818-Uincast*r Farming, Saturday, June 24, 1995
Cream Of The Crop
(Continued from Pag* BIS)
HOT MILK SPONGE CAKE
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
'A cup butter
1 cup hot milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together flour and baking
powder: add butter to milk until
melted (don’t boil). Beat eggs until
light and fluffy. Gradually add
sugar. Alternately add flour mix
ture and milk, butter and vanilla to
egg-sugar mixture.
Bake in grehsed and floured
tube pan at 350 degrees for one
hour or in a 13x9-inch pan for 35
minutes or in a 9-inch square pan
for 25-30 minutes.
Topping:
Melt 1 teaspoon butter on warm
cake. Mix 2 tablespoons cinnamon
with /• cup sugar. Sprinkle on
warm cake. Or, sprinkle confec
tioners’ sugar on warm buttered
cake. Or, spread thin layer of jelly
between two 9-inch cakes and frost
with chocolate or vanilla icing.
Sue & Bruce Pardo
Jarrettsville, Md.
SCALLOPED POTATOES
1 can condensed cream of
mushroom or cream of celery soup
A cup milk
Dash black pepper
4 cups sliced potatoes
1 small onion, sliced
2 tablespoons butter
Dash paprika
Blend soup, milk, and pepper.
Arrange alternate layers of pota
toes, onions, and sauce in buttered
l'/j -quart casserole. Dot top with
butter. Sprinkle with paprika.
Cover.
Bake at 375 degrees for one
hour. Uncover. Bake 15 minutes
more. Serves 6.
Alice Roberts
Sabinsville
STRAWBERRY
SHORTCAKE
'/> cup shortening
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
Vi teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
'/j teaspoon salt
'A cup milk
l'/> cups flour
Cream shortening, sugar, and
eggs. Add remaining ingredients.
Bake at 3SO degrees for 25-30
minutes. Serve with milk and fresh
sliced strawberries.
Sandra Nolt
Peach Bottom
CRACKER PUDDING
4 cups milk
2 eggs, separated
Vi cup sugar
2 cups coarse cracker crumbs
1 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
Scald milk in top of double boil
er. Beat egg yolks and add sugar.
Add this mixture gradually to
scalded milk. Stir constantly.
Allow to cook for one minute and
then add cracker crumbs and coco
nut. Stir until cracker crumbs are
soft and mixture is thick.
Remove from heat and add van
illa. Pour into a buttered baking
dish. Spread with meringue made
by beating 3 tablespoons sugar into
stiffly beaten egg whites.
Bake at 350 degrees until mer
ingue is golden brown. Makes 6-8
servings.
We are a farm family with 150
cows. Just like all other dairy far
mers busy, busy, busy.
Verna Zimmerman
Danville
EASY BAKED LASAGNA
1 pound ground beef
6 cups spaghetti sauce
12-ounces lasagna noodles,
uncooked
24-ounces small curd cottage
cheese
2 cups shredded mozzarella
cheese
V* cup grated parmesan cheese
4 eggs
Brown ground beef; drain; set
aside. Heat spaghetti sauce, set
aside. Mix togethercottagecheese,
mozzarella, parmesan. and eggs
for filling. Pour 3 A cup sauce on
bottom of 13x9x2-inch pan.
Arrange layer of uncooked lasagna
noodles (about 4) over sauce.
Spread V* cup sauce over noodles,
'A cup browned ground beef. Vs of
the cheese filling, and additional
A cup sauce.
Repeat layers of lasagna, sauce,
ground beef, cheeses, and sauce
twice, gently pressing lasagna
noodles into cheese mixture. Top
with layer of lasagna noodles and
remaining sauce. Sprinkle with
additional parmesan cheese. Bake,
covered with foil, at 375 degrees
for one hour. Remove foil, bake
about 10 minutes longer. Allow to
stand about 10 minutes before cut
ting for easier handling.
Lasagna will expand during
cooking to fill the empty spaces.
In all the ice and snow of Janu
ary 1994, we moved to Juniata
County from Lancaster County.
Our whole family is involved in
dairy farming. Our son, Dan, 18,
and daughter, Judy, 15 are very
involved with FFA and4-H. I grow
flowers forfresh and dry bouquets
in the summer and sew wall hang
ings during the winter. We enjoy
watching the seasons change on
the Tuscorora Mountain across
the Juniata River as we live and
work on the dairy farm.
Linda Geissinger
Mifflintown
ORANGE AND CHEESE
DESSERT
2 cups crushed graham crackers
V* cup melted butter
1 tablespoon sugar
Mix crackers, butter, and sugar
together and press into the bottom
of a cake pan or pie plate.
