88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 28, 1995 If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question Corner, In care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Eph rata, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a SASE. If we re ceive an answer to your question, we will publish it as soon as possible. Sometimes we receive numerous answetp to the same request, and cannot print each one. Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same address. QUESTION A reader has a lot of turkey burger and would like new and different recipes to use it. QUESTION A reader whose family likes sour and pickled foods is looking for recipes to can red or green bell peppers, preferably not whole. QUESTION Rosene Leinbach, Leola, would like a recipe for pasta salad that uses rotini macaroni and sliced black olives. QUESTION Gladys Lillya, Salem, N.J., would like a recipe for Amish Old-Fashioned Puffy Sugar Cakes, which are sold at Good & Plenty Restaurant, Lancaster. QUESTION —Doris Stump, Denver, would like a recipe for coconut cake like that served at Country Table Restaurant in Mount Joy. QUESTION Mrs. Larry Groff, Denver, wants to know how to roast chestnuts. Are they roasted in an over or in the wood stove over an open fire. QUESTION Jack Sunday, Carlisle, wrote that several weeks ago a recipe for eggplant was printed in this paper. It called for eggs, cheese, and bread crumbs and was baked. If someone clipped the recipe, please send it in. QUESTION Joyce Shoemaker, Mt. Joy, would like a recipe for lemon dill bread. QUESTION Mrs. John Liston. Terra Alta, W.V.. would like recipes using pure buckwheat flour, not buckwheat mix, to make bread, muffins, etc. QUESTION A reader would like a recipe for sour cream chocolate cake. QUESTION Debra Shull, Landisburg, would like a recipe for making sharp cheese using goat’s milk. QUESTION Raydean Smith, Enola, would like a recipe for hamburger macaroni soup. QUESTION Rosene Leinbach, Leola, would like to know where to buy seeds to grow stuffing tomatoes. She writes that the tomatoes are about the size of a bell pepper and are hollow in the inside. Editor’s note: To our knowledge tomatoes do not grow with hollow insides, but the insides are removed for stuffing. Perhaps some varieties are better for stuffing. QUESTION A McAlisterville reader would like a recipe for a friendship cake with streusel topping. QUESTION —Susan Miller, Chester Springs, would like a recipe for banana butter, which she purchased in Martha's Vineyard. Her son requests ‘awesome'' sandwiches made by combining the banana butter and strawberry jam. QUESTION —Mrs. Elvin Geigley would like to know how to make French fries from raw potatoes and freeze. QUESTION Sadie Mae Stoltzfus, Bird-in-Hand, would like a recipe for coconut macaroons with almonds. QUESTION Mrs. Charles Creasy of Wrightsville would ,: ke a detailed recipe for making beef tripe. QUESTION A reader from Cumberland County would like a recipe for homemade ketchup made from tomato juice. The ketchup should taste similar to the Heinz brand. QUESTION F. Eleanor Rebuck is on a fat- and salt-free diet. She would like to know the ingredients used in soft ice cream or frozen custard. QUESTION Julianne Medaglia, Birdsboro, wants recipes for quick and easy (30 minute type) dinner ideas that Cook's Question Comer Pumpkin (Continued from Pag* 86) PUMPKIN PIE 2-3 cups cooked pumpkin 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons molasses V* -1 cup granulated sugar 3 egg yolks '/. teaspoon cinnamon 14 teaspoon ginger 14 teaspoon cloves 2 cups milk 3 egg whites, beaten Mix all ingredients except egg whites. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into pumpkin mixture. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake 10 minutes at 425 degrees. Reduce oven to 350 degrees and bake until knife or toothpick inserted in center of pie comes out clean. Filling for 2 pies. Rosene Leinbach Leola PUMPKIN BREAD 2 cups cooked pumpkin 1 cup salad oil 3 cups sugar 4 eggs, beaten 3'/i cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons sail 1 teaspoon cinnamon I cup dates or nuts (optional) Sift dry ingredients together. Mix pumpkin, oil, sugar, and beaten eggs. Add to flour mixture and stir until smooth. Pour into well-greased and floured bread pans, making pans V* full Bake 1 hour at 3SO degrees. R. Leinbach Leoia can oe made in tne morning and cooked for supper or slow cooker ideas. Her husband and kids are not crazy about cas seroles and that really limits things, she writes. QUESTION—J.M. Koser, Narvon, would like a recipe for Brown Bobby Cookies, which were popular about 50 years ago. The cookies were triangular with a triangle hole in the center. They were made in a special griddle like a waffle iron and frosted. Flavors included chocolate, vanilla, and spice. She would like both the recipe and information on the griddle. QUESTION Mrs. Howard Glenn of Lawrence County is looking for a recipe for dumplings that are made, wrapped in cheesecloth and boiled in water. QUESTION —A reader would like a recipe for corn pie