Lancaster Farming Toasts Dairy Farmers
(Conllnwd from Pago B 16)
SUNDAE DESSERT
Crush 1 pound Oreo cookies.
Add 'A cup melted butter, stir. Pat
mto 9x13-inch baking pan. Spread
one-half gallon vanilla ice cream
on top. Sprinkle with mini marsh
mallows and crushed peanuts, use
as many as you like.
Spread with 2 cups fudge sauce.
Freeze overnight. Top with
whipped cream just before
serving.
/ have one sister and two
brothers. We milk 57 cows on our
fairy farm
Lynette Martin
Myerstown
lOWA DIRT
DESSERT
1 quart milk
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
6 egg yolks, beaten
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 envelopes or 2 tablespoons
unfavored gelatin
Vi cup water
1 cup whipped cream
30 Oreo cookies
Combine sugar, cornstarch, and
salt. Add milk and bring to boil.
Boil 1 minute, gradually stir half of
hot mixture into egg yolks, then
blend into hot mixture on sauce
pan. Boil I minute more.
Add vanilla. Soften gelatin in
water and add to hot mixture; cool.
Fold in 1 cup whipped cream.
Crush cookies; reserve 1 cup for
topping.
Put remaining into a 9 x 13-inch
pan. Pour on cooled pudding.
Sprinkle on reserved crumbs.
Refrigerate.
This iia cool, rtf resting dessert
for summer. We live on a dairy
farm and also raise a lot of sweet
corn, string beans, and lima beans,
which we sell to several produce
stands. Also, seedless waterme
lons are very popular with our cus
tomers. This is in addition to our
garden for our own use. There's
something for everyone to do all
the lime!
/ enjoy reading the recipes sent
in by others. One of my hobbies is
trying out new ones on my family. I
have a whole panel of taste testers!
Anna Mae Conley
Mount Joy
The Anna Maa Conley family, from Mourn Joy.
My husband and I breed Rasp Flno horses as well as work
full-time, according to Sharon DeLorenzo, Catawlssa.
CREAM CHICKEN
ON CORNBREAD
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
Cream of mushroom soup,
undiluted
Combread
Shredded cheese -
Melt butter in heavy 2-quart
saucepan over low heat; add flour,
stir untd smooth. Cook 1 minute,
stirring constantly. Gradually add
milk, cook over medium heat until
mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir
in chicken and soup. Cook, stir
ring, until thoroughly heated. To
serve, slice combread rectangles in
half; spoon on chicken mixture and
sprinkle with shredded cheese.
I'm a housewife with two child
ren, Sara, 7, and Samantha, 4. My
husband is a heavy equipment
operator who grew up on a farm. I
love to bake, can foods from our
awn garden, do crafts, sew, cro
chet, and collect baskets. I enjoy
the Lancaster Farming paper,
especially B section. Keep up the
good work.
Lisa Lewis
Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT
COOKIES
'A cup butler
V» cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
'/j cup cocoa
'/« teaspoon salt
Vanilla filling*
Sugar
Crushed peanuts
Cream butter, V> cup sugar, egg
yolk, milk, and vanilla in small
mixer bowl. Combine flour, cocoa,
and salt; blend into creamed mix
ture. Chill dough about one hour or
until firm enough to handle. Pre
pare vanilla filling. Roll dough
into one-inch balls. Roll in
chopped peanuts and sugar. Flat
ten with a fork. Bake at 350
degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
Vanilla filling:*
Combine:
'A cup confectioners* sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 teaspoons milk
'/ teaspoon vanilla
/ love reading. When the Lan
caster Farming comes, I always
read the B section right away. I
like the addition of the "You Ask,
You Answer."
We have lots of animals. My
favorite isourquarterhorseßuet. I
love plants and recently got a job
with plants.
This cookie recipe came from a
friend.
Cindy Eshleman
Jonestown
FROZEN DESSERT
1 package chocolate Oreo cook
ies, crushed fine
'A cup butter
Make crumbs and put in bottom
of 9x13-inch pan and save some
for top.
2 small boxes pistachio pudding
mix
'A cup milk
1 cup whipping cream
A gallon vanilla ice cream
Add a little green food coloring
(optional)
Whip all together and put in pan
on top of crumbs. Sprinkle remain
der on top. freeze. Remove from
freezer 30 minutes before serving.
I’m 16 years old and come from
a family of 5 sisters 2 brothers. I
enjoy cooking and working outside
with flowers. This recipe is a favo
rite summer treat.
