14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1964 For t! Farm Wife and Family “AFTER SCHOOL FOOD" By Mrs. Richard 0. Speuce When the youngsters come racing in from school, their first thought is usually “What’s to eat, Mom?’’ Better be prepared for those ravenous appetites with some tasty, energy-making snacks that will keep them going through after-school play and home work. Butterscotch cookies and milk made a wondeiful snack or a delightful quick des sert. Butterscotch Date-Nut Cookies are made with sweet chopped dates for chewy moistness and chopped nuts for extra ciunch Top these cookies with Browned Butter Fiosting and you have a treat to beat all beats SPENCE BUTTERSCOTCH DATE NUT COOKIES \'2 cup (1 stick) butter IVz cups fiimly packed daik biown sugai 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups sifted legulai all puipose flour teaspoon salt Vz teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3 4 cup buttermilk 2/ s cup chopped nu+s 1 cup chopped dates In mixing bowl cieam but ter Add sugar, eggs and van illa; beat until light and fluf fy Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon Add to ci earned mixture alternately with but termilk beginning and ending with dry ingiedients Mix in nuts and dates. Diop by heap-J SUPER Self Service SHOES 220 W. Sing St. Lane. Co.'s Largest Shoe Store All Ist Quality Super Low Prices *************** Free home analysis! If you wish, we’ll give your homo K careful check to determine your heating needs. This may reveal ways to i educe your heat ing costs. Call us now for clean burning Texaco Fuel Chief Heating Oil. We Give S& H Green Stamps GARBER OIL CO. Distributor Texaco Fuel Chief Heating Oil MOUNT JOY, PA. Ph. 653-2021 105 Fairview St. o ing teaspoonfuls on cooky sheets, bake at 400 degiees foi 10-12 minutes. Remove to cooling lacks When complete ly cool fiost with Browned Buttei Fi osting . BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING Va cu£ (Vz stick) butter 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugai 2 tablespoons milk In saucepan melt butter, keep over low heat until it turns a light golden brown Remove from heat Stir in about a third of the sugar Add milk and the remaining sugar, beat until smooth. Suf ficient to frosh 5 dozen cookies. MEMORY TEST! Hight now, could you lay your hands on your... Will Birth Certificate Abstract Bonds Marriage Certificate Contract* Stocks Valuable Papers Deeds Scattered about your home. It might be difficult. Placed in a Safe Deposit Box, your valuables are secure against fire, theft or loss of any kind. Get onel Use Our Convenient Drive-In Window One-half block from Penn Square on South Queen Street Rear of Mam Bank. NATIONAL BANK “Seivmg Lancaster from Center Square since 1889” LITITZ SPRINGS BRANCH Broad & Main Sts,, Lititz MILLERSVILLE BRANCH 302 N. George St. Maximum Insurance $lO,OOO per depositor Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Oatcakes are .a.moist, cake like cookie made with sour cream, butter and lots of oat meal. They are delicious with jam or honey, and plenty of cold milk to drink. OATCAKES 2Vz cups quick-cooking oat- meal 1 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons sugar i/ 4 cup 0/2 stick) butter, melted 1 cup dairy sour cream Melted butter Oatmeal Mix together oatmeal, salt and sugar . Blend m but ter and sour cream. Chill un til dough is easy to handle, then shape into 1-inch balls. Place on baking sheet and flat ten with bottom of glass dipped in melted butter, then oatmeal Bake at 375 degrees about 20 minutes. Serve with honey and assorted jams. Makes about 4 dozen cookies. CHEWY CHOCO-PEANUT SQUARES IVz cups finely crushed gra- ham crackei ciumbs 1 14 ounce can (I*4 cups) sweetened condensed milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Vz teaspoon salt 1 6-ounce package (1 cup) chocolate chips Vz cup chunk style peanut butter Combine graham cracker ciumbs, condensed milk, van illa and salt, mix well. Blend in chocolate chips and peanut butter. Spread evenly in greased 8-mch square pan Bake at 350 degrees for 30 FREE PARKING 25 S. Queen Street Swan Parking Lot Vine & S. Queen Sts. Stoner Parking Lot S. W. Corner Vine and Queen Sts # • • minutes. Cool; cut in IV< inch squares. Makes 3 dozen, « * * POLKA DOT SQUARES % cup' butter or shortening 2V4 cups firmly packed brown sugar rDAVY DAVCO Says . . . For Best Results Use Davco Nitrogen Solutions Davco 3-G Granulated Fertilizers SMUCKER BROS. Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Phone 656-9156 cups sifted flour teaspoons baking powd teaspoon salt eggs 12-ounce 2% 2% package (Continued on Page il's) lei
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