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SCALLOPED
HASH BROWNS
2 pounds frozen hash browns,
partially thawed
A cup butter, melted
1 can cream of chicken soup
2 cups com flakes, crushed
'A diced onion
1 cup sour cream
8 ounces shredded chcddar
cheese
Mix together hash browns,
melted 'A cup butter, and diced
onion. Add soup, sour cream, and
cheese. Mix well and pour into a
9x13-inch pan and spread topping
on top pf potatoes.
Topping; Mix together corn
flakes and 'A cup melted butter.
Bake uncovered at 350 degrees
for one hour.
Virginia Kalp
Stahlstown
MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoon baking powder
14 teaspoon salt
'A cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup hot water
14 cup salad oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift all dry ingredients into a
large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil.
and vanilla. Mix well. Add hot
water and mix again.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35
minutes.
We live on a farm in Mifflin
County, which is close to the heart
of Pennsylvania.
We enjoy living and working
together on ourfarm with our fam
ily of two boys and three girts.
When one of our children has a
birthday, each usually asks for
chocolate cake. This is a very easy
and quick recipe.
BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING
1/4 cups brown sugar
4 eggs
6 tablespoons cornstarch
14 teaspoon salt
6 cups milk
4 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vanilla butter and nut
flavoring
Heat milk to boiling point in
6-quart kettle. Meanwhile, mea
sure sugar, eggs, salt, and butter in
blender and blend until smooth and
free of lumps. When milk is
heated, add blended mixture slow
ly, stirring with spoon or wire
whisk. Cook a few minutes until
thickened. Remove from heat and
add flavorings. Cool and top with
graham cracker crumbs or sliced
bananas.
/ live on a farm. It is my job to
milk every morning and evening.
There are six children. I am the
oldest / am 14 and just got out of
school.
Joy Weaver
Boiling Springs
CHEESE BALL
2 8-ouncc packages cream
choose
X-ounces cold-pack cheddar
choose
I lablcspcxm butler
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
'A teaspoon lemon juice
Mix together ingredients. Form
into ball. Roll m crushed nuts. Best
il rclngcralcd overnight.
FRESH FRUIT YOGURT PIE
'A envelope unflavorcd gelatine
I cup cold water
I cup non-lat vanilla yogurt
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups sliced fresh fruit
8-mch prepared graham Cracker
crust
Sprinkle gelatine over cold
water, let stand one minute. Stir
over low heal until dissolved. Beat
cream cheese and yogurt until well
blended. Stir in honey and vanilla.
Fold in gelatine Line bottom ol
crust with.l cup fruit. Pour filling
over fruit. Chill until firm, 3 hours.
Garnish with additional fruit.
Serves 6 to 8.
I am H years old We live tn
Parke sburg My birthday is April
9, 1956 I enjoy looking at Kid’s
Korner We live on a dairy farm
We have 40 rows We home school
so I can he at home on the dairy
farm I like helping Mother rook
and hake and also take rare of my
younger sisters Marnita, 5. and
Anna Elizabeth 2'A , and my
brother, John Paul, /
QUICK SCALLOPED
POTATOES
4 cups sliced potatoes (about 6)
1 cup grated cheese
1 cup ham, cubed
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon minced onions
Peel potatoes early in the day
and cover with water. About 30
minutes before eating, drain off
half the water and cook the pota
toes on medium for 20 minutes.
While potatoes are cooking,
make medium while sauce by mel
ing butter in a skillet, adding flour,
and cooking until bubbly. Stir in
milk and bring to a boil. Stir in
onion, cheese, and then ham.
Remove from heat.
When potatoes are done, drain
water, then pour sauce mixture
over potatoes. Stir gently.
/ am the oldest daughter of Eli
and Esther Martin. We moved
about 2/i years ago from Pennsyl
vania to Ohio, to a farm. We have a
small hog operation and my dad
repairs tractors. We still enjoy
Lancaster Farming.
Ruth Ellen Martin
Shelby, Ohio
Elsie King
Allensville
CREAM CHEESE
COOKIES
'A cup packed brown sugar
/« cup softened butter
1 cup Bisquick
'A cup chopped walnuts
'A cup granulated sugar
1 egg
'/i teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons milk
8 ounces crcamcheesc, softened
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Heat oven to 3SO degrees.
