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.