88-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, October 10, 1992
If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find It,
aend your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s
Question Corner, In care of Lancaster Farming, P.O.
Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. There’s no need to
send a BASE If we receive an answer to your ques
tion, we will publish it as soon as possible.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the
same address.
QUESTION Bonnie Lour Koons, Harrisburg,
would like a recipe for Shoo-fly Bread, that has a texture
similar to pumpkin bread.
QUESTION Marion Huffman, Jonestown, would
like a recipe for Wm. Penn Chili for hot dogs.
QUESTION —S. King, Strasburg, would like a recipe
for vegetable soup to can that tastes like Campbell's
Beef Vegetable Soup, not the kind with alphabet noo
dles in it.
QUESTION Evelyn Sutton, Middlebrook, Va.,
would like to know how to make Little Debbie Apple
Delights like those made by McKee Baking Co. of Tenn.
QUESTION Mabel Hammond, Chambersburg,
would like a recipe for dancing snowballs. Please, make
sure the ingredients cause the mothballs to bounce as
some are ineffective because the mothballs' Ingredients
have been changed in recent years.
QUESTION Cindy Eshleman of Jonestown would
like a recipe for Orange Pastel Pudding like that made at
Shady Maple.
QUESTION Mrs. Harold Kuchler, Coatesville,
would like a recipe for Farina or Cream of Wheat.
QUESTION Audrey Minns, Geneva, NY, would
like a recipe for canning whole milk since she has no
room in her freezer.
QUESTION 0. Matie, Eden, NY, would like a
recipe for peanut butter pie, which they tasted in War
ren, Pa.
QUESTION Bill Stock, Plymouth, would like a
recipe for breakfast sausage and a recipe for smoked
Kielbasi.
QUESTION Melva McElwain, White Hall, Md.,
would like a recipe for potato stuffing like that served at
Miller’s Restaurant in Lancaster.
QUESTION Joan Rosßos, Shavertown, writes
that she has a wonderful and easy chocolate icing that
she uses for eclairs. However, it calls for a raw egg. Now
that it is considered risky to eat raw eggs, she asks if
there is a substitute for using it.
QUESTION Jill Alleman, Lititz, would like some
easy and tasty recipes for making stews and baked
beans using dried beans such as Maine Yellow Eyes,
Jacob’s Cattle, and Soldier Dry Beans.
QUESTION Helen Delaney, Centre Hall, would
like recipes using dried tomatoes.
QUESTION Grace Ikeler, Bloomsburg, would like
recipes for Kosher Dill Pickles and for Bread and Butter
Pickles.
QUESTION Marie George, Churchville, is looking
for a donut recipe that includes applesauce and baking
soda instead of yeast.
QUESTION A reader would like a recipe for egg
rolls.
QUESTION —Connie Frame, Glenmoore, would like
a recipe for a Kentucky Derby Pie.
QUESTION Hattie Delhi, Mifflinburg, would like a
recipe for funnel cakes.
QUESTION Mrs. Margaret Kihler, Woodstock,
Vir., would like a recipe for hominy.
QUESTION Cheryl Lawrence, Lititz, requests a
recipe for pumpkin whoopie pies that are moist and
spicy.
ANSWER Because of a grandson's allergy, Mrs.
J.Z. Lauver wanted recipes using rice, oat, rye, potato
flakes and other substitutes for wheat flour. Thanks to
Laurie Donaldson and to another reader for sending a
recipe and suggesting the following cookbooks, which
they believe are excellent sources for recipes. “The
Gluten-Free Gourmet,” Henry Holt & Co., NY, Ener-G
Foods, Inc. 5960 Ist Ave.,S. P.O. Box 84487, Seattle,
Washington 98124-5787 (1-800-331-5222) will send
upon request a list of food products available by mail for
Cook’s
Question
Comer
‘A’ Is For Apple
(CondniMd *«" PW M) j cups alixd apples
SPICY APPLE 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE Cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter •/, cup butter
‘A cup brown sugar y x cup sugar
folks with special diet needs, ranging from various
gluten-free flours to baking mixes to noodles and maca
roni products, to prepared breads, cookies, soups, etc.
Also, request Rodale Cookbook by Nancy Albright,
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 18049- 1973.
