These Folks Are In The ‘MooocT For Great Dairy Recipes
The daughters of John and Barbara Randall, Llnnell and
Serita, with their best dolls.
BAKED MACARONI
AND CHEESE
2 cups dry elbow macaroni,
cooked in boiling water
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons grated onion
Salt and pepper to taste
2 cups milk
12-ounces grated sharp Cheddar
cheese
Cook onion in butter, then stir in
flour, seasonings, and milk to
make a thin sauce. When it comes
to a boil, stir in cheese and remove
from heat. When cheese has
melted, add cooked macaroni.
Place in 2-quart casserole and cov
er. Bake at 350 degrees for 30
minutes, then uncover and bake IS
minutes.
Double or triple for a crowd.
Any combination of pasta and
cheese is the favorite supper for
our daughters.
We have a hay, grain, and dry
bean operation in the Finger Lakes
Region of New York state.
My husband John and I have
two daughters: Linnell is 12, and
Serita is 9.
I volunteer at their school two
mornings a week, teaching writing
skills, and when I’m not helping
John, I make quilts to order and do
hand quilting for other
patchworhers.
Barbara Randall
Bloomfield, NY
Swartz family, Annville, sent in a recipe for homemade
pizza pockets.
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MADE FROM
SCRATCH PANCAKES
l'/i cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon baking soda
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 beaten eggs
2 cups buttermilk
3 tablespoons melted butter
Combine dry ingredients. Mix
beaten eggs and buttermilk. Stir
into dry ingredients. Blend in
melted butter. If you like, stir in
about V* cup fresh blueberries or
about 'A cup chopped pecans. Pour
batter onto hot griddle or skillet.
Bake until edges are cooked; turn
and bake on other side. Serve with
butter and syrup. You may use
fresh fruit as a pancake topping.
Makes about four or five servings.
lama single lady living with my
older brother and a sister. We are
on our 127-acre farm in Cumber
land County where we raise wheat,
oats, barley, hay, and corn. We
also do a large amount of garden
ing. We attend market in summer
when our vegetables do well. I like
flowers too. My sister and I really
enjoy Section B in "Lancaster
Farming," and have used many
recipes.
My special hobby is writing
poems. My brother and I are
seventh degree Grangers.
Melva Wright
Newville
CREAM OF CRAB SOUP
2 cans cream of potato soup
2 cans cream of celery soup
1 pint half and half
1 cup milk
Vi cup butter
1 small onion, diced fine
1 tablespoon Worchestershire
sauce
1 tablespoon Old Bay or to taste
'A teaspoon pepper
Combine all ingredients in a
crock pot. Heat on low for approxi
mately six hours. Add:
1 pound lump or backfin crab
meat before serving. Delicious
served with hot, crusty buttered
rolls.
My husband and I live in Mt. Airy,
Md. in a 150-year-old house. We
have spent the past 14 years
remodeling and restoring this 11
room house. Together we have 8
children, 5 boys, and 3 girls, and
12 grandchildren, 9 girls and 3
boys.
In Westminister, Md., I am
employed as an administrative
assistant for Dairy Farmers of
America, the largest milk coopera
tive in the U.S. My husband works
for Southern States in Ml. Airy as
fertilizer manager.
We both were raised on farms
and farmed during previous
marriages.
We are members of Salem
United Methodist Church, where
my husband serves as lay leader
and adult Sunday School teacher. I
am part of the drama group that
does improvisation during church
services.
I collect cows of all shapes and
sizes and have a small collection of
Mary Moo Moo’s. I also enjoy
sewing, cross stitching, and trying
new recipes. Special little people
in my life are granddaughters’
Amber Nicole and Leigh-Ann
Marie.
Donna Wiles
Mt. Airy, Md.
CHERRY DESSERT
1 to 114 packs graham crackers
9 tablespoon butter
1 can chary pie filling
16-ounces cream cheese
2 cups sugar
16-ounces whipped cream
topping
Crush graham crackers, mix in
butter. Press in bottom of
HXI3-inch pan. Bake in oven at
3SO degrees for 8-10 minutes. Let
cool.
