Bracelets will be shared with girl students at Hekima during the 2018 WGC immersion trip.

When: March 24, 2018 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Where: Brackenridge Villa Contact: Tamarra Mencey wgc.tamarramencey@gmail.com

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SERVE locally with one of our partner agencies SERVE globally through an international service experience Develop your LEADERSHIP skills Participate in MENTORSHIP opportunities

Eligible applicants are UIW freshmen, sophomores, or juniors with at least a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and completed 12 hours of coursework. Students must have completed a Level I Religious Studies class.

Participate in a required 4-day Cardinal Community Leaders (CCL) Orientation in August.

Commit to a minimum of 25 hours of service each fall and spring semester; assignments may include collaborating with a local school district, reading and literacy, mentoring, etc. Students will also participate in leadership development and be assigned to an Ettling Center for Civic Leadership & Sustainability (ECCLS) mentor.

Commit to serve and assist in 5 UIW events per academic year.

Selected students will be required to enroll in RELS 3399 Social Justice Leadership course for fall 2018. This is a Level II Religious Studies class and has a prerequisite of a Level I Religious Studies class. This class can fulfill the undergraduate UIW Core Curriculum requirement of an upper level Religious Studies or Philosophy class. Please consult with your academic advisor to review your degree plan. The course may not be repeated for credit. This is a face-to-face class.

Serve as a Cardinal Community Leader for two consecutive academic years.

Application Link: http://www.uiw.edu/eccl/studentengagement/cardinal-community-leaders.html For more information on the program requirements and application process, please visit www.uiw.edu/ccl, call 210-283-6423 or visit AD 158.