818-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1991
Dairy Delicious Recipes From Our Readers
Jim and Linda Zimmerman and sons are from Ephrata
CHICKEN OR
TURKEY PIE
Filling;
3 tablespoons butter
2 stalks celery diced
2 carrots peeled and diced
1 small onion minced
'A cup flour
4 cups cooked chicken or turkey
A teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 cup chicken broth
1 can (10% ounces) cream of
mushroom soup, undiluted
Crust:
VA cups flour
Va teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter
'A cup milk
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
In skillet, melt butter; saute cel-
CRAB AU GRATIN
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
'/ pound butter
'A cup flour
113-ounce can evaporated milk
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon red pepper (omit if
desired)
'A teaspoon black pepper
'A pound grated Cheddar cheese
1 pound crab meat
Saute celery and onion in butter.
Add flour, milk, egg yolks, salt,
red pepper, and black pepper.
Cook until thickened and add to
crab meat. Put in casserole dish
and sprinkle cheese on top. Bake at
375 degrees 10-15 minutes or lon
ger if desired. Makes 6-8 servings.
Mrs. Frances Smith
White Hall, Md.
RASPBERRY PANCAKES
Vi cup flour
2 A cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
V> teaspoon baking soda
A cup plain yogurt
1 large egg
1 tablespoon butter, melted &
cooled
'A cup milk
1 cup fresh raspberries
Whisk together flour, sugar,
baking powder and soda. Set aside.
In larger bowl whisk together
yogurt, egg, butter, and milk. Stir
flour mixture into liquid mixture
until just combined. Fold in rasp
berries. Cook as pancakes. Change
fruit according to season.
Terry Hill
1990-91 Lebanon Co. Dairy
Princess
ery, carrots, and onion until soft
Stir in flour and salt Gradually add
milk and broth, stirring constantly
until sauce thickens. Fold in
mushroom soup and chicken or
turkey. Spoon into 9-inch by
13-inch baking pan, set aside. For
crust combine flour, baking pow
der, and salt Cut butter into flour
mixture. Add milk and mix to form
soft dough. Roll out to a 12-inch by
10-inch rectangle. Sprinkle with
cheese and roll up jelly-roll style,
starting from long side. Slice into
'A -inch wheels and place on top of
chicken mixture. Bake at 350
degrees for 35-40 minutes or until*
crust is lightly browned. Yields
6-8 servings.
Linda Zimmerman
Ephrata
CARAMEL PUDDING
1 stick butter butter
2 cups brown sugar
Cook together until nice and
brown
Add 'A cup water
Set off of hot burner and add 2
quarts of milk
Pinch of salt
Blend together in blender.
6 eggs
5 tablespoons flour
5 tablespoons “rounded”
cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla
Add to milk mixture. Cook until
thick.
Miriam Nolt
Ephrata, Pa.
STRAWBERRY
SHORTCAKE
2 cups flour
VA tablespoons sugar
'A cup butter
1 egg
'A cup milk
3 teaspoons baking powder
Salt (dash)
Combine ingredients. Bake in
glass pie plate. Spread out. Bake at
350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
When cool, cut into pieces. To eat,
put strawberries and milk over
cake.
I am 33 and happily married
with two children, Luke 7 and
Katie, 3. We have lots of pets. We
raise ducks, doves, parakeets,
finches, and bunnies. My favorite
parts of Lancaster Farming are the
mailbox markets, recipes, and the
special features you do on people
in farming.
Cindy Eshleman
Jonestown, Pa.
WISCONSIN CHEESE
PACKETS
2-214 cups flour
1 package active dry yeast
14 teaspoon salt
14 cup warm milk (115-120
degrees)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1/4 cups (6 ounces) shredded
mozzarella cheese
6 ounces salami, chopped
1 small tomato, peeled, seeded
and chopped
14 cup grated Wisconsin parme
san cheese
114 teaspoons dried sage,
crushed
1 egg
1 teaspoon water
In large bowl, combine 1 cup
flour, yeast, and salt Add milk and
oil. Blend thoroughly. Stir enough
flour to make a soft dough. On a
floured surface, knead until dough
is smooth and elastic, about four
minutes. Place dough in greased
bowl; turn once. Cover, let rise in a
warm place, until double, about
4S-SS minutes. Meanwhile, make
filling. In small bowl, combine
mozzarella cheese, salami, tomato,
and parmesan cheese. Toss to
combine; set aside.
