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diatonic(dictionary)
diatonic scale(dictionary)
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reindeer(dictionary)
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Reindeer Cupcakes (recipes) and diatonic (iou)


Reindeer Cupcakes (recipes)


Reindeer Cupcakes

Yield: Makes 24 cupcakes



Ingredients:



1package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix, plus ingredients to prepare mix

1/4cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened

4cups powdered sugar

5to 6 tablespoons brewed espresso

1/2cup (3 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips, melted

1teaspoon vanilla

Dash salt

24pretzel twists, broken in half

Assorted candies for decoration









Preparation:





1.Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 24 standard (2-1/2-inch) muffin pan cups with paper Baking cups.2.Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpicks inserted into centers come out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes to racks; cool completely.3.Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and 4 tablespoons espresso; beat until smooth. Add melted chocolate, vanilla and salt; beat until well blended. Add remaining espresso, 1 tablespoon at a time, until frosting is of desired spreading consistency.4.Frost cooled cupcakes with frosting. Decorate with broken pretzel pieces for antlers and assorted candies for reindeer faces.











diatonic (iou)



diatonic adjective. E17.
[Old & mod. French diatonique or late Latin diatonicus, from Greek diatonikos at intervals of a tone, formed as DIA-1 + tonos TONE noun: see -IC.]
Music.
1. Hist. Designating (ancient Greek Music based on) a tetrachord divided into two tones and a lower semitone. E17.
2. Using only the notes proper to one key without chromatic alteration; based on a scale with five tones and two separated semitones. L17.
G. Meredith Crossjay's voice ran up and down a diatonic scale. A. Hopkins Diatonic notes are those which 'belong' to a particular scale. C. Ives The first movement..is primarily diatonic.
diatonically adverb E18.
diatonicism noun (an instance of) the use of diatonic tonality M20.
di'atonism noun = diatonicism E20.