816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1996 Dairy Recipes To Keep You On The ‘Moove’ (Continued from Page BIS) BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE 2 cups macaroni 6 cups boiling water 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon flour V/i cups milk I'A cups grated cheese 'A cup bread crumbs Cook macaroni in salt water and drain. Make a white sauce by melt ing butter in heavy saucepan or in top of double boiler. Add flour and stir until well blended. Slowly add all milk, stirring constantly until a smooth paste is formed. Place i layer of macaroni in the bottom o) a greased casserole. Add grater cheese and while sauce. Repea until casserole is filled. Sprinkle bread crumbs over the top am bake at 375 degrees for 3( minutes. Serves 6. We are dairy farmers since we were married in 1967. Our farm is on the Lancaster-Berks County line and has been in the family for four generations. We have five children: two sons and three daughers. We milk about 75 cows. We farm about 200 acres and raise all the herd replacements. Joyce Zimmerman Reinholds CHEESECAKE Filling: 3 cups milk 16 ounces cream cheese VA cups sugar 4 eggs 'A cup flour 2 tablespoons lemon juice Crust: '/«pound butter 2 cups flour 6 tablespoons sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder Filling: Mix about 20 minutes or until well blended. * Crust: Cream butter, then add other ingredients. Pat crust into ungreased baking pan. Pour filling into crust Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Bake 1 A hours at 300 degrees. On myfarm you know it’s spring when the flowers are blooming with the smell of fresh-mowed hay, and the farm is fu’l of baby ani mals, including lambs, kids, calves, kittens, baby ducks, chicks, geese, turkeys, Ginean hens, and bunnies. I show all my animals to a lot of visitors all summer long. The children say my place is better than a zoo! Happy spring! Deidre Welisewitz Flemington, N.J. Mohrs vllle. COUNTRY POTATO SOUP 6 cups finely diced, peeled potatoes 1 cup finely diced celery 1 scant cup chopped onion 3 cups water 4 chicken bouillon cubes VA teaspoon salt Cook above ingredients about 25 minutes. Add 2 cups milk. Blend 2 more cups milk and 4 tablespoons flour. Slowly add the following: 2 cups sour cream 1 tablespoon dried parsley '/• teaspoon pepper. Add to soup. Stir while bringing to a boil on medium-low heat. Curt and I live on a dairy farm near Manheim. Along with farm ing, we are kept busy with church and school activities. We have been blessed with three daughters, Amber, 14, Amanda, 11, and Ash ley, 6. Pearl Hoover Manheim CHEDDAR CHOW SOUP 2 cups water 'A cup diced carrots A cup onion 2 cups diced potatoes A cup diced celery 1 teaspoon salt A teaspoon pepper Boil together for 20 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Do not drain! Sauce: 'A cup butter 'A cup flour 2 cups milk 2 cups cheese Melt butter, add flour then milk, cook until thick. Add cheese and stir until melted. Add to undrained vegetables. Alma Burkholder Mifflinburg BAKED ALASKA 1 quart solid ice cream, any flavor Pound or sponge cake 4 egg whites V, cup confectioners’ sugar Finely chopped nut meats, optional Place wax paper on bottom of 8- or 9-inch cake or pie pan. Place a one-inch layer of sponge or pound cake on the paper. Place ice cream on the cake the cake should extend V* inch beyond the ice cream. (Form the ice cream into a mound for a striking effect). Cover completely with a thick coating of meringue made by beat ing to a stiff consistency 4 egg whites, then folding in gradually 3 /, cup confectioners’ sugar. The meringue needs to be light and dry. Set in a 475-500 degree oven long enough to brown meringue. May be dusted with nut meats prior to placing in oven. Serve at once after browning. The grandchildren enjoy spend ing time at our farm, which has been in the family since 1860. Catherine Holcombe Mohrsville VEGETABLE LASAGNE 2 tablespoons butter 1 small onion 2 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon salt I'A cups milk 2 tablespoons parlsey IS ounces Ricotta cheese 10 ounces spinach or broccoli (thawed and squeezed dry) 8 ounces mozzarrella cheese 9 no boil or cooked lasagne noodles Make white sauce brown onion in butter, stir in flour, pep per, and 'A teaspoon salt in onion mixture. Stir in slowly milk, 1 cup moz zarella cheese spinach or broccoli, Ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and 'A teaspoon salt. Cook 1 minute. Pour 'A cup of white sauce in 7xll inch pan. Arrange 'A of noo