34—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 12. 1.164
For the
Farm Wife and Family
Christmas Is For Giving
f Gifts you make yourself are fun both to
make and to give All that is required are
some good recipes and some imagination in
choosing the containers and wrappings. Your
fiiends will be really thrilled at the time and
thought you have spent as well as the enjoy
ment in the “goodies”. Gifts of home made
fiuit cakes, nut breads, assorted candies, jam
or jelly can be a real treat for even the hard
to-please person on your list.
Fill small baskets or coloiful tin boxes
with candies or cookies, give cakes or bieads
' * 1 in veisatile casseroles or glass pans in which
' * ‘ they were baked, or fill a set of small juice
glasses with a variety of jams or jellies
Another good idea is to fill several
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sturdy, colorful paper plates
with home made cookies or
candies, wiap with cellophane
and keep them on hand to gWe
to unexpected callers at Christ
mas time.
Although most families have
their own traditional favorites,
many homemakers like to try
new and different Christmas
recipes, df you aie one of
those who likes to experiment,
we are here to help you. Why
not give this Fruit Fudge a
try’
FRUIT FUDGE
14 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 14-ounce package Fudge
and Frosting mix
1 8-ounce jar fruits
peels
Vz cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon grated orange
rind
tablespoon grated lemon
nnd
In top of double boiler melt
butter or maigaune, orange
juice and lemon juice over hot
watei Stu in fudge and frost
ing mix and blend well Cook
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stirring constantly, for 2 min
utes. Remove from heat. Stir
in remaining ingredients. Pour
into a greased BxBx2 inch pan.
Cool. Cut into l-inch pieces.
Makes 64 l-inch pieces To give
pack in mugs
VANILLA CHERRY FUDGE
4 cups sugar
2 cups milk
V 2 teaspoon- salt
Va cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Few diops almond extract
1 4-ounce cherries, red,
halved
1 4-ounee
halved
and
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li cup toasted slivered al
monds
In a large saucepan combine
sugar, milk and salt. Heat
over medium heat until sugar
has dissolved and. mixture
comes to a boil. Cook over
medium heat until the soft
ball stage is reached (238 de
grees on candy thermometer).
Remove from heat. Stir in
butter or margarine, vanilla
and almond extract. Allow to
cool slightly then beat until
mixture is creamy and begins
to lose gloss. Stir in cherries
and almonds. Pour into a
greased BxBx2-inch pan. Cut
into 1-inch squares while still
warm. Makes 64, 1-inch pieces.
APRICOT DATE NUGGETS
Vz cup dried apricots
Vz cup water
2 cups pitted dates
1 3 Vi-ounce package
coconut
2 /a cup sugar
tablespoon grated orange
rind
tablespoon orange juice
tablespoon grated lemon
rind
Vi teaspoon almond extract
Simmer apricots gently in
■water, covered, 15 minutes;
dram Put apricots and dates
thiough medium blade of food
grinder. In medium bowl com
bine minced apricots, dates, co
conut, V.: cup sugar, orange
rind, orange juice, lemon rind
and almond extract; mix well
Shape into 40 balls %-mch in
diameter, using some of the
remaining % cup sugar to
coat well. Makes 40 nuggets.
KANDY KLUSTERS
Vz cup sugar
Vz cup corn syrup
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% cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
4 cups Special K cereal
Combine sugar and corn
syrup in medium-sized sauce
pan. Bring to boiling point
and cook, stirring constantly,
until sugar is completely dis
solved. Remove from heat.
Stir in peanut butter and van
illa. Add cereal, stirring until
well-coated. Quickly drop by
teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper
or buttered baking sheets. Let
stand in cool place to harden.
Makes about 40 confections,
V-k inches in diameter.
ORANGE SUGARED NUTS
1% cups sugar
V* cup fresh orange juice
V* cup water .
2V S
cups shelled walnuts or
pecan halves
teaspoon
peel
flaked
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ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER
Cook iVz cups sugar, orange
juice and water together ito
238 degrees on the candy th«f
mometer or until a iittle mix
ture in cold water forms a
soft hall. Remove from heat;
add nuts and orange peel. Stir
until syrup begins to lack
cloudy. Before mixture har
dens, drop by spoonfuls ea
waxed paper. Separate ruts
at once. Roll nuts la addttte*-
al sugar if desired. Miakat
about 1% pound* Orenge 6vg>
ared Nuts.
ORANGE-MINCKMBAff
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% cup chopped nuts
If* cups uncooked rolled oat*
1 aup sifted oßputpose
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