20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1970
Holiday
by Mrs. Richard C. Spence
Looking for some special
treats for your holiday guests 9
If you have some tasty snacks
and the ingiedients foi a heaity
punch on hand you are all ready
tor the lelatives and friends who
drop in over the holiday season
Ceieal snacks seem to be a
favonte with eveiyone There
aie many combinations to
choose from —then coat them
with a zesty sauce and bake foi
a few minutes in a model ate
o\en These snacks keep well
in an air-tight container foi
many days
CRUNCH SNACK
3 cups sugar coated puffed
,corn cereal
Vt cup pecan halves
V* cup regular margarine or
butter, melted
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Va teaspoon onion powder
]/ h teaspoon garlic powder
V* teaspoon oregano
Vs teaspoon dill weed
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
Measuie cereal into large
mixing bowl, add pecans Set
aside Combine remaining in
giedients Pour mixture ovei
ceieal and pecans, stirring un
til well coated Spread evenly
in shallow baking pan Bake
iii moderate oven (350 degrees)
about 10 minutes stirring oc
casionally or until crisp; cool
Store in tightly covered con
tamer and seive as snack Makes
übout 3Vz cups
SNACK MIX
4 cups Life cereal
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
■4 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons creamy peanut
butter
l/ > teaspoon cinnamon
Place ceieal and peanuts in
laige bowl Melt butter ovei
low heat Add peanut buttei
and cinnamon, stn until blend
ed Slowly pom over ceieal
mixtuie, stn ring until evenly
coated Place in 15 x 10-mch
baking pan Heat in pi cheated
niodeiate oven (350 degiees) 10
to 12 minutes, stilling occasion
ally Cool Makes 5 cups
JOLLY SNACK MIX
4 cups puffed rice
4 cups puffed wheat
4 cups thin pretzel sticks
% cup butter or margarine,
melted
1 package (l‘s ounces) onion
soup mix
Place ceieals and pielzels in
shallow baking pan Combine
buttei and onion soup mi\
Pom ovei ceieal mixtuic, los
sing until evenly coated Heat
in pi cheated very slow oven
{250 degiees) about 40 minutes
stimng occasionally Make'
about 3 quarts
Seived in youi favonte hoi,
day candy dish oi wiapped as a
gift, candied citms peel ar'd
that special homemade to ich
to holiday entei taming oi g’lt
giving
HOLIDAY CANDIED CITRs S
PEEL
3 cups citrus peel, cut uao
strips from:
FOR THE
FARM
WIFE
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AND
FAMILY
Goodies
4 to 5 medium oranges, OR
6 medium lemons, OR
2 medium grapefruit, OR
8 to 9 large tangerines
12 cups cold water
2 J i cups sugar
V-> cup honey
1% cups boiling water
To piepaie peel, wash fruit,
scoie peel into quarters Re
move sections of peel with
fingeis, cut into umfoim strips
about % inch wide Boil peel
with 6 cups cold water, uncov
eied, for 10 minutes; dram and
rinse Repeat piocess with 6
cups flesh water (Note, if you
aie prepaung tangerine peel,
omit second boiling )
In laige saucepan combine
V/z cups sugar, honey and boil
ing watei, bung to a boil and
boil 1 minute Add cooked,
diamed peel and bnskly sim
mei until almost all of syiup
has been absoibed, about 30 to
40 minutes Stir frequently to
avoid sticking Tiansfei peel to
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LAND SAKES
it vv ouldn’t be
CHRISTMAS
w ithout the things
from
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800 S. OUEEN ST.
LANCASTER
ieady-jUSixed
CONCRETE
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collander; drain well, about 10
minutes. In laige' bowl, toss
drained peel with remaining 1
cup sugar to coat well Spread
out on waxed paper to dry Store
in tightly covered contained.
Makes 1 pound
BUTTERSCOTCH BOULDERS
6 cups Quake cereal
Vi cup chopped nutmeats
20 caramels
1 cup (6 ounces) butter
scotch pieces
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
Dash salt
Place cereal and nutmeats in
large gieased bowl Melt cai
amels, buttei scotch pieces and
watei in top of double boilei
over boiling watei; stirring oc
casionally until smooth Stir in
vanilla and salt Pour over
ceieal and nutmeats, staring
until evenly coated With
gi eased hands, shape to foim
iVz inch balls, Chill Makes
3 dozen
CHOCOLATE NUGGETS
cups puffed wheat ,
cup light corn syrup '
cups semi-sweet chocolate
pieces
teaspoon Vanilla
%
V/>
Heat cereal in shallow pan in
preheated model ate over (350
degrees) about 10 minutes Pour
into laige greased bowl Bring
syrup to boil, quickly add
chocolate pieces and vanilla,
staring until chocolate melts
Pour over ceieal, stirring until
evenly coated With greased
hands, shape to form 2-mch
balls, roll in chopped nutmeats
Place on waxed papei until
set Makes IV2 dozen
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Make your Christmas tree a lovely memory of holidays
past and present. Every year add several new ornaments
to your collection of treasures. Here are two bright yarn
baubles to crochet for 1970. One is a pyramid shape; the
other is a pinwheel. Made of worsted yarn, they are soft
and safe for families with young children and pets. Free in
structions are available by sending a self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope to this newspaper along with your request for
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