82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 6. 1998
Recipe Entries Pay Tribute To Dairy Farmers
How many of your favorite
recipes include milk, butter,
cheese, or ice cream?
If you’re like most families, you
probably have a whole stash of
favorite recipes using dairy
products.
June is Dairy Month time set
aside to enjoy dairy products. And,
time to honor dairy farmers for
producing wholesome goodness.
The best way to thank a dairy far
mer is to to use more dairy pro
puppet during the family’s farm show In July.
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
A cup milk
'/ cup salad oil
1 egg, beaten slightly
IA cups flour
'A cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
1 cup fresh blueberries
Stir milk and oil into egg. Sift
together and add dry ingredients.
Stir just until flour is moistened.
Fold in blueberries. Fill 12 greased
muffin cups % full. Bake 20-2 S
minutes at 400 degrees.
We have a busy dairy farm,
milking 450 Holsteins. Our
daughter-in-law. Dawn, helps
with our farm show held each July.
Visitors are welcome this year,
July 11-12. She is a small animal
veterinarian and our son, David, is
a partner with us.
I enjoy picking blueberries and
Cynthia Druck with grand
children Rae Gina and Bobby.
BEEF STROGANOFF
l'/a pounds ground beef
3 cups dry noodles
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
Brown ground beef and cook
noodles. Combine cream soups
and sour cream with the ground
beef and add cooked noodles, pour
into casserole dish and cover with
buttered bread crumbs. Bake
uncovered at 350 degrees about 30
minutes.
This is a quick and easy meal to
put together when I’m in a hurry.
My husband, Dwane, and I have
three children, Christopher, 5;
Heidi, 2'A; and Jeremy,
4'/, months. I enjoy reading the . pJ™ istoph ®[’ * nd Pictured here are two big ice cream eaters, Mitchell Den
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ducts. Here are wonderful recipes
from our readers to help you do
just that
The recipes, photos, and wri
teups are part of Lancaster Farm
ing's annual Dairy Recipe Draw
ing. Entries will be printed
throughout the month of June, cul
minating with a drawing at the end
of the month, when Pennsylvania
Dairy Princess Nichole Meabon
will select the winning entries.
my family enjoys eating the fresh
ones.
Anyone visiting in Connecticut
this summer is welcome to tour our
farm, anytime.
Diane Miller
Woodstock, Conn.
SOUR CREAM RASPBERRY
PUDDING
'A cup raspberry preserves
1A cups cold milk
A cup sour cream
1 small package instant vanilla
pudding and pie filling mix
Place 1 tablespoon preserves in
each individual dessert dish. Com
bine milk and sour cream in mix
ing bowl. Add pudding mix. With
electric mixer at low speed, beat
until blended about one minute.
Pour over preserves. Let stand to
set, about 5 minutes. Garnish with
whipped topping and additional
preserves.
My husband and son farm 50
acres and raise corn, wheat, oats,
and hay. They also raise beef
cattle.
I enjoy knitting, embroidery,
camping, and cooking. My grand
daughter Rae Gina enjoys helping
me bake.
My grandson Bobby enjoys
playing games, listening to Bible
stories, and staying with Papaw
and Grandma.
Cynthia Druck
Red Lion
INDIVIDUAL PIZZA CUPS
1 loaf frozen bread dough,
thawed
1 cup spagetti sauce or pizza
sauce
8-ounces mozzerella cheese
Any toppings: ground beef,
sausage, broccoli, etc.
Divide dough into 16 pieces.
Roll each piece into a 4-inch circle
and place each into a greased muf
fin pan. Put 1 tablespoon of sauce
into each cup, top with 1 tables
poon of one topping or
'A tablespoon each of 2 or more
toppings. Sprinkle with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes
or until cheese melts.
I have been married to my hus
band Corey for almost 7 years. We
have three children. Amber, 5:
Nate, 2; and Shelby, 10 months. I
am a full-time mom and wife and I
work part time in the deli of a local
grocery store. I enjoy counted
cross-stitch, crafts, church activi
ties, and being with family and
friends. Our family enjoys camp
ing in our tent when we have the
time. We live on Corey’s father’s
farm in Telford. We have steers
and do some crop farming. Corey
also works full-time for Wayne
Marcho, Marcho Veal Farms. We
plan on some day owning our own
farm.
We like this pizza recipe
because you can put different lop
pings on each one to suit every
one's taste. I keep different pre
pared toppings in freezer bags in
the freezer and put them on frozen.
It makes it convenient to make dif
ferent kinds.
Gwen Landes
Telford
MILK
Where's your mustache?
BANANA SPLIT DESSERT
1 envelope graham crackers,
crushed
2 bananas
'A gallon box vanilla ice cream,
softened and cut into 1-inch thick
slabs
1 cup peanuts
Fudge sauce*
8-ounces whipped cream
topping
Layer all ingredients in the order
listed in a 9x13-inch pan. Freeze
approximately 4 hours. Allow to
thaw 15 minutes before serving.
Delicious!
*Fudgc sauce:
1 cup chocolate chips
'A cup butter
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 large can evaporated milk
Mix together all ingredients and
cook until thick. Remove from
heat and add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Cool before adding to dessert
My husband, Mike, and / have
two boys. Mitchell, 4. and Oliver.
3. Asa family, we enjoy camping,
farming, and attending Mellin
ger’s Mennonite Church.
Mike and I are currently milking
80 cows and farming 200 acres in
partnership with Ken and Bev
Denlinger at Log House Farm.
Our boys love to drive their play
tractors, ride the "real" tractors,
and talk about farming. They've
already learned a great way of life!
I enjoy growingflowers to sell and
caring for my own perennial beds.
Ice cream is a staple at our
house so this recipe is a refreshing
variation on a traditional theme
for us.
Amber, Nate, and Shelby.
DAIRY DELICIOUS DIP
8-ounces cream cheese,
softened
'A cup marshmallow cream,
additionally cream can be added
for a firmer dip.
1 teaspoon lemon juice
In a mixing bowl, combine
cream cheese, marshmallow
From left l» Christine Wil
liams with children, Erin,
Lauren who Is Lebanon
County LI’I Miss, and
Matthew.
cream, and lemon juice; beat until
smooth, may add Chill Serve with
fresh fruit Kids enjoy dunking
fruit into this dip.
Erin, Lauren, and Matthew Wil
liam live on a 135-acre dairy farm
in Swatara Township, Lebanon
County.
They enjoy this dip served dur
ing holidays, birthday parties, and
sleep overs. Their dad David oper
ates the dairy farm with with a
milking herd of approximately 60
Holstein cows, which are milked
three tiems a day and rotalionally
grazed. Christine, their mom, typi
cally teaches agriculture science
courses but took an educational
sabbatical this past semester to
advance her education.
She also had the opportunity to
accompany Lauren, Lebanon
County's Li'l Dairy Miss on sever
al promotions. Mom also cares for
the calves and occasionally milks
the "late" sift.
Christine Williams
Lebanon Co.
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