Grease 8-inch by 8-inch by 2-inch
pan. Beat brown sugar and butter
until fluffy. Stir in Bisquick and
walnuts until mixture is crumbly.
Reserve I cup. Press remaining
mixture in pan. Bake 12 minutes.
Mix cream cheese and granulated
sugar, and beat in remaining ingre
dients until smooth. Spread cream
cheese mixture over layer in pan.
Springle reserved crumb mixture.
Bake until center is firm, about 25
minutes. Cut and store in refrigera
tor. Makes 16 cookies.
Judith A. Kann
Spring Grove
Marci Ohl
Tarentum
Melody Jean Stolt/.fus
Parkesburg
CHEESE DIP
3 egg yolks
3 teaspoons milk
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons vinegar
A little onion
Cook all together until thick
ened and add:
Two 8-ounce packages of cream
chcsc
S tablespoons soft processed
chcczc
I tablespoons parsley flakes
(optional).
Beat all together. Set 4 hours.
Hello, my name is Sadie Zook. I
am 14 years old. I live on a dairy
farm with my mother and father,
and my four brothers and five sis
ters. My youngest brother is 9
months old and he is very fun to
hold and play with. On our farm,
we have 37 cows and eight horses.
We also have a dog named Peggy
and some kittens. Two of our cats
have little baby kittens. One has
three and the other has four. I love
to hold them.
It is fun living on a farm and we
use a lot of dairy products. Good
bye now.
DELICIOUS
ICE CREAM
Part A;
1 quart milk
2 cups sugar
6 egg yolks
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Bit of milk
Put one quart milk and sugar in
double boiler; heal. Beat egg
yolks. Add cornstarch and a bit of
milk. Stir into milk-sugar mixture.
Mix well. Cook until slightly
thickened. Cool.
Part B;
1 tablespoon vanilla
Bit of salt
1 quart cream
6 thickly beaten egg whites
Just before putting it into the
freezer, add the vanilla, salt,
cream, and egg whiles. Fold parts
A and B. together real well. Pour
into ice cream freezer. Makes 4
quarts.
This is a quick and easy recipe,
a favorite of our family.
Anita Weaver
Port Trevor ton
CHOCOLATE ICE
CREAM CAKE
1 box chocolate cake mix
4 ounces chocolate pudding
(place in dry and don’t use instant)
'A cup oil
1 cup water
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix all the ingredients. Bake at
350 degrees for 35-40 mionutes.
Cool and split cake lengthwise.
Fill with two quarts of softened ice
cream.
Topping:
VA cup confectioners’ sugar
'/«cup cocoa
'/«cup butter
Dash of salt
'/, cup boiling water
Mix and spread on lop of layer
of cake. Freeze cake until you
serve.
/ am 15 years old. I have two
brothers and one sister. My
parents are Ezra and Eleanor
Martin. We live on a dairy farm.
We milk 57 cows. Milking is my
favorite chore
Regina Martin
Myerstown
Extravaganza
STRAWBERRY BANANA
JELL-0 SALAD
3 packages 3-ounce size
strawberry-banana Jell-0
3 bananas, mashed
2 10-ounce packages Bozen
strawberries, partially thawed
20 ounces crushed pineapple
2 cups boiling water
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 pint sour cream
Mix Jell-O, boiling water, and
strawberries. Drain pineapple.
Add pineapples, bananas, and wal
nuts. Mix thoroughly.
Put half the mixture in
12x9x2-inch baking pan. Chill.
When set, spread with sour cream.
Cover sour cream with remaining
mixture. Refrigerate until serving
time.
1 quart milk, scalded
5 eggs
'/> cup sugar
1 tablespoons vanilla
Separate eggs. Beat whites of
eggs. Add sugar to yolks and mix.
Add scalded milk to egg yolk mix
ture, then beaten egg whites. Put in
cups or casserole dish and set in
pan with hot water. Bake at 400
degrees for 10 minutes. Bake at
330 degrees until done, 20 minutes
for cups, but longer if in casserole.