dles over white sauce. Layer the rest of ingredients. Sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over top. Cover lasagne loosely with foil and bake 40 minutes until hot and bubbly. Remove from ov<y and let stand 10 minutes. Serve. / have been married to a dairy farmer for 51 years. We are semi retired, but I don’t think a house wife evir retires. My hobbies are crochet, needlepoint, embroidery, etc., arui reading. We have a daughter and four of our sons are dairy farmers, one a beef cattle and crop farmer. We have 19 grandchildren ages 18. months to 26 years. Marcella B. Barkman Breeze wood GRANDMOTHER’S POUND CAKE 1 cup butter Vi cup sugar S eggs 2 cups flour 'A teaspoon vanilla Work butter until creamy. Heat in sugar and eggs one at a time. When creamy, fill in flour with spoon. Bake in buttered and floured bread tin VA hours in slow oven, about 300 degrees. This is a very old recipe, a fami ly favorite. My husband Karl and / have farmed more than 40 years in Truxton, N.Y. We are retired. My husband is a bird watcher. We have many flow ers. To see them bloom is a joy. We have four daughters, Nancy, Linda, Susi, and Sally Ann. We have five grandchildren and one great grandson. Vera Scott Cortland, N.Y. Karl and Vera Scott, Cort land, N.Y. MAPLE NUT TWISTS V * cup milk '/< cup butter 1 teaspoon maple flavoring Heat to melt butter. When lukewarm, add: 1 tablespoon yeast When yeast is dissolved, add; 1 egg, beaten In bowl, combine: TA cups flour 3 teaspoons sugar 'A teaspoon salt Add liquid. Mix well and add 'A cup flour if too sticky. Knead. Let rise one hour. Divide dough into three equal parts. Roll one piece at a time, put first layer on greased pizza pan. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with one third of the sugar-nut mixture. Top with second layer of dough and sugar mixture. Repeat for third layer. Place thimble in middle of pan, cut into the thimble, into 16 equal parts. Twist each part. Let rise one hour. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Filling Mixture: 'A cup sugar ‘/a cup ground walnuts 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon maple flavoring Mix together really '/ell. Drizzle with thin icing made with; Confectioners’ sugar Milk Maple flavoring, if desired Serve warm or cold. We are a family of seven: Dar ren, 8; Amy, 6; Darla, 5; Mary Ann, 3; and Jerome, 1. We live on a small farm with veal calves and steers. I enjoy the recipes and look forward to Lancaster Farming each week. I also like to sew and garden. Hope you enjoy this recipe. Earl and Donna Martin Ephrata LAYERED PEANUT DESSERT I'-i layer: Vi cup chopped peanuts 1 cup flour A cup butter Blend flour and butter. Add pea nuts and press into 9x13-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. 2nd layer: 'A cup peanut butter 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 8-ounce package cream cheese 2 cups whipped cream topping Cream together cream cheese and peanut butter. Add sugar and whipped cream topping. Spread over Ist layer. 3rd layer: 1 small box (3 ounces) instant vanilla pudding 1 small box (3 ounces) instant chocolate pudding 2 V* cups milk Blend together and spread over 2nd layer. 4th layer Sprinkle the top with chopped peanuts and shavings from one chocolate bar. I live in Mount Joy on a poultry farm that my dad manages for R.W. Sauder. My mother is a reading tutorfor the local school district. I have one brother, Jason, 16, and one sister, Angie, 10. Our favorite family vac ation place is Ocean City, NJ. I enjoy reading, spending time with friends andfamily, and work ing outside. I work at Sauder Egg Company in the customer service department. On weekends I help pack eggs at home on the farm. Jessica Moyer Mount Joy CREAM CHEESE CAKE 14 pound cream cheese 14 pound butter 2 cups sugar 2 cups cake flour 6 eggs (one at at ime) 2 teaspoons vanilla 14cup chopped walnuts (optional) Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees 55-60 minutes. My husband Greg and I have been married 39 years. We have raised three great children who married and pre sented us with four beautiful grandchildren (two since December). We have been very busy travel ing from our home in Wayne to the Jersey shore and Bangor, Pa. (with some stops in Edison, N.J.). Our friends tell us to trade our home for a mobile home. We just can’t see too much of our family ■ Life is grand! Barbara Beach Wayne, NJ. (Turn lo Pag* B 17) Greg and Barbara Beach, Wayne, NJ. have been married 39 years.
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