Banana-Nut Bread
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
1 tablespoon dry yeast
3 tablespoons lukewarm water
Vi cup oil
Vicup honey
Vi teaspoon salt
'/•teaspoon nutmeg
Vi teaspoon vanilla
% cup chopped almonds or walnuts
2 eggs
IVicup ripe mashed bananas
Vi cup potato flakes
Vi cup oat flour
Vi cup soy flour
Vi cup rye flour
Dissolve yeast in water set aside. Combine oil,
honey, and eggs in a bowl. Beat until well blended. Add
mashed bananas and mix thoroughly. Sift together
potato, oat, soy, and rye flour and salt. Stir into banana
mixture. Add nutmeg, vanilla, and nuts. Blend in yeast
mixture. Pour batter into well-oiled 9x5x3-inch loaf pan
and allow to set in a warm place for 20 minutes. Bake in
oven for 75 minutes. Remove and cool and invert pan
onto wire rack.
ANSWER Fay Detter, Mechanicsburg, wanted a
recipe for Pap Pudding or Custard made with flour, not
cornstarch. Thanks to Rhoda Conover, Gettysburg, for
sending a recipe.
1M- cups milk
% cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons flour
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon butter
Vz teaspoon vanilla
1 baked pie shell, optional
Scald 1 cup milk over boiling water or in microwave.
Mix together sugar, salt, flour, and remaining milk. Stir
into hot milk and cook slowly until thickened, stirring
constantly. Cover and cook over boiling water for 5
minutes. Add mixture slowly to egg yolk and cook 1
minute longer. Add butter and vanilla. Cool. Cover with
whipped cream or meringue. Variations: Crumb shell
Banana - 4 ripe bananas
Chocolate 1 ounce melted chocolate and 2 table
spoons sugar or 1 tablespoon cocoa.
Fruit - IVt cups drained fruit.
ANSWER Shirley Yeatman, Easton, Md., wanted
a recipe for canning apple pie filling. Please look at the
Home On The Range section found on page B 6 of this
issue for the recipe.
ANSWER Barbara Pennington, Malvern,
requested a recipe for baked sweet potatoes and
apples. Thanks to Kate Wolgemuth for sending a recipe.
Sweet Potato Apple Bake
6 medium sweet potatoes
2 or 3 apples
V* cup margarine
V» cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons orange juice
Cook sweet potatoes until soft. Peel and cut in half
lengthwise. Peel and slice apples. Combine remaining
ingredients. Layer ingredients in casserole, making first
a layer of potatoes, then apples, then half of the orange
juice mixture. Repeat, topping with remaining orange
juice mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
Cream Pie
Pap Pudding
(Turn to Pago B 9)
1 egg
l'/i cups flour
'/a teaspoon cloves
'/a teaspoon cinnamon
'A teaspoon allspice
A teaspoon salt
A teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
'A cup buttermilk
Melt butter in 9-inch square pan.
Sprinkle with sugar; arrange
apples. Sprinkle with nuts and cin
namon; set aside. Cream butter,
sugar, and eggs. Add sifted dry
ingredients alternately with butter
milk. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to
40 minutes. Invert on plate; let
stand S minutes. Remove from
pan.
Marlene Peters
Port Trevorton
APPLE FILLED
SWEET POTATOES
6 medium sweet potatoes or
yams
'A cup firmly packed brown
sugar
'A cup butter
Pinch nutmeg
'A teaspoon grated orange peel
1 cup peeled, cored, coarsely
chopped apple
'A cup chopped toasted pecans
Pecan halves
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Prick
sweet potatoes with fork to allow
steam to escape. Bake for 35 to 45
minutes or until fork tender.
Cut thin, lengthwise slice from
top of each sweet potatoe; scoop
out inside, leaving a thin shell. Set
shells aside.
In large mixing bowl, place I
sweet potatoes, sugar, margarii
nutmeg, and grated orange peel.
Beat at medium speed until well
mixed and no lumps remain. By
hand, stir in apple and chopped
pecans.
Place shells on baking sheet, All
shells with sweet potato mixture. If
desired, garnish each sweet potato
with pecan halves (about 4 each).
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until
heated thoroughly.
Tip; If you do not wish to fill the
sweet potato shells, place sweet
potato mixture in casserole dish
and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or
until heated thoroughly.
CORRECTION
Sorry, the recipe was inconA
plete for the prize-winning
colate cake recipe, which
appeared in the October 3rd
issue on page 827. Here is the
correct version.
CHOCOLATE CAKE
Mix together:
Vt cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
Sift together and add:
2 cups flour
V* cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
Add dry ingredients alternately
with:
1 cup milk
1 cup hot coffee
Pour cake batter into layer pans.
Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Chocolate Cooked Icing:
1 cup sugar
3'/i tablespoons cornstarch 4
6 tablespoons cocoa "
Pinch salt
1 cup water
2 tablespoons oil
Mix water with cornstarch in
saucepan. Combine cocoa and oil
and add to cornstarch mixture and
remaining ingredients while cook
ing, stirring constandy, for 10
minutes.
Jane Reppert
Hamburg
BJ. Light
Lebanon