38-UnoMttf Farwtat, Saturday, Otc 20.1975 Christmas treats from the country kitchen Many a farm wife will be “shoosing” their menfolk from country kitchen* all over the state this weekend, in hopes of accomplishing the last minute holiday baking. The rich aroma of cookies, candles and holiday breads will be floating through the house and offering quite a temptation to children as well as adults. If you haven’t quite decided yet Just what to bake, then we’ve included some suggestions for cookies and other holiday goodies to try for this year. Happy Baking and Happy Holiday! Banana Bread Vi cup butter Vi cup sugar 2 eggs IVi cup mashed bananas Vi cup chopped-walnuts 2 cups all purpose floor Vi teaspoon baking powder Vi teaspoon baking soda Vi teaspoon salt Cream batter in a mixing bowl, gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Blend in bananas and nuts. Mix flour baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture. Turn into loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes. Cream Cheese Cookies 1 * 3-ounce package of cream cheese, softened Ms cup batter Vi cup sugar 2 tablespoons grated orange rind 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder V* teaspoon salt Chill one hour. Form into small balls and roll in Vz cup chopped nuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Mrs. Burnard Cline Elkton, MD Chocolate Chip Chews % cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar % cup white sugar 3 eggs - beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 2% cups flour Vt teaspoon soda Vz teaspoon baking powder 1 cup nut meats 1 cup chocolate chips Cream shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift diy ingredients and add to mixture.- Add nuts and chips. CaunteyjCorner Recalling a trip to Christmas Tree Hill By Melissa Piper Living on a farm, we were lucky enough to have a choice of many a different Christmas tree. Dad had planted a number of seedlings on a hillside overlooking the farm, after first buying the land, and by the time all five of us children had arrived, the trees were ready for selection. About two weeks before Christmas, Dad would take one of us along on the trip to the ‘‘Christmas Tree Hill" to select the tree that would take priority in our living room corner. One quiet Sunday afternoon, I went with Dad on hts annual hike and helped him tag a tali' thu,’ scotch pine which a few days later would come down to the house. The snow still lay thick on the fields and road that afternoon and a light fluttering of snowflakes coated my jacket as 1 walked toward the barn. >WCftWC*WCV Spread in a cookie pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minute*. Cut in ban. IV4 pounds sugar 1 pound batter 8 cups flour 4 eggs, beaten Mix sugar and batter thoroughly. Add eggs. Work in flour and refrigerate overnight Slice or roll out Bake at 390 degrees 8 minutes. XXX . Christmas Salad 1 - 3-ounce package lemon flavored gelatin I envelope unflavored gelatin V* cup cold water 1 - 1-pound can fruit cocktail Vi cup syrup from fruit ' 1 pint creamed cottage cheese 1 - 3-ounce package cherry gelatir lightly oil a 9 x 5 x 3 inch pan. Prepare lemon gelatine according to directions. Pour into pan. Chill and cover with cottage cheese. Combine drained fruit with syrup, cold water and unflavored gelatine. Code until thickened. Pour on top of creamed cheese mixture. Prepare cherry gelatine rad cover the other mixture. Chill well Unmold rad serve on lettuce. one-third cup shortening one-third cup sugar "w" 1 egg > two-thirds cup honey ; 1 teaspoon lemon flavoring m 2% cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt Mix shortening, sugar, egg, honey and flavoring thoroughly. Measure flour and stir together with soda, and salt Blend with other ingredients. Chill dough. Roll out to inch thick. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Mabel Reiff lititzß4 1% cups sifted flour u 1 teaspoon soda Vz teaspoon salt Sunday afternoons had always been a time to take Kelly, my dog,and Dusty, my pony, for a walk and even though the wind was making the air frosty, 1 knew the animals needed the exercise. Kelly frolicked around my feet, after being set free of her leash, and ran straight toward the barn waiting for me to halter Dusty and be off. While I slipped Dusty’s halter over his thick fluffy mane, Kelly ran to the pig pens yipping loudly at the sows and their new pigs. But when she realized we were ready to go she ran past us in a flurry of black fur. Dad was waiting at the top of the hill and I knew that our hike that day would probably take us to the "Christmas Tree Hill.” The only way we could reach the trees was to walk near the “Strawberry Patch", up the hill by the orchard, through the hedge rows and up the XXX Sand Tart Cookies XXX Merry Christmas Cookies XXX Peanut Blossoms Edna Molt Kutztown, PA Amy Chandler Wixhockin,PA 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda IV* teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon ground doves Vt teaspoon salt two-thirds cup lard 1 cup sugar 1 egg V* cup molasses 2 tablespoons water ' - one-third cup sugar Sift together flour, soda, ginger, cinnamon, doves salt Creamlard and 1 cup sugar. Add egg, molasses water; beat thoroughly. Stir sifted dry ingredients creamed mixture, mixing well. Shape dough into i about the size of a small walnut and roll in one-third sugar. Place on cooky sheet about 2 indies apart. Bi moderate oven (305 degrees F.) 12 to 15 minutes. Yiei dozen cookies. Lena Hampshire Noxton, PA V* cup sugar Vt cup finnly packed brown sugar Vt cup shortening Vt cup peanut butter 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla chocolate kisses candies /Cream shortening and peanut butter together sugar and continue to beat. Add eggs and vanilla and until fluffy. Sift flour. Measure and add salt and Gradually add sifted dry ingredients to creamed' Shape dough into India. Roll balls in sugar, pia, ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for minutes. Top each cookie immediately with candy Press down firmly so cookie cracks. two-thirds cup lard Vt cup light brown sugar, firmly packed 1 egg 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour % teaspoon salt 1 egg white 1% cups chopped pecans - one-third to % cup raspberry or strawberry jam Cream together lard and brown sugar. Add well bi [Continued on Page 39] steep ridge near the cornfields. Although it w< that far away, it took a little extra time to pii path that Dusty could tred without slippmf packed snow. By the time we had reached the hill, we puffing quietly dnd ready for a rest. Dusty P< anxiously at the ground and nibbled the ? under the snow while Kelly chased birds froi trees. Dad and I looked over the scene below us resembled a “Currier and Ives" postcard cotni with snow dotting the buildings and houses Many farms could be viewed from the hill Dad could tell a story about "each one perhaps the day they built tbeir new barn or r a shed. But even though the valley below was P 1 (Continued on Page 39] ; Samuel Stoll XXX Ginger Crisps XXX Pinks ters Gap;
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