B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31,1981
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Takes no tricks
to make these treats
Irish settlers brought the custom
of Halloween and its symbols to
this country m the late 19th cen
tury, and Americans have been
celebrating it ever since.
You still have the afternoon and
the evening to make special treats
for those tnck-or-treaters. Sur
prise them with some of the treats
below.
You may want to pay special
attention to the Halloween Cookie
recipe. All you need is ready-to
slice refrigerated cookie dough
and directions to cut and shape
pumpkin, owl and cat figures.
After baking, allow cookies to cool.
Then use your own creativity to
decorate cookies with frosting and
candies.
Save the recipe for Thanksgiving
and Christmas and try to figure out
designs for those occassions.
HALLOWEEN COOKIES
1 roll refrigerated sugar (17 oz) or
natural chocolate flavored
chocolate chip ready to slice cookie
dough
buttercream frosting, tinted
pastry tubes and tips
Slice well-chilled cookie dough
into 1/4 inch slices. Shape cookies
as directed below on ungreased
cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees
for 8 to 10 minutes or until light
golden brown. Cool 2 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheet. Cool
Cook's
Question
Comer
ANSWER Mrs. Edwin Rissler of New Enterprise recently
requested a recipe for jiffy pizza. Find one at the end of the
recipe section. Other recipes we have forwarded to Mrs. Rissler
ANSWER Ida Keeny of'New Freedom earlier had requested
a recipe for cough drops. Mrs. E. Stauffer of Ephrata has sup
plied a recipe for liorehound tea drops. Find them at the end of
the recipe section.
QUESTION Does anyone have directions on doing corn
husk items such as dolls, wreaths or flowers? I would greatly
appreciate a copy of them.
Dawn Harvey, Nicholson, PA
QUESTION Does anyone know where I could get salsify to
buy or a supplier so I can grow my own? Is it difficult to raise?
Please help.
November
It's pie season!
Nuts to you
Thanksgiving favorites
Potato Recipes
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December
Cakes promote friendship
Cookies for Christmas
completely on rack before
decorating.
Pumpkin:
Use 1 slice. Cut small pie-shaped
wedge out of slice to form stem of
pumpkin. Push remaining slice
back together where wedge was
removed. On cookie sheet, place
wedge, pointed-end out, on top of
slice. Bake; cool on rack.
Owl;
Use 2 slices. Cut bottom 1/3 off
each slice. Place the remaining 2/3
slices, cut sides together, to form
head and body. Cut one, 1/3 slice in
half to form legs. Attach legs,
pointed-end-down, to body. Place
remaining 1/3 slice lengthwise
under legs and shape to form
branch. Bake; cool on rack.
Cat:
Use 2 slices. Cut bottom 1/3 off
one slice. Cut 1/3 slice into 3 equal
wedges. Roll remaining 2/3 slice
into ball to form head. Place ball
1/4 inch above whole slice to form
head and body. Attach 2 wedges to
ball, pointed-ends out, and shape
slightly to form ears. Attach
remaining wedge to body, pointed
end out, to form tail. Bake; cook on
rack.
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MICROWAVE
PEANUT BRITTLE
1 c. raw peanuts
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. white corn syrup
1/81. salt
Stir all together in 1 1/2 quart
casserole. Place m microwave
oven and cook 7 to 8 minutes,
stirring well after 4 minutes.
11. butter
11. vanilla
Add to syrup blending well.
Return to oven and cook 1 to 2
minutes longer. Peanuts will be
lightly browned and syrup very
hot.
11. soda
Add soda and gently stir until
light and foamy. Pour mixture
onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
Allow to cool 1/2 to 1 hour. When
cook, break into small pieces and
store in airtight container. Makes
about 1 pound.
If roasted peanuts are used, omit
salt and add peanuts after first 4
minutes of cooking.
Pauline Moore, Franklin
CARAMEL CORN y.
1/2 c. brown sugar ■*
1/2 c. dark corn syrup
1/4 c. margarine or butter
1/21. salt
8 c. popcorn - popped
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Butter
cookie sheet. Heat brown sugar,
corn syrup, margarine and salt in 4
quart dutch oven over medium
heat stirring constantly. Add
popcorn. Cook, coating each
kernel, two minutes. Spread on
cookie sheet and bake IS minutes.
Cool 10 minutes. Crumble on cookie
sheet and leave to harden 1 hour.
Store at room temperature.
Joanne Cheek, Oxford
SPECIAL CANDY
Ic. light com syrup
1 c. sugar
Bring to boil, remove rom heat
and add 1 c. chunky peanut butter
and (> cups Special K cereal. Press
into a buttered 13 x 9 inch pan.
Melt:
6 oz. butterscotch bits
6 oz. chocolate bits
Pour over top of mixture m pan
and cool. Cut into squares to serve.
Nancy Kramer, Newmanstown
FRUIT BALLS
1 c. dried apricots or peaches
1 c. golden raisins
1 c ■ dark raisins
1 c. salted nuts, mixed or peanuts
Put all through food grinder.
Shape into balls and roll in any one
of the tollowing:
lOx sugar
coconut or crushed peanuts
Nancy Kramer, Newmanstown
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Answers from Cook’s Question
Corner:
HOREHOUND DROPS
Steep 1/2 oz. of horehound herb
in 3/4 pint boiling water for 1/2
hour. Strain and add 1 3/4 lb.
brown sugar. Boil over a brisk fire
(which takes quite a while), until it
hardens when a little is dropped in
cold water.
Pour into greased plates and cut * browned hamburger
into size of cough drop desired. It. garlic powder
This tastes like the old fashioned cheese, finely chopped
drops one could buy years ago. kift flour, baking powder and 11.
Boneset, coltsfoot, wild ginger, Add milk and oil. Pat dough
wild cherry sassafras and bir- on bottom of pizza pan. Mix sauce
chkark can be prepared in the ingredients and spread on dough,
same way * Mfnblirmeat oii'tojr and'Sprtnkle'
E. Stauffer, Ephrata wlth finel y cut cheese. Bake 25 to
30 minutes at 425 degrees. Serves 6
or more.
Homemaker's Hints
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Shine washed windows with newspapers, but be sure
you've read the papers or the project could take all day.
Flower stems too short for a vase> Slip into plastic straws and cut straws to desired length
JIFFY PIZZA
Dough;
2 c. flour
IT. baking powder
11. salt
2} c. milk
1/3 c. salad oil
Sauce:
6 oz. tomato paste
1/4 c. water
11. oregano
1/41. pepper
1/21 salt
2 T.sguar
Mrs. Alvin Nolt, Williamsburg
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