that tastes like that served at Cloister Restaurant in Ephrata. QUESTION Becky Hedden, Lewisberry, would like a recipe for salt-rising bread made with salt-rising yeast. She had tasted it in western New York state. QUESTION Vivian M. Hillard, Narvon, would like a recipe for hot cauliflower that is yellow in color but turmeric is not listed as an ingredient. QUESTION Louise Graybeal, Renick, W.V., would like to know where she can purchase flaked hominy. She had requested this some months ago. Someone sent an answer but when Louise checked it out the Merchant's Grocery Co. Inc. wrote that they stopped selling it 25 years ago. QUESTION Katherine McCleary, Stewartstown, would like a good recipe for tomato paste. QUESTION B.W. Rue, Rocky Ridge, Md., would like directions for making realistic gingerbread people that are used in crafts. Some are puffy and others are thick and flat. How is -the dough made and colored and the features painted? QUESTION Dick Taylor, Allentown, N.J., would like a recipe for hot pepper sauce using lime juice and carrots as opposed to the traditional method of using vinegar and toma toes. He writes that lime juice enhances the pepper flavor more than vinegar. QUESTION Dee Crowder, Gettysburg, is looking for a recipe similar to Rotel or Chi-Chi’s Tomato and Green Chilies. PUMPKIN SQUARES 4 eggs \Vi cups sugar 16 ounces canned pumpkin 1 cup oil 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cups flour Combine eggs, sugar, pumpkin, and oil. A,dd all dry ingredients and mix well. Spread in greased and floured 15xl0xl-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Frosting; Combine 1 stick but ter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 4 cups con fectioner’s sugar, and 8-ounces cream cheese. Beat thoroughly and frost cake. Cut into squares. Carolyn Hodgson Clarks Summit PUMPKIN CRANBERRY COOKIES 2 cups flour Vi teaspoon baking soda 'A teaspoon salt Vi cup butler 1 cup sugar 1 egg 'A teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi cup mashed pumpkin Vi cup whole cranberry sauce, drained 'A cup chopped walnuts Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Cream toget her butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, blending well. Add pump kin, cranberry sauce, and dry ingredients and nuts. Drop by tea spoonful onto lightly greased coo kie sheet. Bake at 37S degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Carolyn Hodgson Clarks Summit (Turn to Pag* 824) CREAMY PUMPKIN SOUP 3 slices bacon, diced 1 large onion, chopped 1 large carrot, shredded 113% -ounce can chicken broth 2 cups half and half 16-ounces solid pack pumpkin 'A tesapoon salt *A teaspoon ground white pepper 'A cup sour cream Cook bacon in large saucepan over medium heat until crisp. Remove with slotted spoon; set aside. Add onion and carrot to drippings; cook 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broth; simmer, uncovered 10 minutes. Transfer to food processor; process until smooth. Return to saucepan; stir in half and half, pumpkin, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer (do not boil). Tansfer to soup bowls; top with sour cream mid reserved bacon. Variation: Omit bacon. Cook onion and carrot in 2 tablespoons butter. Garnish each serving with freshly grated nutmeg. Serve warm or chilled. Am. Dairy Assoc. PUMPKIN RIBBON BREAD Filling: 6-ounces cream cheese, softened A cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour 1 egg | 2 teasppons grated orange peel Bread: 1 cup pumpkin 'A cup vegetable oil 2 eggs VA cups sugar 'A teaspoon salt 'A teaspoon cloves 'A teasijoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice VA cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar and flour together in a small bowl. Add egg, mix to blend. Stir in orange peel, set aside. Mix bread by combining pump kin, oil, and eggs in a large bowl. (Sift the dry ingredients) Add: sugar, salt, cloves, cinnamon, flour, baking soda and nuts. Mix to blend. Pour one quarter of batter into two greased and floured loaf pans. Carefully spread the cream cheese mixture over the batter. Add rem'aining batter, covering filling. Bake at 32S degrees for 1 A hours'or until bread tests done with a wooden toothpick. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans. Store in refrigerator. Note: I didn't use the orange peel. You don’t need to worry about keeping the cream cheese layer away from the edges of the pan the batter bakes around it and it handles well. Pearl Ladick Lcechburg PUMPKIN RING 3 cups biscuit mix 1 cup .sugar 1 cup'brown sugar 'A cup butter, softened 4 eggs 16-ounces pumpkin 2V4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice '/ cup milk Heat oven to 3SO degrees. Use a 12-cup bundt pan. Beat together all ingredients on low for 30 seconds# scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed for 3 minutes. Spread batter in pan. Bake SO minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove Cram pan. Cool. Glaze. Glaze: 1 cup confectioners' sugar 1 tablespoon milk 54 teaspoon vanilla Una Forry Palmyra
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