Mix together
8-ounces cream cheese
I'A cups confectioners’ sugar
Add:
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
Put mixture on top of crust
Drain:
IS ounces Mandarin oranges
Add sugar and a little water to
the drained orange juice. Thicken
with clear jel and add some orange
Jcll-O. Cool. Arrange orange
slices on cream cheese mixture and
pour Jell-0 mixture on top.
Delicious!
Mrs. Elvin Swarey
Reberbrug
RHUBARB PIE
2 cups granulated sugar
'A cup flour
5 eggs
Vi stick butter
3 cups milk
3 cups chopped rhubarb
Mix sugar and flour add eggs
and butter and beat well with mix
er. Add milk, mix at low speed.
Add rhubarb and stir. Pour into
unbaked pie shell and bake at 375
degrees for about 35 minutes. Do
not overbake. Pie will be a bit
shaky when removed from oven.
Makes 2 pies.
This is our family's favorite
recipe for rhubarb pie.
Stephanie Buck
Lebanon Co. Dairy Maid
ICE CREAM PIE
18 chocolate sandwich cookies,
crushed
'/> cup butter
Melt butter and mix with
crushed cookies. Press in buttered
pie pan and fill with 2-quart vanilla
ice cream.
Topping:
'A cup sugar
2 unsweetened chocolate
squares
1 teaspoon butter
1 small can evaporated milk
Melt chocolate squares in dou
ble boiler. Add sugar and butter.
Slowly add milk and code until
thickened. Before serving pie. top
with the warm topping.
We just recently moved to afarm
and started milking cows in Janu
ary. We enjoy working together as
a family. We have two children,
Lucille, 3, and Anthony, 1. Both
enjoy going to the barn watching
and playing with the animals.
Leroy and I both enjoy the Lan
caster Farming and I always look
at the B section for recipes.
Leroy & Jane Zimmerman
Millmont
MEXICAN BISCUIT BAKE
2 tablespoons butter
1 large can refrigerated butter
milk biscuits
1 small can refrigerated butter
milk biscuits
16-ounce jar medium thick and
chunky salsa
1 cup salsa for garnish, optional
3 cups shredded Monterey Jack
cheese or mozzarella.
'/i cup chopped green pepper
'A cup sliced scallions
214 ounces sliced black olives,'
drained
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Melt butter in a 9x13-inch baking
dish. Evenly coat dish with butter.
Separate all of the biscuit dough
into 13 biscuits. Cut each into 8
pieces and place the pieces in a
large bowl. Toss with VA cup sal
sa. Spoon evenly into baking dish.
Sprinkle with cheese, peppers,
scallions, and olives. Bake 35 to 40
minutes or until edges are deep
golden brown and center is set. Let
stand for IS minutes. Cut into
squares. Serve with additional sal
sa if desired.
This is great for a snack for
company.
June Baklik
Shelton, Ct.
DEBBIE’S RHUBARB
CUSTARD PIE
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons butter
3 egg yolks
1 cup milk
Mix together sugar, flour, but
icr, egg yolks, and milk. Stir in:
2 cups chopped rhubarb
Bake one hour. Then top with
meringue with 3 egg whites.
Brown in 325-350 degree oven.
Debra Heggenstaller
Indiana
PUMPKIN PIES
2 cups mashed pumpkins
Pinch salt
2'A cups brown sugar
4 tablespoons flour
4 large egg yolks
l'/a quarts milk
Vanilla
4 large egg whites
Combine pumpkin, salt, brown
sugar, flour, egg yolks, milk and
vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff.
Fold into pumpkin mixture just
before putting into oven. Bake at
450 degrees for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 300 degrees and
bake until pie is set
Barbara Zook
Lititz
CHOCOLATE BAR CAKE
8-ounces milk chocolate bar.
broken into chunks
'A cup butter
IVi cups boiling water
2 I A cups unsifted all-purpose
flour
2 cups light brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
'A cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate frosting
Preheat oven to 3SO degrees.
Combine chocolate, butter, and
water in a mixing bowl; stir until
chocolate is melted. In a separate
bowl, combine flour, brown sugar,
baking soda, and salt. Gradually
add chocolate mixture, beating for
several minutes with electric mixer
on medium speed until well
blended. Add eggs, sour cream,
and vanilla, continuing to beat on
medium speed for one minute.
Pour into greased, floured
9x13-inch pan. Bake for 35-40
minutes. Cool; top with your favo
rite chocolate frosting. Serves 12.