Mix softened cream cheese,
sugar, and whipped cream. Pour
onto crust
Pour pie filling on top. Refrig
erate until firm. Enjoy this dairy
dessert.
Rebecca Corman
Cumberland Co. Dairy Princess
HOMEMADE
PIZZA POCKETS
1 loaf frozen bread dough
‘A pound mozzarella cheese
7< pound cbcddar cheese
'A cup parmesan cheese
Pizza sauce
‘A cup butter, melted
1 cup diced peppcroni
Raise bread according to pack
age directions, roll out into 4-inch
by 6-inch rectangles. Mix melted
butter and parmesan cheese. Brush
mixture on dough.
In bowl, mix pepperoni, moz
zarella, and cheddar cheeses and
sauce. Spoon mixture on each
bread rectangle. Fold together and
crimp edges to seal tightly. Brush
top with remaining butter and par
mesan mixture. Place on cookie
sheet and bake at 375 degrees for
20-30 minutes. Makes 6-8 pockets.
Marj Swartz
Annvillc
Bernie and Cindy Smith with children Tracy and Eric farm
600 acres in Huntingdon County.
BROCCOLI NOODLE SOUP
'A cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons butter
2 small cans chicken broth
4-ounces fine noodles
3 cups milk
1 small jar mushrooms
14 pound Velveeta cheese,
cubed
1 package frozen broccoli,
cooked
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cook onions in butter until soft
Add 2 cans chicken broth. Bring to
a boil. Add noodles, code. Add salt
and pepper to taste. Add milk
mushrooms, cheese, and cooked
broccoli. Simmer and save.
Recipe can be frozen and
reheated in crock pot.
This recipe is from my sister-in
law Darlene Smith Rhine. I take it
to church suppers and other pot
luck meals.
My husband and I, alpng with
our twi> children, Tracy, 26, and
Eric, 20, farm about 600 acres in
Tyrone, Huntingdon County. We
raise hay, soybeans, and corn, and
milk 200 head of Holsteins.
I realty enjoy “Home on the
Range. Only wish, there were more
of it.
Cindy Smith
Tyrone
EASY CHEESY DIP
12-ounces cream cheese
12-ounces sharp cheddar cheese
1 small jar blue cheese dressing
Have cream cheese at room
temperature. Grate Cheddar. Put all
ingredients in mixer bowl and
blend well. Serve with variety of
crackers.
We are dairy farmers near
Hagerstown, Md. Our house and
yard have cows of all shapes and
sizes decorating them. I enjoy try
ing new recipes and my husband
and boys are my brave tasters.
Ellen Martin
Hagerstown
>andace Monroe Doty at the family farm in Warwick, N.Y.
PEANUT BUTTER PIE
Crust for 9-inch pan:
2 cups grahams or oreo crumbs
6 tablespoons melted butter
Filling:
I'h cup cream, whipped
Set aside.
Mix together:
1 cup peanut butter
8-ounce package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
Fold in whipped cream slowly.
Pour into crust Chill several
hours. Drizzle with fudge topping.
Chill again for 30 minutes. Serves
eight
We enjoy life on a dairy farm
with our children, who are willing
helpers. We use lots of milk and
dairy products.
Anna Musscr
Manheim
PINEAPPLE
CHEESE PIE
1 pound cottage cheese
1 cup milk
Vi cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg
20-ounce can crushed pineapple
drain juice
Mix all ingredients together and
put in an unbaked pie shell.
Sprinkle top of pic with cinnamon
and nutmeg.
Bake at 375 degrees for 45-50
minutes.
This recipe was given to me by a
friend and I made it for the first
time Dec. 23,1997. That evening I
went into labor and had my first
child on Christmas Eve. I had a
beautiful tittle girl, Candace Mon
roe Doty, and she loves her dad
dy ’sfarm. We have a small farm in
Warwick, N.Y., with about 73
cows, including heifers.
Julie Doty
Warwick, N.Y.
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