822-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1991
Dairy Delicious Recipes From Our Readers
The Ford family from left: William, 11 ; Michael, 10; James,
6; and Heather, 12 years old.
WALNUT PINEAPPLE CAKE
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 20-ounce can crushed pineap
ple with juice
Combine ingredients. Pour into
9x13-inch cake pan. Bake cake at
350 degrees for 45 minutes. When
cool, top with the following then
refrigerate.
Topping:
1 stick butter
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup confectioners sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
I am a farm wife. I have been
married for 12‘A years to William
11. Ford 111. We have four children,
Heather, 12, Billy, 11, Michael 10;
and James 6. They help around the
farm a lot. We live on a farm and
my husband and 1 also work on a
SUMMER SNOWBALLS
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup milk
4 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
Confectioners sugar
Beat eggs and sugar, add milk.
Beat in the flour and baking pow
der. Drop by teaspoonfuls in hot
oil and brown. When cool, shake in
confectioners sugar.
We live on a farm in Perry
County. Kids love these snowballs
and like to help shake them. I made
these often when my two children
were at home. Very easy to make
and tasty too.
Janet Cassel
Duncannon
ICE CREAM DESSERT
60 Ritz crackers (crushed)
1 stick butter, melted
2 packages coconut cream
instant pudding
1 quart softened vanilla ice
cream
I'A cups milk
5 ounces of whipped topping
Mix crackers and melted butter.
Press 3 /> of crumbs in bottom of
buttered 9-mch by 13-inch cake
pan or baking dish. Blend pudding
and milk. Add ice cream. Blend
well. Pour mixture evenly over
crumbs. Let set in refrigerator until
chilled. Spread with whipped top
ping. Sprinkle remaining crumbs
on top.
My parents have about 60 cows
and about 30 heifers. There's eight
of us altogether. My parents are
only 31, I’m 11, Glenda is 9, Kevin
is 7. Christine is 6, Dennis is 5, and
Bryon is 2. We all have our own
jobs and garden.
Loretta Martin
Red Creek, N.V.
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dairy farm. I raise all the calves
from birth. Bill is the herdsman
and h also feeds all the animals.
Our family has been farming for a
year and a half. We have started
out slow, but we hope to have our
own dairy someday soon. This has
been a dream of our whole family.
I am a 4-H leader for the live
stock club and the Clever Clover
Club. We are also involved in the
dairy club and a horse club for
easy riders. We own a horse, a
pony, two dogs, cats, and seven
lambs. Four of our lambs are for
breeding projects. Last year we
also raised three pigs as 4-H pro
jects. As you can see, we like all
kinds of animals.
I enjoy doing many things. 1
enjoy cooking, baking, horseback
riding, crafts, ribbon work and
paper quilling.
RHUBARB CUSTARD PIE
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup chopped rhubarb
Cream sugar and butter. Add
egg yolks and flour. Mix thorough
ly and add milk and rhubarb. Fold
in beaten egg whites and pour into
unbaked pie shell. Bake at 450
degrees for 12 minutes. Reduce
heat to 350 degrees. Bake 30
minutes or until custard is firm.
Laverne Pike
Tyrone
GRAHAM CRACKER TORTE
Crumbs:
20 graham crackers
'A cup butter, melted
A cup brown sugar
Pudding:
3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
'A cup flour
V* teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 tablespoons butter
'A cup coconut
Meringue:
3 egg whites
A teaspoon cream of tarter
6 tablespoons sugar
1 can crushed pineapple,
drained
Mix butter, cracker crumbs, and
sugar. Set aside. Scald milk, add
egg yolks, sugar, flour, and salt.
Cook until thick. Beat egg whites
and cream of tarter until stiff; add
sugar. Line dishes with crumbs,
pour in pudding and spread
pineapples on top of pudding.
Place meringue on top and brown
in oven.