Punch dough down; divide into
6 pieces. Roll each piece into a
7-inch circle; sprinkle each with
14 teaspoon crushed sage. Spoon
about 14 cup filling onto half of
each circle. Combine egg and
water; brush on outer edges of
dough to moisten. Fold circle in
half; use tines of a fork to seal
edges. Place on greased baking
sheet Prick tops; brush with egg
mixture. Bake in 375 degree oven
for 20-25 minutes or until golden
brown. Remove from baking
sheet; cool on wire rack. Makes 6
servings.
Alternate: 2 cans (10 ounces
each) canned refrigerated biscuits
may be substituted for homemade
bread dough. Roll 3 biscuits
together to form 7-inch circle. Pro
ceed with recipe directions.
Reduce baking time to IS-20
minutes.
My husband Larry and I farm
approximately 450 acres in Adams
Co., of which we own 250 acres.
We milk about 150 registerd Hols
teins with about 150 younger heif
ers and calves. We’ve been farm
ing at our present location for
about 18 years.
We have four children. The old
est daughter, Lela, will be a senior
at Wesley College in Dover, Dela
ware, majoring in business mark
eting. Our oldest son. Lane, is
studying electronics at DeVry
Technical Institute in Columbus,
Ohio. Lisha is 16 years old and
will be a junior at New Oxford
High School. Our youngest, Ladd,
is 14 years old and is also active in
football and wrestling. They all
know every phase of our business
and have helped with the chores
between their school activities.
I enjoy collecting recipes from
Lancaster Farming and would like
to write my own cookbook some
day and maybe get my older
daughter to help market it. Thank
you.
Yvonne S. Mummert
East Berlin, Pa.
FROZEN
STRAWBERRY DESSERT
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 tablespoon sugar
'A cup butter
2 8-ounce packs of cream
cheese
'A cup confectioners sugar
2 packs whip cream
4 cups mashed strawberries
Mix pour over crumbs.
Freeze. (Crust is optional.)
Lydia B. Zook
HARVEST TIME
APPLE SQUARES
2 cups flower
1 cup brown sugar
14 cup granulated sugar
114 teaspoons cinnamon
14 cup butter
Combine into crumbs. Reserve
114 cups. Put the rest of crumbs
into a 9-inch by 13-inch pan. Press.
1 8-ounce cream cheese
(softened)
2 tablespoons milk
1 beaten egg
14 teaspoon vanilla
!4 cup sugar
Combine and pour over crumbs
in pan. 314 cups chopped apples.
Place over cream cheese mixture.
Sprinkle reserved crumbs over
apples. Press slightly. Bake at 350
degrees for 30-40 minutes. Cool,
cut into squares, and chill.
My husband Lynn and I are
recently married and have begun
dairy farming. I’m 21 and Lynn is
23 years old. I grew up on a dairy
farm and Lynn did until he was 10
years old. We both enjoy working
with the cows and tilling the land.
We enjoy working together as a
team in making decisions in the
feeding, breeding, and milking
programs. We are milking 44
Holsteins and eventually would
like to milk 55. We are renting a
farm but would someday like to
own our own farm.
Sheila Schwenk
Annville, Pa.
LEMON LUSH
1 cup flour
1 stick butter
'A cup chopped nuts
Mix together and press in bot
tom of 9-inch by 13-inch baking
dish. Bake at 350 degrees for IS
minutes. Cool.
Mix:
1 cup whipped cream
1 8-ounce package cream
cheese
1 cup confectioners sugar
Put that on crust
Beat together two 3 ounce pack
ages of instant lemon pudding and
3 cups milk. Add 1 cup whipped
cream and spread on white layer.
