10— Lancaster Fanning, Satun&y, December 3, 1966 I For the 'Farm Wife and Family HOLIDAY COOKY BAKING CHRISTMAS ALMOND BALLS 1% stick (% cup) butter or margarine V* cup powdered sugar 7t cups sifted flour 1 cup ground almonds Va teaspoon salt X teaspoon vanilla Glazed whole cherries Cream butter until light and fluffy. Blend in Vt cup powder ed sugar. Add flour, almonds, salt, and vanilla. Stir until dough is thoroughly blended. Use a teaspoon of dough to roll into a ball around a cherry. Bake in a slow oven (325 de grees) 20 minutes. When slightly cool, roll in powder ed sugar. Makes 40 cookies. APRICOT-DATE SQUARES 1% sticks (% cup) margarine 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 cups sifted flour 1 teaspoon soda 2 cups rolled oats 1 teaspoon vanilla Filling: % cup chopped pitted dates 42 ounce package dried apri cots, about 2 cups cooked pulp % cup packed brown sugar TOYS GIFTS Games Groff's Hardware New Holiond Open Thurs. & Fri. Eve Til 9 Don’t Neglect Your Eyes Visit Your Eye Doctor if you'-axe in doubt. Doctor’s Prescriptions Filled Adjustments, Repairs DAVID’S OPTICAL CO. *» Always See Better - j 403 N. DUKE STREET Lancaster Phone 304-2767 ; s*. "<>ris£ Blend together margarine and sugar. Cream until light and fluffy. Mix remaining in gredients together and com bine with margarine-sugar mix ture. Put a little more than half of the mixture in a 13x9 inch pan. Press firmly into place. For filling, cook dates, apri cot pulp and sugar together un til thick. Spread fruit mixture over dough. Add remainder of crumbs over top and press down lightly. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30 minutes. Cut into squares when cool. Makes 24 squares. LEMON REFRIGERATOR COOKIES 4 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon Holland Stone Ready-Mixed Concrete New Holland Concrete Product! New Hollond, Pa. It ' i V - I teaspoon salt teaspoon baking soda cup shortening cups firmly packed brown sugar eggs to 3 lemons % cup chopped walnuts Vt cup chopped dates Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and soda. Cream together shorten ing and sugar until light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Grate the peel from one lemon; set aside. Juice the lemons to yield Va cup fresh juice. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the lemon juice, mixing until well blended. Stir in grated peel, wanluts and dates. Divide dough in half; place each half on a piece of wax ed paper and shape into a roll about 13-inches long. Chill sev eral hours in refrigerator un til firm, or place in freezer for about one hom* until firm, but not frozen. With a sharp knife, cut slices thick; place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 de grees for 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from sheet and cool on wire rack. Makes 7% dozen cookies. Concrete . Blocks Metal J Windows y Vfl 354-2114 MERINGUE ’KISSES 1 stack-pack crackers with unsalted tops, finely rolled % cup finely chopped wal- nuts or pecans % ' cup flaked coconut 6 egg whites, room tempera-* ture k teaspoon salt ’ VA cups fine granulated sugar V* teaspoon red food coloring, optional 18 candied red cherries, drain ed and halved Combine first three ingre dients. Beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat until stiff and glossy, but- not dry. Blend in food coloring. Fold in dry ingredients. Cover baking sheets with thick brown paper. Drop dough by spoon fuls, 1-inch apart. Top with cherry half. Bake in a preheat ed moderate oven (350 de grees) 20 minutes or until faintly colored. Cool 5 minutes before removing to rack. Cool; then store in an air-tight-tin. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. k s fi DATE FINGERS 1 tablespoon vinegar % cup milk VA cups sifted all-purpose flour f. * t CSTATS TAXSS $30,000' r 1 f , - MSTATM ' , // . TAxes 4 r $9,000| Most men have a choice ...HAVE YOU EXERCISED YOURS? usually mure than one way of doing things.' When it comes to your Will, one way is apt tomake far better tax sense than another. - In a, matter of hours, you can explore the opportunities-and make the most of them for your family. Qet, together with your attorney and with us. You couldn’t invest your time mor* wisely .;. or productively. COUNTY NATIONAL BANK 13 Conyenient Offices to Serve You QUARRYVILLE CHRISTIANA '7'w » S2TWJCE MOUNT JOY COLUMBIA MAIN OFFICE: 23 E. KING ST., LANCASTER (Open "til 6 P.M Monday thru Thuisday ’til 8 PM. Friday) LANCASTER Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ■ -ssfiEgr ■ A Tnitttritr The Lancaster County Fburidalionv , wnowi. ba*»