Mary Ellen Ford
Northampton, MD
Elizabeth M. Nolt
New Holland
SASSY BEEF
Meat;
2 pounds sirloin or veal cubes
‘A cup white wine
'A cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Salt
Pepper
2 tablespoons oil
1 cup sour cream
Cheese sauce;
1 tablespoon finely diced celery
1 tablespoon finely diced onion
'A cup finely chopped broccoli
florets
1 tablespoon oil
8 slices Swiss cheese, thinly
sliced
1 quart water
V* cup chicken broth
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup half and half
1 pound broccoli spears
'A pound mushroom caps
Meat Season the meat with salt
and pepper. Saute lightly in oil.
Remove meat from pan. Add white
wine and chicken broth to pan.
Thicken with cornstarch. Return
meat to pan and simmer for 40
minutes. Just before serving, stir in
sour cream.
Cheese sauce:
Saute celery, onion, and broc
coli florets in oil. Add water and
broth. Bring to a hard boil and
cook until broccoli is soft. Use a
whisk to mash broccoli. Thicken
with tablespoons cornstarch. Add
half and half. Bring to a boil and
turn off heat Add a dash of butter.
Add Swiss cheese. Let the sauce
stand until the cheese is melted.
On a platter, arrange cooked
broccoli spears around the outside
edge (heads facing out). Between
the broccoli spears place the
mushroom caps. Spoon cheese
sauce over the broccoli and
mushrooms. Place the meat in the
center. Serves 6.
My husband and I live on a dairy
farm in the mountains of south
western Pennsylvania. Our farm
has been in the family for more
than 130 years. Allen is the fourth
generation to farm our land.
We have three children, Lisa,
Karen, and Scott. Our children all
help with chores on the farm and
are active in Somerset County 4-H.
I have taught school for 26 years.
Judy Rhogds
Stoystown
EASY-COOL DESSERT
Crust 2 cups graham cracker
crumbs
S tablespoons sugar
'A cup butter soften
Mix together and press into
9-inch by 13-inch pan. Set in freez
er and cool until set.
Filling: 2 cups whipped cream
or topping. In separate bowl, whip
one 8-ounce cream cheese until
soft. Next, put whip cream in
cream cheese, add 1 cup powdered
sugar.
Pour on lop of cooled crust. Let
set before serving top with 1 can of
prepared pie filling your favo
rite kind.
We have a dairy farm in Warren
Co.
We have four girls, and all help
on the farm. Two are married now,
one married a dairy farmer in
Snyder Co., and one was 1989
Warren Co. dairy princess. Now
with three graddaughters, it looks
like an all-girl thing.
I love going to farm stock mark
ets and I collect cows. Just in my
kitchen we have 86 different items
with cows on it so far.
Elsie Austin
Columbus, Pa.
ORANGE JULIUS
1 cup frozen orange juice
concentrate
VA cups water
I'A cups milk
V* cup sugar
18 ice cubes
VA teaspoons vanilla
Blend well in blender at high
speed until ice cubes are crushed.
Approximately four servings. A
very refreshing drink on hot sum
mer days.
Janet Good
Myerstown, Pa.
ICE CREAM DESSERT
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
(scant)
2 quarts ice cream (vanilla)
1 cup nuts (chopped)
1 cup chocolate chips
l A cup butter
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pint cool whip
Press crumbs in a 9-inch by
13-inch cake pan. Reserve 1 cup
crumbs for top. Put ice cream on
crumbs, sprinkle nuts on ice
cream. Melt chocolate chips, but
ter, confectioners sugar, and milk
in saucepan. Cook until smooth
and thick (stir often), add vanilla.
Pour mixture on ice cream and
freeze until firm. Then pul
whipped cream on top and sprinkle
crumbs on top of whipped cream
Ann E. Martin
Kufztown, Pa.
CHICKEN ’N’
CHEESE SOUP
2 teaspoon butter
A cup each finely diced celery,
onion and carrot
2 teaspoons flour
1 cup water
1 pack instant chicken broth mix
'A cup frozen peas
l A cup skim milk
2 ounces shredded cheese
4 ounces skinned and boned
cooked chicken, diced
'A cup cooked long-grain rice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
Dash salt and pepper
In 2-quart saucepan, heat butter
until bubbly, add celery, onion and
carrot Cook over medium heat
stirring occasionally until tender.
