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Add festive touches to a homemade pound cake or a
store purchased one.
Party Ideas
The house is decorated and
everyone is in a festive mood
it’s holiday entertaining time.
Here are some recipes to serve
delicious treats to guests and make
things simple for the hostess.
TORTILLA ROLL-UPS
8-ounce package cream cheese.
softened
3-ounces smoked salmon,
chopped
3 tablespoon chopped green
onion
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
4 flour tortillas (9-10 inches)
l'h cups fresh spinach leaves
Combine cream cheese, onion.
sour cream, salmon, and dill into
medium bowl. Spread a generous
'/> cup filling on each tortilla; place
spinach leaves on top, leaving a
‘A -inch border. Roll up tightly;.
wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at
least one hour or up to six hours.
To serve, cut into 1-inch pieces.
Noreen Rouse
Sullivan Co. Dairy Princess
CAN-DO DRUMMETTES
1-ounch package original ranch
salad dressing and recipe mix
'/a cup butter
3 tablespoons vinegar
24 chicken drummettes
Va teaspoon paprika
Optional; additional celery
sticks and prepared dip
Melt butter and whisk together
with pepper sauce and vinegar in
small bowl. Dip drummettes in
butter mixture; arrange in single
layer in large baking pan. Sprinlde
with salad dressing and recipe mix.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40
minutes or until chicken is
browned. Sprinkle with paprika. If
desired, serve with celery sticks
and dips. Makes 6-8 servings of
drummettes.
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and clear instructions with each recipe you submit. Send your
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Ephrata, PA 17522. Recipes should reach our office one week
before publishing date listed below.
December
January
I, Saturday, December 18, 1999
HOLIDAY WREATH
COOKIES
30 regular-size marshmallows
V« cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
'h teaspoon green food coloring
4 cups cornflakes
Red cinnamon candies
Combine marshmallows, butter,
vanilla, and food coloring in the
top of a double boiler. Heat sim
mering water until marshmallows
and butter are melted, stirring fre
quently until no streaks of white
remain. Gently stir in cornflakes, a
little at a time. Remove from heat.
Form small cereal wreaths on a pan
that has been greased or lined with
waxed paper. Press cinnamon ber
ries onto each wreath. Cool. Wrap
and store in airtight container.
RASPBERRY SWIRL
CREAM CHEESE
2 packages (3 ounces each)
cream cheese
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
3 tablespoons raspberry pre
serves
Using food processor or elec
tric mixer, combine cream
cheese, yogurt, and sugar. Mix
until smooth. Alternate spoon
cream cheese mixture and rasp
berry preserves into small serv
ing bowl. Gently stir in circular
motion to form swirls, do not mix
completely. Serve immediately
or store covered in refrigerator
up to 5 days. Serve as a spread
for bagels, English muffins or
toast Note: If mixture separates
during storage, stir to blend
25 - Christmas Dinner
1 - Lentils
8 - Beef
15 - Soup's Ready
MEDITERRANEAN BEEF
PINWHEELS
Preparation time; 35 to 40 minutes
Chilling time. 2 to 4 hours
3/4 pound well-trimmed deli
roast beef, thinly sliced
1 container (8 ounces) soft cream
cheese with chives and onions
4 large (10-inch) flour tortillas
1 cup finely chopped, seeded
cucumber
1 cup pitted, chopped Kalamata
or ripe olives
Spread cheese evenly over
one side of each tortilla. Top
each with equal amounts of
cucumber and olives. Layer deli
roast beef over olives, leaving 1/2
inch border around edge. Roll up
tightly; wrap in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours or
up to 4 hours before serving.
To serve, cut each roll cross
wise into 8 slices; arrange cut
side up on platter.
Makes 32 appetizers.
Cook’s Tip: Assemble pin
wheels up to 4 hours in advance
of serving; store covered in the
refrigerator.
Rita Moore
Lebanon Co.
SWEET AND CHEESY
CRACKER TOPPER
1 ounce cubed or sliced
Colby-Jack
1/4 cup each sliced apple, pear,
grapes, and strawberries
6 water crackers (rye crisp
crackers, soda crackers)
6 pre-cut mini carrots, 1 celery
stalk, 2 broccoli or cauh
flower flowerets
Noreen Rouse
Sullivan Co.
6 ounces nonfat yogurt
Top crackers with slices of
cheese and fruit. Have fun by
mixing different cheeses and
fruits with crackers, then round
out your snack with vegetables
and yogurt Enjoy l
CHRISTMAS TORTE
1 loaf pound cake (10-12
ounces)
1 cup ricolta cheese
'/< cup plus 2 tablespoons pow
dered sugar, divided
'/< cup chopped dried cranber
ries or cherries
'/»cup plus 2 tablespoons
chopped pistachios, divided
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon seedless raspberry
preserves
Cut cake crosswise into 3 equal
layers. Combine ricotta cheese,
7< cup sugar, cranberries, V« cup
pistachios, and orange juice. Place
on cake layer on plate. Spread with
half the cheese mixture. Top with
remaining cheese mixture. Top
with remaining cake layer. Beat
whipping cream and remaining 2
tablespoons sugar until almost
still. Set aside 'h cup; frost cake
with remaining mixture. Place
reserved whipping cream in pastry
bag with star tip. Pipe diagonal
lines onto top of cake. Pipe around
top edge of cake. Spoon preserves
and remaining 2 tablespoons pista
chios in alternate lines on top of
cake. Refrigerate about one hour
or up to 4 hours. Cut into slices.
Norecn Rouse
Sullivan Co. Dairy Princess
An apple tart baked in a quiche dish or tart pan adds a
decorative touch.
HOT APPLE BUTTER
PUNCH
yield. 4-3/4 cups
1 quart milk
2/3 cup apple butter
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Combine all ingredients in a
2-quart saucepan. Heat slowly
to serving temperature.
Featured Recipe
Easy Entertaining Contest
Submit your easy-entertaining ideas and you could win a boun
ty of kitchen appliances from Hidden Valley® and Whirlpool®
Corporation.
Send a letter (and a photo, if appropriate) that briefly describes
(in two pages or less) your most creative and simple original enter
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Judges will select the 10 best ideas (based on originality, ease
of preparation/implementation and general appeal) and post these
ideas on the Hidden Valley® Web site.
The 10 winners each will each receive a food processor. From
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Beginning now through March 15, send your easy entertaining
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Hidden Valley Easy-Entertaining Contest
P.O. Box 9328
Seattle WA 98109
Be sure to include your name, address, and phone number.
Entertaining ideas and photos will not be returned and become
the property of the HV Food Products Company. Contest is open
only to legal residents of the United States (except residents of
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The contest entry deadline is March 15, 2000. Winners will be
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Party Pefect Pinwheels
1 packet (1 oz.) Hidden Valley Original Ranch Salad Dressing
& Recipe Mix
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
2 green onions, minced
4 (12-inch) flour tortillas
1 jar (4 ounces) diced pimento
1 can (4 ounces) diced green chiles
1 can (2.25 ounces) sliced ripe olives
Mix first three ingredients. Spread on tortillas. Dram vegeta
bles and blot dry on paper towels. Sprinkle equal amounts of veg
etables on top of cream cheese, roll tortillas tightly. Chill at least 2
hours. Cut rolls into 1-inch pieces. Discard ends. Serve on a festive
platter with spirals facing up. Makes 3 dozen pinwheels.
PESTO DIP
‘A cup prepared pesto
2 cups dairy sour cream
Combine pesto and sour cream;
mix well. Chill before serving.
Noreen Rouse
Sullivan Co. Dairy Princess
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