214 cups graham crackers
'/} cup butter
3 teaspoons sugar
Mix together with fork until
crumbly and line spring pan with
% mixture. Reserve 'A of crumb
mixture for lop.
1 pound cream cheese
1 pint sour cream
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
Mix cream cheese and sugar.
Beat well Add sour cream and
vanilla. Beat again. Add eggs one
at a time, beating 2 minutes after
each egg. Beat well.
Pour into lined spring form pan.
Sprinkle top with remaining gra
ham crumb mixture. Bake in pre
heated oven at 350 degrees for
45-60 minutes. Shut off oven and
leave cake in for an additional
30-45 minutes. Refrigerate over
night Remove from pan. Sprinkle
top with powdered sugar (the
degree of creaminess is deter
mined by the amount of time baked
and left in the oven).
You may omit crumb topping
and place cherry pie Ailing on top
after cake has been refrigerated.
This cheese cake was a recipe of
my mother’s neighbor and given to
me when I was 15 years old. I have
won many blue ribbons with it dur
ing the 33 years I have been baking
it!
I often double the ingredients
(except crumb mixture) because
my spring pan is large. The recipe
takes time but is worth it.
My husband and I breed Paso
Fino horses as well as work fiill
time. We have three beautiful
granddaughters ages 9 and 6.
We both enjoy working with our
horses and I especially enjoy the
babies through 2 years. We train
our horses for trail riding.
Justin. Walk it tho son of
Don and Emily Walk Jr. of
Strasburg.
CRACKER PUDDING
1 quart milk
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cracker crumbs
% cup coconut
Scald milk. Add cracker
crumbs, sugar, and eggs. Cook
until pudding thickens. Add coco
nut if desired. Makes one quart
Don and / live on a farm in
Strasburg with our son Justin
(2'A years old). We feed cattle for
Stonehurst Farm and raise corn,
hay, wheat, soybeans, and tobac
co, Justin enjoys feeding the cows
and playing with our Golden
Retriever Mandy.
This cracker pudding recipe has
been in the Welkfamily for genera
tions. It is easy to make and is
enjoyed by everyone.
Lisa ReifT
Mtfflinburg
Lancaater Farming, Saturday, June 8, 1996-817
HEAVENLY
CHEESE CAKE
Sharon DeLorenzo
Catawissa
Emily Welk
Strasburg
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Jenny Christman
BEEF-CARROT CASSEROLE
1 pound ground beef
1 tablespoon butter
'/«cup minced onion
2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce
1 teaspoon salt
'/« teaspoon pepper
1 cup daity sour cream
1 cup cottage cheese
'/«cup parsley flakes
1 cup cooked carrots, sliced
8-ounces noodles, cooked and
drained
1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
Brown beef, add onion. Stir in
tomato sauce, salt and pepper.
Simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes.
Combine sour cream, cottage
cheese, parsley, and carrots. Add
to cooked noodles, mix well.
Alternate layers of noodle mix
ture and meat mixture, beginning
and ending with noodles. Top with
cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30
minutes, uncovered. Bake, if fro
zen, coveted at 400 degrees, for
one hour.
I am 13 and live on a dairy farm
in Greencastle. I go to
Greencastle-Antrim Middle
School I have one married sister
and two more sisters at home. We
all help out on the farm where
needed.
lam thethirdone in my family to
attend 4-H tractor club (I’ve had
two years so far).
I am in the 4-H Dairy Club and
am looking forward to 4-H camp
again this year.
I am also going to my church
camp for one weekandto Creation
’96 (my first time there because it
was rained out last summer).
My family really likes this
simple casserole. Hope you will try
it.
Jenny Christman
Greencastle
CARAMEL PUDDING
4 tablespoons butter
2 cups brown sugar
'A teaspoon baking soda
2 quarts milk
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla
Melt butter, add brown sugar,
and brown and boil until it reaches
hard ball stage. Add baking soda,
then milk, bring to boiling point
Do not boil. While milk is heating,
mix together flour, cornstarch, and
egg yolks with enough water to
make a smooth paste. Add to hot
milk. Heat again until boiling
point. Remove from heat and add
vanilla.
Whipped cream may be added if
pudding gets too thick.
We live on a small farm. We
have some produce and a green
house. My husband works part
time at Leola Produce Auction. We
also have a hen house with about
4,500 laying hens. We have a
daughter, Rosanna, IS months old.
Aaron and Marian Hoover
Leola