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and friends.
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NO BAKE FRUIT CAKE
1 pound vanilla wafers
1 pound English walnuts
Vi pound candied pineapple
1 small can evaporated milk
1 pound marshmallows
1 pound pecans
1 pound pitted dates
'A pound candied cherries
Roll wafers into coarse crumbs.
Cut up nuts and fruit; set aside.
Place crumbs in large bowl. Melt
marshmallows in evaporated milk.
Stir into crumbs then stir in the
fruit and nuts. Mix thoroughly.
Wet hands and pack mixture
firmly into loaf or tube pans lined
with heavy waxed paper. Decorate
with whole nuts and fruit
Refrigerate 24 hours before
serving. To store longer, remove
cake from pans and wrap tightly in
plastic wrap. Store in refrigerator.
Makes approximately six pounds.
BJ. Light
Lebanon
Featured Recipe
Dates and walnuts are a winning combination that transform the
ordinary into the extraordinary.
Dates are high in fiber and add much needed potassium, carbohy
drates, and B-complex vitamins to your diet. Walnuts have no choles
terol and are low in saturated fat A recent clinical study by Loma Lin
da University showed that substituting walnuts in place of saturated
fats could help to lower cholesterol.
For a brochure including more than 35 lowfat, cholesterol-reducing
recipes using walnuts, send a self-addressed, $1 stamped 9x12 enve
lope to Walnut Marketing Board, S4S Samsome St., San Francisco,
CA 94111.
For more great-tasting recipes using California dates, contact Cali
fornia Dad Administrative Committee, Dept. DWROP, P.O. Box
1736, Indio. CA 92202 or call 1-800-223-8248.
Here is a recipe that is chewy, sweet, and candy-like. These are good
with coffee or tea. They keep well, refrigerated in a tightly covered
container.
NO-BAKE DATE AND WALNUT BARS
4-ounces chopped walnuts
2 cups finely chopped dates
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
V* teaspoon salt
'A cup honey
2 cups coarsely crumbled shredded wheat
'A cup confectioner’s sugar
Coat an 8-inch square baking pan lightly with nonstick cooking
spray.
Combine the walnuts and dates in a food processor and process until
blended and chopped. Add the cocoa, cinnamon, salt, and honey; mix
to blend; then add the shredded wheat and process until completely
mixed. Press the mixture evenly in the prepared pan then cover with
plastic wrap and chill until cold and firm. With a thin, sharp knife, cut
into 24 rectangular bars. Roll the bars in confectioner’s sugar to coat
evenly. Refrigerate in a tightly sealed container.
Bobu On-The Range
Holidays
Bonanza
MONSTER COOKIES
Flourless Cookies
12 eggs
4 cups brown sugar
4 cups granulated sugar
3 pounds peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon com syrup
2VJ tablespoons baking soda
1 pound butter
18 cups quick oats
1 pound chocolate chips
1 pound M&M’s
Mix ingredients in order given.
Drop on greased cookie sheets.
Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
Do not overbake.
Ruth Kaufhnan
Reedsvlte
THUMBPRINT COOKIES
Mix thoroughly together
1 cup soft butter
A cup sifted confectioner’s
sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together and stir in:
2 'A cups sifted flour
'A teaspoon salt
Mix in:
J /« cup finely chopped nuts
Chill dough. Roll into one-inch
balls. Place on ungreased cookie
sheet Press thumb on top'of each
cookie, making a hollow hold.
Bake until set but not brown, in
400 degree oven for 10 to 12
minutes. Remove from oven, and
place a bit of tinted (holiday col
ors) icing in depression made.
Cool.
Grace Beck
Belle Vernon
Dates and walnuts are a winning combination that transform the ordinary Into the
extraordinary. Dates are high In fiber and add much needed potassium, carbohy
drates, and B-complex vitamins to your diet.
CRANAPPLE CRISP
Fat Free
Fruit filling:
8 cups thinly sliced peeled
apples
'A cup fresh or frozen cranber
ries, coarsely chopped
'/> cup light brown sugar
'/«cup golden raisins
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon apple juice con
centrate, thawed
Topping;
% cup quick cooking oats
3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
'/«cup light brown sugar
'A teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons frozen apple juice
concentrate, thawed
To make the topping in a small
bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar
cinnamon, stir well, add juice con
centrate, and mix until moist and
crumbly. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine all the
filling ingredients, toss to mix
well. Place filling in casserole dish
and sprinkle with the topping.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30
minutes. Cover the dish loosely
with foil.
Remove foil and bake IS
minutes more or until topping is
golden brown. Serve warm.
Diabetics use brown sugar sub
stitute in place of brown sugar.
BJ. Light
CAROL’S CRANBERRY
NUT BREAD
3'/a cups flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
'A teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
% cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
16-ounce can solid pack
pumpkin
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine dry ingredients; set
aside. Cream butter and sugar. Add
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eggs, one at a time, mixing well
after each addition. Add pumpkin
alternately with dry ingredients.
Stir in nuts and cranberries. Pour
batter into two lightly greased loaf
pans. Bake 60 to 65 minutes or
until wooden pick inserted in cen
ter comes out clean. If desired,
drizzle with icing (mix just enough
cream or milk into powdered sugar
for drizzling consistency); garnish
with walnut halves and cranber
ries. Yields 2 loaves.
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Mary Elane Fritz
Marcus Hook
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