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1 ½ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt ¼ cup shortening ¼ cup butter, cut up, or shortening ¼ cup cold water Apple Pie Filling: Use 6 cups peeled, cored thinly sliced apples; 1/2 to 3/4 cup sugar; and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Rhubarb Pie Filling: Use 6 cups fresh or frozen rhubarb, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups sugar; and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour or 1/4 cup quick-cooking tapioca or cornstarch....

To Store: Place snack mix in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature up to 2 weeks or freeze up to 3 months.

1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon snipped fresh mint leaves

Growing Tazetta Daffodils Daffodils grow best in full sun and moist, well-drained soil. Poorly drained soil quickly leads to bulb rot. Improve poorly drained soil before planting the bulbs, or plant your daffodils in raised beds where you control the soil mixture. Daffodils grow best when surrounded by dry soil in summer, so skip the irrigated landscape beds. Aim for a planting spot that receives at least 6 hours of sun a day—which may include the ground beneath the canopy of deciduous trees....

3 tablespoon packed brown sugar 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour 4 teaspoon butter ¼ cup chopped walnuts

The navy blue walls in this living room are almost a neutral backdrop that can pair with almost any other color. Try the bold blue color with hot pink, pale blue, bright red, grass green—the sky is the limit. This room pops with the perfect amount of contrast thanks to all the red accents. Want an easy update? It’s easy to decorate with bold colors without spending a lot of money....

1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 1 small clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon butter or margarine ⅔ cup water ½ 6 ounce can (1/3 cup) tomato paste 1 tablespoon prepared horseradish 2 teaspoon lemon juice 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce ½ quart dry mustard ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground red pepper Sweet and Sour Sauce ¼ cup packed brown sugar 2 teaspoon cornstarch ¼ teaspoon ground ginger ⅓ cup unsweetened pineapple juice 2 tablespoon finely chopped green pepper 2 tablespoon vinegar 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Handheld pipe cutter Four 90-degree street elbows Four tees Four nipples Four floor flanges Rubber mallet Construction adhesive About 1,000 feet of 3⁄8-inch manila rope Scrap wood about as long as the width of your headboard Drywall molly bolts Screws Cut the pipes to size using a handheld pipe cutter. Cut two pieces to fit the width of the bed and two pieces to the headboard’s desired height. (Ours is 50 inches wide and 30 inches tall....

2 ½ cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup cooking oil ⅓ cup milk

La Croix Costume These La Croix costumes from Brit + Co were made with pop-up laundry hampers wrapped in colored felt. Use felt to create shoulder straps and layer over anything you please. To create the cans’ watercolor background, use spray paint in a color slightly darker than the felt. Use felt letters and a cardboard tab wrapped in aluminum to complete the can. Hocus Pocus Costumes Dress like the Sanderson sisters with these seriously cute Hocus Pocus costumes....

How to Grow Eggplant Eggplants grow best in full sun; moist, well-drained soil; and warm conditions. Do not put eggplant transplants in the garden until nighttime lows are regularly above 50°F. If you plant eggplants outside too soon, they’ll suffer cold damage that may keep them from bearing fruit. Wait for the warmth. Eggplants can be started from seed planted indoors about eight weeks before your last frost date. Plant seeds ¼-¼ inch deep in a soilless germination mix....