RTC's Business Communicator for Winter 2018

6 WINTER 2018 Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Dense, ginger-spiced cookies flavored with molasses or honey date back to the Middle Ages, when intricately carved boards were used as tem- plates to make fanciful shapes. Sold at fairs, these treats became beloved holiday traditions. Now is the perfect time to get out your rolling pin and get rolling on some gingerbread cookies! Here’s one of our favorite recipes: EASY GINGERBREAD CUTOUTS Ingredients: • 1 package spice cake mix • ¾ cup all-purpose flour • 2 eggs • 1/3 cup vegetable oil • 1/3 cup molasses • 2 tsp. ground ginger • ¾ cup cream cheese frosting • Red Hots candies Instructions: • In a mixing bowl, combine the dry cake mix, flour, eggs, oil, molasses and ginger. Mix well. • Refrigerate for 30 minutes. • On a floured surface, roll out dough to 1/8”thickness and cut with cookie cutters dipped in flour. • Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375º for 7-10 minutes (until edges are slightly firm). • Cool on a wire rack and then deco- rate with the frosting and Red Hots candies. Enjoy the fun of making and eating these sweet treats! Check Out These Handy New Uses for an Old Tablet Cookbook. Place your old tablet on a stand in your kitchen. Then load it up with all your favorite recipes. Scan paper recipes and place in convenient file locations or create bookmarks for those that are online. This way, there won’t be messy cooking hands on your new tablet! Jukebox. In conjunction with a dock and speakers, you can use your old tablet to play all your favorite tunes, either stored on your device or through online streaming services such as Spotify ( spotify.com) . It’s even better if you have a smart speaker system such as Sonos ( sonos.com ), which allows you to play different tracks in different rooms. Baby monitor. With your old tablet in your baby’s room acting as a micro- phone and an app like Dormi (dormi. sleekbit.com ), you can monitor activity and noise. Digital photo frame. Display your old tablet with a stand and set it up with LiveFrame (iOS) or Dayframe (Android) to create a slideshow of your favorite photos. Your kid’s new tablet. Your child doesn’t necessarily need all the latest bells and whistles on a tablet, so an older model will do fine. Just be sure to remove your data and take other precautions to make your old tablet a kid-safe device. Portablemovie player. On a long car trip? Camping? In the doctor’s waiting room? No worries, you (or your child) can still be easily entertained. Just load your old tablet with age-appropriate movies and you’re good to go. E-reader. Create a book library on your old tablet using Kindle, your local public library, or the many resources for free e-books online. You love that shiny new tablet you just got. Now what do you do with your old one? If you think the only option is to take it to an electronics recycling event, think again. That old tablet can have a second life thanks to ideas such as these: As the number of devices in your home goes up, so should your internet speed. Call 888.862.3115 to ask about getting a speed upgrade.