A—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7,1968
For the fT' if
Farm Wife and Family
HOLIDAY BREADS
By Mrs. Richard O. Spence
Breads are as popular on the cookie tray as the cookies
themselves when served to guests over the holiday season.
Make them even more popular by serving some of these breads.
MOCHA HATH MT BRKAD
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon ground cinnamon
teaspoon ground mace
teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons butter or
margarine
% cup sugar
3 eggs, well beaten
% cup milk
1 tablespoon instant coffee
IVi cups pitted dates, chopped
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 ounces semi-sweet choco
late, grated
Sift together first 5 ingre
dients. Cream butter or mar
garine gradually adding sugar
Add well beaten eggs. Add sift
ed dry ingredients alternately
with the milk to which the in
stant coffee has been added.
-Fold in dates, walnuts and
grated chocolate. Pour into a
greased 9-inch loaf pan. Bake
in a slow oven (325 degrees)
60 to 75 minutes or until a
cake tester inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pan
5 minutes. Remove from pan.
Cool completely before slicing.
ORAXGE HONEY
FRUIT LOAF
2 cups sifted flour
% teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
Vz teaspoon soda
2 tablespoons grated orange
peel
1 medium orange, peeled,
diced, drained
% cup honey
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% cup chopped raisins
Vs cup coarsely chopped nuts
1 egg, beaten
Vs cup water
3 tablespoons butter or mar
garine, melted
Sift flour, salt, baking pow
der and soda together. In bowl
combine grated peel, drained
orange pieces, honey, raisins,
nuts, beaten egg, water and
melted butter. Add dry ingre
dients, stirring only enough to
mix well. Pour into greased
9 x 5 x 3-mch loaf pan; bake at
350 degrees, 50 to 60 minutes,
or until loaf shrinks from side
of pan and is done in center.
Remove from pan and cool on
rack. Excellent when sliced and
spread with cream cheese.
ORAXGE GRAHAM
CRACKER LOAF
Vz cup shortening
ib cup sugar
3 eggs
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Starting Dec. 12
and CLOSE DEC. 24
at 5 P.M.
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2 % cups graham cracker
crumbs
V 4 teaspoon* soda
’zi teaspoon baking powder
% teaspoon salt
% cup orange Jultfe '
1 teaspoon grated orange
peel
1 cup chopped nuts
Cream together shortening
and sugar. Add eggs, beating
well. Combine graham cracker
crumbs, soda, baking powder
and salt; add to creamed mix
ture alternately with orange
juice and grated peel, beating
well. Stir in nuts. Pour into
greased 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan;
bake at 350 degrees, about 50
minutes or until done in cen
ter. Remove from pan and cool
on rack.
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MINCEMEAT LOAF
1 egg
% cup sugar
2 cups sifted enriched flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Vz teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 cup rolled oats (quick or
old-fashioned, uncooked)
% cup moist mincemeat
2 tablespoons melted short-
ening
1 tablespoon chopped nut
meats
Heat oven to moderate f 350
degrees). Beat egg until light,
add sugar gradually, beating
until v, ell blended. Sift togeth;
er flour, baking powder and
salt; add all at once to egg
mixture. Add remaining ingre
dients, stirring only until
blended. (Batter should be
Into greased loaf pa,n (1 lb.
size). Sprinkle with chopped
nutmeats. Bake in 350 degree
oven 50 to 60 minutes. Makes
1 loaf.
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CONFETTI BREAD
cups sifted all-purpose
-flour
cup sugar
teaspoons baking powder
teaspoon salt
cup butter or margarine
cup coarsely chopped
candied dill strips
cup chopped pecans
tablespoons diced
pimientos
cup milk
eggs, v'ell beaten
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Sift first 4 ingredients to
gether into large mixing bowl.
Cut in butter with pastry
blender or 2 knives until mix
ture resembles corn meal. Mix
in pickles and next 2 ingre
dients. Beat milk into eggs;
add to flour mixture, all at
once. Stir until blended; do
not beat. Spread into a greased
(9 % x 5*4 x 2% inch) loaf
pan. Bake 55-65 minutes or
until toothpick inserted in cen
ter comes out clean. Cool;
store overnight for easier slic
ing. Serve with butter or
cream cheese. Makes 1 loaf.
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Bells Ring,,.
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NATIONAL BANK
LANCASTER
8 East King Street (temporary address)
138 North Queen Street (Drive-in Window)
Prince and James Streets (Drive-in Window)
1643 Lincoln Hwy. East
1847 Columbia Avenue
MOUNT JOY
One AVest Main Street (Drive-in Window)
QUARRYVILLE
State and Church Streets
Established 1841
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
% cup butter or margarine.
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% cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sifted enriched flour
Vj cup corn meal
IVj teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
cup milk
% cup coarsely chopped
walnuts
Confectioners’ sugar
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat butter until creamy; add
sugar and beat until light and
fluffy. Add eggs one at a
time, beating well after each
addition. Sift together dry in
gredients; add to butter mix
ture alternately with milk. Stir
in walnuts. Pour into greased
and floured Turk’s head pan
or other fancy cake pan (1%
quart size). Bake in 375 de
gree oven 45 to 60 minutes.
Remove 'from oven and let
stand about 5 minutes; turn
out. While warm, sprinkle
with confectioners’ sugar.
Makes 8 servings.
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MINCEMEAT SPICE RING
Vs cup butter or margarine.
soft
IV2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup sifted flour
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