My husband Todd has a dairy
farm in Perry Township, Berks
County. We have 70 cows and
raise alt the replacement heifers. I
work part time as a church secret
ary. We have one daughter Trade,
who is a senior at Hamburg Area
High School. She will attend
Alvernia College in the fall. We
have two sons, Brandon and Marc.
Brandon, 16, is a sophmore at
Hamburg and helps on the farm
after school and on weekends.
Marc is in third grade at Hamburg
Elementary School. Both boys are
active in 4-H and show animals
during the summer.
Elaine Schroeder
Hamburg
BRUNCH EGGSTRATA
12 slices week-old bread, cubed
1 cup chopped onion
2 cups cubed ham or cooked
bacon or sausage
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
8 eggs, well beaten
4 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
'A teaspoon pepper, preferably
white
Butter 9x13-inch baking dish
and place bread cubes evenly over
bottom.
On top of bread, layer ham,
onion, and both cheeses.
Beat together eggs, milk, and
seasonings. Pour over ingredients
in baking dish. Let stand for IS
minutes at room temperature or
covered, overnight in refrigerator.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50
minutes.
I am married and a high school
German teacher. I enjoy vegetable
gardening, reading, my beloved
Rottweiler, and escorting high
school students and adults on
study tours of Germany and
Austria.
/ was raised on a farm. / enjoy
canning and drying vegetables and
herbs. Although I can no longer
acquire raw, whole milk, it is still
my favorite. I surely miss that milk
with the golden cream on top!
Colleen M. Lehman
Pine Grove
CHEESE POTATOES
8 medium potatoes
'A cup onion
A cup butter
I teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
A teaspoon pepper
1 cup milk
A pound Velveeta cheese
Combine ingredients in a
medium-sized baking dish. Bake
for one hour.
Our favorite cheese potatoes.
Delicious!
Karen Zimmerman
CREAMY DUTCH
APPLE DESSERT
'A cup butter
l'/a cups graham cracker crumbs
14-ounces sweetened con
densed milk
1 cup sour cream
/* cup lemon juice
1 can apple pie filling
'/* cup chopped walnuts
'A teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In
a l'/i -quart shallow baking dish,
melt butter in oven. Sprinkle in
crumbs, stir well. Press in bottom
of dish.
In a bowl, mix together con
densed milk, sour cream, and
lemon juice. Spread over crumbs.
Spoon pie filling over. Bake 25 to
30 minutes or until set Cool slight
ly. In small dish, mix together nuts
and cinnamon. May be served
warm or cold. Refrigerate
leftovers.
Variations: Omit cinnamon.
Substitute blueberry, cherry, or
peach pie filling.
ELEGANT
CHEESE SQUARES
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
8-ounce package cream cheese
Vi cup sugar
'A cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
'A cup softened butter
'/«teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
VA cups whipping cream
Combine crumbs and 3 tables
poons sugar. Add butter and mix
well. Press firmly into 8-inch
square pan. Bake at 375 degrees
for 8 minutes. Cool. Beat cheese
until smooth and fluffy.
Add 'A cup sugar. Beating con
stantly, add salt. Blend in milk,
lemon juice, and vaniila. Blend in
whipped cream. Spoon into
xumb-lined pan. Chill until set, at
least 3 hours. Cut into squares and
top with blueberry or cherry pie
filling. Makes 8 servings.
I am 13‘A years old live on a
dairy farm with my parents and
ind 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
This recipe is one of my grand
ma Zimmerman's favorites.
RICE CUSTARD
'A cup rice
1 can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon salt
V* cup sugar
l'/i teaspoon vanilla
Milk
Mix together all ingredients in a
greased 2-quart baking dish. Fill
dish with milk. Top with butter and
cinnamon. Bake at 300 degrees
until rice is done. Stir several times
during baking. May be served
either warm or cold.
This is the first recipe I was
taught to make. My mother would
make it when we had extra milk. It
is dad’s favorite.
CREAMY MACARONI
AND CHEESE
1 gallon milk
l A cup butter
48 slices Kraft Cheese Singles
1 box elbow macaroni
Cook macaroni. Drain. Pour
milk into large saucepan. Add but
ter. Heat on medium until butter is
melting and milk is warm. Start
adding cheese slices slowly until
all are in and melted. Pour sauce
over macaroni.
Cook at 200 degrees for 20
minutes.
(Turn to Pago B 19)
Blain
June Derfler
Pine Grove
Carol Martin
Millmont
Brenda S. Nuss
Catawissa
Melissa Campbell
Gratz