Add flour and stir quickly to com
bine; gradually stir in water. Add
broth mix and, stirring constantly,
bring to a boil, add peas, and cook
three minutes. Reduce heat and
add milk and cheese, cook, stirring
constantly, until cheese is melted.
Add remaining ingredients and
cook, stirring occasionally, until
thoroughly heated. (Turkey may
be subsituted for chicken).
/ love the recipes! Theyre great!
My husband manages a dairy
farm and we love country life.
Sharon High
Womelsdorf
ORANGE JELL-O DESSERT
3 ounces orange Jell-0
1 cup hot water
1 cup cold water
'A cup vanilla ice cream
Make Jell-0 and water accord
ing to package directions. Chill
until partially set. Whip with mix
er; add ice cream. Beat until
smooth. Pour in bowl and decorate
with marshmallows. Chill until set
We live on a small dairy farm.
This is an easy recipe for our girls
to make with very little help. They
can choose other flavors to suit
their tastes.
Aaron Huber
Myerstown
PINEAPPLE PIE
2 ounces butter
1 cup sugar
5 eggs, separated
1 large can crushed pineapples,
drained
Cream butter and sugar; add egg
yolks and pineapples. Fold in
beaten egg whites. Pour mixture
into two half-baked pie crusts.
Bake at 350 degrees until pie tests
done when knife is inserted in the
middle and comes out clean.
Helen N. Nolt
New Holland
ICE CREAM DESSERT
2 quarts ice cream
VA cups milk
I large box instant vanilla pud
ding mix
'/< pound butter
60 Ritz crackers, crushed
Beat ice cream, milk, and pud
ding mix. Melt butter; add to
crushed cracker crumbs. Line
large glass dish with crumbs, save
a few to sprinkle on top. Fill dish
with ice cream mixture. Freeze, set
out a while before serving so the
mixture is of pudding consistency
when serving.
Beulah Mae Rohrer
Catawissa
OVERNIGHT CHICKEN
CASSEROLE
2 cups cooked chicken, diced
114 cups uncooked macaroni or
spaghetti
2 chopped carrots
1 medium chopped onion
1 cup frozen, thawed peas
2 cups milk
'/j lb. white American cheese
2 10-ounce cans cream of
mushroom soup
Mix and let set covered over
man in the refrigerator. Bake in
greased casserole dish 350 degrees
for 1 hour. Can be topped with fine
bread crumbs to serve.
Marian Zeiset
East Earl
CREAMY TAPIOCA
1 quart milk
*/* cup sugar
4 eggs beaten
3 tablespoons minute tapioca
V* teaspoon salt
Scald milk in top of double boil
er. Add salt, sugar and tapioca and
cook IS minutes or until clear.
Beat eggs and add some of the hot
mixture until a smooth paste is
formed. Add paste to hot tapioca
and continue to cook for S minutes,
stirring constandy. Pour into serv
ing dish and chill.
Arlene Martin
Lititz
ALL-BRAN MUFFINS
1 box All-Bran cereal (13.8
ounce box)
2 cups boiling water
1 cup oil
4 beaten eggs
3 cups sugar
5 cups unsifted flour
1 quart buttermilk
S teaspoons soda
2 teaspoons salt
Mix together cereal and boiling
water. Let stand. Pour oil into mix
ture. Add rest of ingredients
(optional; add I'A cup raisins.)
Bake at 400 degrees for 20
minutes.
These can be baked all at once
and frozen, or batter can be kept in
refrigerator and baked as needed.
Serve with real butter!
My husband, Ernie, and I were
married last May. We started ship
ping milk in August and are now
milking 36 cows—mostly first calf
heifers. Our first child. Elizabeth,
was born in April.
Janice A. Buhl
Erie, Pa.