Make some festive holiday favorites The holidays offer the ideal opportunity to make some fancy treats. It’s a busy time of year, but few cooks would think the holiday complete without preparing a few decorated cookies or an extra special dessert So wipe the dust off that cookie decorator, stock up on flour, sugar, butter, eggs, chocolate sprinkles and colored candies, then set to work to create your own festive holiday treats. CHRISTMAS CRISPS Cream together cup butter l cup sugar ‘2 cup lard Add 2 well beaten eggs 1 4 teaspoon almond flavoring 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Beat until light. Dissolve *2 teaspoon soda in 3 tablespoons sour cream. Sift together. 3 cups flour 1 2 teaspoon salt Add cream mixture alternately with flour mixture to first mixture. Blend well. Chill until very cold Roll very thin on floured board. Cut with fancy cutters Decorate with colored sugar. Bake 8 minutes at 350°F until very lightly browned. Ida Keeny New Freedom ROCKS 1 1 .< cups packed brown sugar 1 cup margarine 3 eggs 3 cups flour 1 j pound dates, cut up 1 pound raisins put in saucepan and add enough water to just about cover Just bring to a boil. ‘.i cup of above liquid with 1 teaspoon baking soda added. 1 cup nuts, chopped fine Oven at 375°F Mix in ordei given and drop b> 1 / teaspoon on greased and floured cookie sheet and bake about 8 to 10 minutes Makes about 12 dozen SANTA S WHISKERS 1 cup margarine 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2G cups flour J 4 cup finely chopped red and green candied cherries ‘ cup chopped pecans ■‘4 cup coconut Make 2 rolls, 2 inches in diameter and 8 inches long Refrigerate and slice *4-inch thick Bake at 375°F for 12 minutes. Makes 5 dozen. Dianne Buffington Halifax Recipe Topics If you have recipes for the topics listed below, please share them with us You can send your recipes to Sue Keene at Lancaster Farming, P 0 Box 366, Lititz, PA 17543 December 22 Beverages 29 Perfect Pies January 5 Lo-Calone Dishes Bone On The Range NUTS AND BOLTS 1 package shredded-wheat 1 package cheenos 1 package pretzel sticks 1 package salted peanuts 1 pound margarine I teaspoon curry powder ,i teaspoons Accent I I teaspoon chili powder 1 1 .■ teaspoon garlic powdei 1 1 teaspoon onion salt 5 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce Combine dry ingredients in a large roast pan. Blend margarine with seasonings and cook for 2 minutes Pour over dry ingredients and bake 1 hour at 250°F Stir trequently This is a welcome snack at Christmastime in delightful contrast to the sweets and rich pastries CHURCH WINDOWS 112-ounce package chocolate chips 1 cup butter 1 10* .-ounce package colored miniature marshmallows 1 cup finely chopped nuts J i cup coconut Dissolve chocolate chips and butter in top of double boiler over hot water Remove immediately and set aside to cool Put mar shmallows and nuts in bowl Lightly butter a 9-mch square pan Sprinkle half ol the coconut ovei the pan Pour melted chocolate mixture over the marshmallows and nuts, then pour into pan Sprinkle remaining coconut over top. Chill in refrigerator Cut into squares SUGAR COOKIES 8 eggs, beaten 2 pounds (or 4 cups) brown sugar 2 cups cnsco or butter 4 teaspoons baking soda 7 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powdei 2 teaspoons vanilla Finch of salt 2 cups evaporated or sour milk Hint it you add 2 to 4 tablespoons white Karo and 2 to 4 tablespoons vinegar, depending on the size of the batch, the cookies won t get hard Julia Shaull Brogue CRANBERRY SAUCE 1 pound cranberries 2 pounds raw apples 2 oranges, 1 peeled, 1 unpeeled 4 cups sugar Grind all ingredients together Sara Horst Gardners Julia Brubacher Lennardtown, Md. Dough ,i‘ to 4 cups all-purpose tloui 2 packages actn e dr> > east 1 1 up milk I cup (1 stick) bullei I I cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 3 eggs h illing 1 1 cup 1 1 ‘ sticks) butter 1 1 c ups confectioners sugai 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Betty Biehl Mertztown I cup finely chopped nuts 1- or dough, combine 2 cups lloui and yeast in a large mixing bowl. ( ombme milk, butter, sugar and salt in a 1-quart saucepan, heat until warm ■ 120 - 130°F i Add to Hour Add eggs Beat 1 minute at slow speed, scraping bowl con stantly, then ,i more minutes at high speed Add 1 cup flout and beat 1 minute longei Stn in enough remaining Hour to form a soft dough lurn out onto lightly lloured suitace, knead 5 to 10 minutes oi until smooth and satiny 1 lace in buttered bowl, turning once to butter top ( ovei bowl Let rise in warm plate tree Horn diatt until doubled in volume I I to 1 1 houi s i f unch dough down Mrs. Daniel S. King Litit? her tilling, liearn buttei in a small mixing bowl, gradually add sugar and vanilla and beat until light and flufty Spread 2 tablespoons tilling on bottom and sides of two 9x5-inch loaf pans I o shape cotfeecakes, divide dough in halt Holl each on lightly floured surface into a rectangle 10x18 inches Spread each with halt ot remaining tilling t about cupi Sprinkle w ith 1 . cup nuts Cut into .1 ships, each bxlO inches Holl eat h strip jelly-roll fashion from long side to form 10-inch rolls, twist slightly Biaid three lolls together, place in pan, tucking ends undei Cover and allow to stand in warm place until doubled iabout 45 minutes) Freheat oven to 250° h Hake 45 to 50 minutes 1 urn out ot pans onto wire ra< ks to tool Host it desned «r* Inviting a friend over for a mid-morning holiday visit? Serve this festive Filled Cof feecake. FILLED COFFEEt AKE (Turn to Page B 8) ? Si * * •* . Holiday guests will surely enjoy this festive Steamed Holiday Pudding. 1 his week s featured recipe comes from Hetty Hiehl, Mert/lown, a taithtul contributor to the Home on the Hangc i ecipe column Hetty s Holiday Hecipe doesn t call tor the traditional buttei, eggs and flour, Instead it focuses on the ingredients needed toi a happy holiday and life 4 ( ups ot love 2 1 ups ot loyalty ( ups of forgiveness 1 1 up ot friendship j spoons ot hope 2 spoons of tendei ness 4 quarts ot faith I bai rel ot laughtei lake love and loyalty vh\ it thoioughiy with laith Hlend it with 'enderness, kindness and undei standing Hpi inkle abundantly with laughtei Hake it with sunshine Smu dadv with geneinus helpings Featured Recipe A Holiday Recipe
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