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Desserts For
February Holidays
Traditional goodies for the up
coming February holidays are
cherries and chocolate. Here are
two delicious new microwave
desserts using cherries or
chocolate. Whip up one of these
this month for family or company
treats.
Cherry Bread Pudding is a good
old fashioned dessert that’s quick
and easy to microwave. It can be
mixed up in just a few minute 1 But
I warn you, it will disappear just as
fast!
Cherry Bread Pudding
l 4 cup margarine or butter
121-ounce can cherry pie filling
4 slices firm or slightly stale bread,
cubed
3 4 cup milk
3 eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
cup sugar
'-4 teaspoon almond extract or
teaspoon vanilla extract
1. Place margarine in 1 quart
measure or microsafe bowl.
Microwave on high for 45 to 60
seconds, until melted. Set aside.
2. Spread cherries evenly in the
bottom of a 9-inch round or 8-inch
square microwave pan.
Microwave on high for 4 minutes,
stirring once halfway through,
until cherries are hot and bubbly.
3. Place bread cubes in a mixing
bowl and dribble melted
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pasture. Aerates to stimulate growth and improve moisture
penetration. Scatters droppings, reducing parasites. Prepares
soil for overseeding without disturbing existing growth. Works in
seed and fertilizer. Many owners report pasture yield increases
of 15%.
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margarine over top, tossing to
coat. Combine remaining
ingredients (use the container in
which the margarine was melted
to save dishwashing) and beat
well. Pour over bread cubes and
stir gently to mix.
4. Spoon bread cubes over hot
cherries, then pour any remaining
egg mixture over top. Leave un
covered.
5. Microwave on high for 5
minutes. Gently stir pudding to
mix cooked edges in with uncooked
center part and to mix cherries up
with bread cubes.
6. Leave uncovered and
microwave on medium (50,5) for 5
to 8 minutes, until pudding is
almost firm in center. (A knife
inserted near the center should
come out clean of egg mixture, but
may get cherry on it.) Let cool
about 10 minutes before serving.
Serve warm with ice cream if
desired, or chilled. Serves 6.
Tips: Pudding looks prettiest if
the cherries are about half mixed
up with the bread cubes, so don’t
stir too much in step 5.
Other pie filling flavors may
be substituted for cherries. For
apple filling, sprinkle top with
cinnamon after stirring in step 5.
For a fancier, more elegant
dessert, or for anyone who loves
chocolate, try Sweetheart Fudge
Pie. This rich pie doesn’t take long
to mix or microwave, but needs a
prebaked pie crust.
Sweetheart Fudge Pie
1 prebaked 9-inch pie shell
l /2 cup butter or margarine
% cup sugar
3 eggs
1 12-ounce package semisweet
chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
H cup flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
vz cup whipping cream, whipped or
whipped topping, or ice cream,
optional
1. Place chips in a microsafe 2-
quart measure or bowl and
microwave on medium (50,5) for 4
minutes, stirring once halfway
through. Stir again, until smooth
and glossy. If not all chips are
melted, microwave on medium 1 to
2 minutes longer, then stir until
smooth.
2. In mixer bowl, cream butter
well. Continue beating and
gradually add sugar. Add eggs one
at a time, beating after each until
very light and fluffy. Stir in melted
chocolate and vanilla, mixing well.
Then stir in flour and nuts.
3. If mixer bowl is not microsafe,
transfer batter to bowl or measure
that was used to melt chocolate.
Microwave on high for 4 minutes,
stirring after 2 minutes, until
filling is hot. Stir well, then spoon
filling into baked pie shell.
4. Microwave on medium, (50,5)
for 3 to 5 minutes, until filling is set
near center. Cool 10 to 15 minutes
before serving, and serve warm
topped with ice cream.
5. Or, cool to room temperature
and decorate pie with whipped
cream hearts: Fill a cake
decorating tube with whipped
cream. On a waxed paper covered
cookied sheet, outline heart shapes
with whipped cream. Then fill in
center of heart to make solid
shapes. Freeze hearts (up to 6 to 8
hours) until needed. Ten minutes
before serving, gently peel frozen
hearts off waxed paper and place
on top of room temperature pie to
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thaw. Be sure to warm pie to room
temperature before placing hearts
on top (the hearts melt if
microwaved or if the pie is too
warm!). Store leftovers covered in
refrigerator. Makes 10 servings.
Tips: This pie filling is soft and
fudgy when warm, but very firm
and difficult to cut when chilled.
Serve pie warm or at room tem
perature. To warm refrigerated
pie, microwave on medium (50,5)
Delaware Extension Offers Farm
Safely Coarse For Teens
NEWARK, Del. A safety
training course for teenagers who
want to work on farms this sum
mer will be offered in March by the
Delaware Cooperative Extension
System.
According to Ron Jester,
University of Delaware extension
safety specialist, federal law
prohibits youth under 16 from
working in certain hazardous
agricultural operations unless they
have an exemption certificate
from a safety training course.
Fourteen- and 15-year-old farm
workers can receive exemptions
by completing this course.
Although youngsters working on
their parents’ farms don’t need a
certificate, Jester recommends
the course for all farm youth.
The training program will be a
correspondence course with three
formal classes. The final class will
include written tests and a tractor
driving test. Classes will be held at
night, and the sites will be
determined after applications are
in.
To register, call the county
extension office in Georgetown
(856-7303), Dover (697-4000) or
Newark (451-2506).
Jester says that safety training
for 4 to 6 minutes, rotating pie
plate once halfway through.
For a Mocha Fudge Pie,
replace sugar with % cup packed
brown sugar, and add 2 teaspoons
instant coffee powder when
beating in sugar.
Note: The times above are for
microwaves with 600-700 watts.
For 500 W, add 10-15 seconds to
each minute.
Copyright 1987 Lam Bloomer
is essential for teenagers, who
have the highest accident rate in
agriculture.
Hazardous jobs closed to youths
without safety training include:
• operating a tractor with more
than 20-belt horsepower,
• operating or assisting with the
operation of most farm machinery,
• operating or assisting with
trenchers, forklifts, chain saws
and other types of machines,
• working inside airtight
produce and grain storage areas or
silos,
• working at high elevations,
• handling hazardous materials,
• working pens with breeding
stock,
• handling explosives or
anhydrous ammonia,
• working in heavy timber
operations,
• transporting passengers in
vehicles on farm property,
• riding on a tractor as a
passenger or helper.
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