—Laneaster Farming, Saturday, December 16,1967 14 For the Farm Wife and Family By Mrs, Richard C. Speuce, Food Editor DATE COOKIES ARE YUMMY! ttj'Bli/EE feARS 2 egg’s 1 cup sifted 'confectioners sugar 3 tafefespobns shortening ih^ted % cup sifted flour IV2 teaspdons baking powder 1 teaSpOOn salt IV 4 cup dates, chopped (8-oz package) X cup s'emi-sweet chocolate morsels 1 cup dipped nuts 3 y 2 cup finely-chdpped, mixed 1 candied fruit 1 Beat eggs till foamy. Beat 17,4 confectioners sugar in gradual- , ly Add Shortening and mix till i blended Sift together the floui. baking powder, and salt and Cream together butter or stir in Stir in the dates choco- margarine and 2 cups sugar uh late morsels, nuts, and candied til light and fluffy Add eggs, 9 MONEYMAKING ALFALFAS- DuPuit Vernal Buffalo Ranger Cajuga Narragansett Haymor ' Northwest Common Northwest Grimm 8 MONEYMAKING CLOVERS Certified Pennscott Select Pennscott Penna. Medium Red Midwest Medium Red Mammoth Alsike Yellow Sweet Tall Sweet Fresh seed mixed and Inoculated (FREE) Save with REIST’S Seeds REIST SEED COMPANY Finest Quality Seeds (Since 1925) Mount Joy, Pa. Ph. 653-4121 fruit Spread in greased Ineh jpan Bake at 325 ‘degree's for 35 to 40 minutes tool: out into -2xl-mch bars Makes 48 bars b\S%-!t%CAN BARS cup butter or margarine cups sugar eggs teaspoon baking soda teaspoons water Boz pkg. dates, cut up cups salted flour teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg teaspbon grbuWd cloved Dash of salt cup chopped pecans tablespoons sugar one at a time, beating well af- powder and salt; add alternate ter each addition. Combine bak- ly with buttermilk beginning ing soda and water, and Iblend and ending with dry mgredi into creamed mixture. Add ents. Chill several hours for dates. Sift together flour, cm- ease in handling. On lightly namon, nutmeg, cloves and salt, floured board, roll dough to and add gradually to creamed %-inch thickness; cut into mixture Blend in pecans. * rounds using a 2-inch diameter Chill dough several hours or cutter. ‘Place on buttered bak overhight to make it easier to mg sheets; top with Vs teaspoon handle. On lightly floured date filling. Reroll dough and board shape dough into approx- cut small stars; place on top of imately 10 rolls, each about 10 date filling. Bake in preheated inches long and % inch in di- 350 degree oven 10-12 minutes ameter. Place 2 rolls on each or until lightly browned; re greased baking sheet and press move to wire racks to cool, with-fingers to flatten to % inch Makes 4-5 dozen cookies, ■thickness Sprinkle with remain- " ” * ing,sugar. Bake 15-18 minutes POLKA-DATER SQUARES at 350 degrees While hot, make 1 £- oz . p kg dates, chopped diagonal slices IVs inches apart (iy 4 cups) to form bars. Cool on wire rack, 1 cup (boiling water Makes 5-6 dozen bars. 1 teaspoon baking soda t * - - * 1% cups sifted flour COOKIES '1 teaspoon salt FILLING: 1 CU P sugar Vs cup sugar % cup shortening 1 tablespoon flour 1 teaspoon grated orange .% etip water 1 cup chopped dates 2 e 2Ss Dash of salt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate' % teaspoon grated lemon rind morsels % cup chopped walnuts % CU P chopped nuts toOUGH: Combine dates, boiling wa- Vs cup (1 stick) butter ter and baking soda in bowl 1 cup firmly packed light and set aside. Sift together the'' brown sugar flour and salt and set aside 1 egg Combine sugar, shortening, and 1 teaspoon vanilla grated orange rind and blend 2Vt cups sifted regular all-pur- well. Beat in 2 eggs Blend in pose flour flour mixture alternately with 1 teaspoon baking powder date mixture. Pour into well- Vs teaspoon salt greased and lightly-floured 13x Vi cup buttermilk 9x2-inch pan Sprinkle the cho- For Filling: In a saucepan eol , ate m ? lsels and «*»PP ed mix together sugar and flour; ?J er *° P- ‘Bake at add water dates, salt, lemon 3do f ° r . 35 40 Imn ' rind and Walnuts Cook over " te * C O .? cut mto 2 sluares medium heat, stirring constant- Makes 24 squai es ly until thick. Set aside and cool to room temperature while DATE DROPS preparing dough. For Dough: V 2 cup shortening Cream together butter and sug- % cup packed brown sugar ar until light and fluffy; add egg 2 eggs and vanilla and beat thorough- 14 cup milk ly. Sift together flour, baking IV2 cups sifted flour The Conestoga National Bank. When you have a checking account, savings account, vacation club, Christmas club ... or any number of special accounts with The Headquarters for Money Matters . . . you can conduct your banking business from your nearest mail box. And .. . there are 45,511 of our “branch offices" in Lan caster County. Yet convenience is but one of the many reasons so many Lancastrians bank at the Conestoga Bank. Why not dis cover the other important reasons for yourself. THE Conestos Himmim « LANCASTER / CENTERVILLE / LANDISVILLE. /XITITZ MANHEIM TOWNSHIP / MILLERSVILLE / ROHRERSTOWM MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION A Trustee fo- The Lancaster Ceunty Feuniolion 1 'teaspoon baking powder 1 cup quick-cooking rolled oats 1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup chopped pitted dates Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and milk and com bine well. Sift together dry in gredients and add gradually. Add rolled oats, nuts and dates. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a baking sheet. Bake in a model’; ate oven (350 degrees) 15 to 20 minutes. Makes 3 dozen cookies. STUFFED DATE DROPS 3Vz dozen pitted dates Vs cup walnut pieces 14 cup Putter % cup 'brown sugar, packed Vz teaspoon vanilla 1 egg V< teaspoon salt IVi cups sifted all-purpose flour % teaspoon baking powder Vz teaspoon soda Vz cup cultured sour cream Stuff dates with walnut piec es. Cream butter; add sugar gradually; beat in vanilla and egg Blend in sifted dry in gredients and sour cream alter nately, stir dates into batter. Drop from teaspoon onto greas ed cooky sheets; allow one date for each cooky (Bake at 375 de grees T 2 to 15 minutes Makes WANCH FICE and effort as well as money the convenient Bank By Mail (Continued on Page 15)
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