Refrigerate 24 hours. Cut into
squares.
Variation: For chocolate lush,
use chocolate pudding instead of
lemon and omit nuts from crust.
My name is Anita Moyer. We
live near Bernville, Berks Co. My
husband, Llewellyn.farms with his
dad and brothers. We have two
daughters: Linnea, 3 years and
Kayla, 5 months. We like both fla
vors of this delicious dessert.
Anita Moyer
Bernville, Pa.
CHEESE-FILLED
JUMBO SHELLS
1 box (12 ounces) jumbo shells,
cooked
4 cups (2 pounds) Ricotta
cheese
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded
mozzarella cheese
V* cup parmesan cheese, grated
teaspoon pepper
3 eggs
1 tablespoon fresh parsley
’A teaspoon oregano
'A teaspoon salt
Combine cheeses, eggs, parsley,
oregano, salt, and pepper. Fill each
shell. Spread thin layer of spaghet
ti sauce on bottom of 13-inch by
9-inch baking pan. Put filled shells
on top of spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle
with rest of spaghetti sauce and top
with additional mozzarella cheese
and sprinkle with oregano. Bake at
350 degrees for 30-35 minutes ex'
until hot and bubbly and cheese
turns a nice golden brown.
Pat Boyer
Hereford, Pa.
PINEAPPLE CHEESE PIE
Crust
1 package graham crackers
(crushed)
'/« cup granulated sugar
'/« cup butter (softened)
Mix all ingredients well. Press
into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake shell at
350 degrees for IS minutes. Cool
till cold on cake rack.
Filling:
1 8-ounce cream cheese
(softened)
'A cup granulated sugar
1 cup heavy cream (whipped)
IVi cups crushed pineapple
(drained) (press juice out in sieve)
Whip softened cream cheese
and sugar together till smooth,
light and fluffy. Stir in drained
pineapple, mix into cream cheese/
sugar mixture. Fold in whipped
crea, then spoon filling into cooled
baked crust (do not fiiss with the
filling too much). Refrigerate 1-2
hours before serving. Great!
This recipe was handed down to
me from my grandmother. I can
remember enjoying it when I vis
isted with her on my summer
vacations.
Marian R. Mosemann
Lehighton, Pa.
CREAM PUFFS
'A cup butter
1 cup water
Put in pan, cook, and when but
ter melts, add
1 cup flour
Stir rapidly, when completely
mixed, remove from heat, cool
slightly, and add 4 eggs (one at at
ime), stirring after each addition.
Put on greased cookie sheet. Bake
at 450 degrees for 15 minutes.
Reset oven to 350 degrees for 35 to
40 minutes. Pierce 15 minutes
before done to let out steam.
Filling:
4 cups milk
3 A cup sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Place all ingredients together
except vanilla. Beat well. Cook in
double boiler or heavy pan, stirring
continually. When thick, remove
from fire, add vanilla, cool and fill
in cream puffs.
Mrs. Harold Smith
White Hall, Md.
HEARTY HAMBURGER
STEW
2 cups water
5 cups potatoes (diced)
1 cup carrots (diced)
Vi cup celery (diced)
'/«cup onion (chopped)
2 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
2 cups tomato juice
1 pound hamburger, browned
‘A pound Velveeta cheese
'/, cup flour
'A cup water
4 cups milk
Cook water, potatoes, carrots,
celery, onion, salt, pepper, bouil
lon cubes, and parsley flakes
together for 15 minutes, then add
tomato juice and hamburger. Cook
about S minutes or until vegetables
are soft, then add Velveeta cheese.
Make paste with flour and 'A cup
water and add to mixture. Cook
and stir until thick. Then add the
milk.
My husband and I and our three
children live on a dairy farm in
Lebanon Co. We are all involved
in helping with the farm chores.
We all enjoy living on a farm and
working around animals.
Marian Martin
Lebanon, Pa.
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