Anna Stoltzfus
Honey Brook
Sadie Zook
Christiana
1 large angel food cake (broken
into small pieces)
2 packages Dream Whip
1 cup cold milk
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
8 ounces cream cheese
1 can cherry pie filling
Beat Dream Whip and milk until
stiff. Add confectioners’ sugar.
Mix. Beal softened cream cheese
until smooth. Add Dream Whip
mixture a little at a time. Beat.
Place a layer of cake pieces in a
13-inch by 9-inch pan (preferably
glass). Then add a layer of Dream
Whip mixture, another layer of
cake pieces, then dream whip mix
ture. Put cherry pie filling on top.
Chill overnight
CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE
Bring to a boil:
1 cup butter
1 cup water
4 tablespoons baking cocoa
Add:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups brown sugar
Beat well and add:
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
'A cup buttermilk or sour cream.
Beat and pour into large greased
cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes at
330 degrees or until tested as
finished.
Frosting:
'A cup butter
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
1 pound confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla.
Melt butter, add cocoa and milk
and bring to boil. Remove from
heat and add remainder of ingre
dients. Beat well. Spread on frost
ing while cake is warm.
We live on an 80-acre dairy
farm, where we farm hay, corn,
and have cows, heifers, and odds
and ends of pets. We also have a
family of seven children, ages 7-20
years old. Never seems dull, with
all the many activities!
Mrs. Sam B. Stoltzfus
Gap
Margaret C. Pardo
Baltimore, Md.
EGG CUSTARD
CHERRY CREAM
CAKE
Lona Heyd
Morris
STRAWBERRY PRETZEL
DESSERT
2 cups pretzel crumbs
I round tablespoon sugar
’/« cup butter, melted
Mix together and spread in bot
tom of 9x13-inch pan. Bake 10
minutes at 3SO degrees.
Filling:
8-ounces cream cheese
1 cup sugar
'/>pint whipping cream,
whipped
Blend together cream cheese
and sugar until creamy. Add
whipped cream. Spread over
crumbs.
Topping:
Dissolve 2 packages strawberry
gelatin in 2 cups hot pineapple
juice. Add 2 small boxes frozen
strawberries in hot liquid gelatin.
Cool at room temperature before
spreading over filling. Refrigerate.
Priscilla Grube
Mohrsville
STRAWBERRY DELIGHT
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
'A pound huiicr
Melt butter and combine with
crumbs. Press into Bxl2-mch pan
1 envelope Dream Whip
Make Dream Whip according to
package directions. Add '/ieup
confectioners’ sugar. Beal in:
8-ounccs cream cheese
Spread mixture on crust. Com
bine and bring almost to boiling
point. -
1 cups water
I cup granulated sugar
I package strawberry-flavored
Kool-Aid
Mix together and add to Kool
Aid mixture:
1 cup water ■
'A cup Clcar-jcll
Boil 5 minutes. Cool. Add
-1 quart sweetened, sliced, or
mashed strawberries.
Recipe is very good I always
need in make a double hatch for'
our family of S thildren and
husband
This recipe can also be used
with I can cheery pie filling We
also sometimes use pineapples, hut
not alt of the family members like U
as muth
Here in this pari of Delaware,
we are enjoying from our first
pickings of strawberries. I have no
problem gelling the girls to pick
them, even the boys like to help
ages 5 and but then we don't
have very many to pick Ihey're
begging for Strawberry Delight, so
I hope to make a double batch
today they have stared with the
Saturday cleaning sol'd belter get
busy and do my share of the work
also
Anna Mary Byler
Dover, Del.
FROZEN RASPBERRY
CHEESECAKE
24 chocolate waters, crushed
'A cup butler, melted
8-ounccs cream cheese,
softened
1 teaspoon lemon juice
% A cup fro/.cn raspberry juice
concentrate
Vi cup confectioners’ sugar
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
Combine wafer crumbs and but
ter, press into 8-mch spnngfonti
pan. Chill. Combine cream cheese
and confectioners sugar. Beat in
lemon juice, raspberry juice. Fold
m whipped cream. Pour into
chilled chocolate crust and frcc/c
overnight or until cold.
I enjoy Home on (he Range sec
tion. We live on a dairy farm and
there ts always lots to do. I enjoy
gardening I am a mother and
grandmother
Margaret (Hockley
Mohnto*
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