86-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Juna 17, 2000
(Continued from Pago B 2)
turn in the kitchen once a week to
cook dinner. She always said
when we got married, we would
know how to cook. I think*it
taught me a love for cooking.
I have a wonderful husband
named Jerry and two awesome
children, Ryan, 4, and Kimberly,
2.1 am a stay-at-home mom and
I have been doing Pampered
Chef parties for two years on the
side. My husband drives truck
hauling livestock for Ezra Good
Trucking.
Chrissy Bollinger
Denver
ICE CREAM PIE
Crust:
3 cups rice crispy cereal
Vi cup crunchy peanut butter
Vi cup white Karo
Filling:
1 quart ice cream
Whipped cream
nuts
Warm peanut butter and
Karo until melted. Add rice
crispies. Line 9-inch pie pan.
Freeze with ice cream. Top with
whipped cream and nuts.
Nancy Hershey
Manheim
These grandchildren are Phyllis Stitzel’s pride and joy.
MOTHER’S TOASTED
COCONUT CUSTARD PIE
9-inch pie shell
4 eggs, slightly beaten
Vi cup sugar
Vi teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
V* teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups milk, scalded
1 cup shredded coconut,
toasted to a golden brown
In a large bowl, beat eggs until
light and lemon colored and add
sugar gradually. Add salt, va
nilla, and nutmeg. Pour some
hot mil£ .into eggs, and then
pour all of egg mixture into hot
milk, blend well, and add Vi cup
coconut to mixture.
Pour into pie shell and top
with remaining coconut. Bake at
450 degrees for IS minutes,
reduce heat to 325 degrees, and
bake an additional 30 minutes.
Yield one 9-inch pie.
Food Processor Method:
With steel knife in place, pro
cess eggs, sugar, salt, vanilla,
and nutmeg until blended. With
machine running gradually add
hot milk in a slow stream until
well combined. Add Vi cup coco
nut and process with 2-3 on
and-off bursts. Pour into pie
shell, top with remaining coco
nut and bake as directed.
Our newest grandchild is
Alicia Marie, 7 months. Her
brother Brandon Todd is 2 years
Milk: Ingredient For Happy Families
TAPIOCA PUDDING
3-4 ounces fat-free Jell-O ta-
pioca pudding
8 cups milk
8-ounces whipped cream
topping
Fresh strawberries (optional)
Cook tapioca as directed on
box. Cool. When cooked
down, add whipped cream
and strawberries if desired.
Shirley Horning
Stevens
old. Their parents are Todd ana
Tara Stitzel. Mommy is a house
wife and daddy teaches at Gover
nor Mifflin.
Our other two grandchildren
are Christopher Spatz, 9, and his
sister Stephanie. Christopher is a
student at Rockland Elementary
in Dryville. He has just walked
seven miles for the March of
Dimes with his mother and
grandmother. He and his family
will be helping at a road rest for
the multiple sclerosis, bikers near
Oley. His daddy will bike it from
Lancaster to Kutztown then back
again.
Christopher’s sister Stephanie
helped with food and drinks at
the walk with her dad. Their par
ents are Allen and Lori Spatz,
DryviUe. The whole family is in
volved with March of Dimes and
the MS Bike Ride. Their father
works at Luden’s, a division of
Hershey’s and mother is a
teacher at Daniel Boone Middle
School
Steph is our dancer; Chris, our
builder; Brandon, our cow lover;
and Alicia, our crawler.
Their pappy, mom-mom, and
Uncle Tom also help with the MS
bike run. We also enjoy doing
this to help find a cure for MS
and birth defects. Wouldn’t you
consider doing this next year?
Phyllis Stitzel
Kutztown
CREAMY CHOCOLATE
LACE CHEESECAKE
IVi cups chocolate cookie
crumbs
Vi cup finely chopped al
monds
V 4 cup butter, melted
Filling:
16-ounces cream cheese, sof
tened
Vi cup sugar
3 eggs
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate
chips, melted, cooled
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
Topping:
1 cup dairy sour cream
IV2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon sugar
V2-ounce unsweetened choco
late, melted
Heat oven to 325 degrees.
Butter 9-inch springform pan.
In large bowl, combine crust
ingredients, mix well. Press in
bottom and up sides of buttered
pan, refrigerate.
In large bowl, beat cream
cheese and Vi cup sugar at
medium speed until smooth and
creamy. At low speed, add eggs
one at a time, beating just until
blended. Add melted chocolate
chips, beat well. Add whipping
cream, 2 tablespoons butter, and
1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until
smooth. Pour into crust-lined
pan. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes
or until edges are set. Center of
cheesecake will be soft. Cool in
pan 5 minutes, carefully remove
sides of pan. Cool completely.
In small bowl, combine sour
cream, V/2 teaspoons vanilla,
and 1 teaspoon sugar, stir until
smooth. Spread over cooled
cheesecake. Drizzle with half
ounce melted chocolate. Refri
gerate several hours or
overnight before serving. Gar
nish as desired. Store in refriger
ator.
I love to bake and especially
experiment with new recipes.
This recipe for chocolate cheese
cake is one I tried from a Pills
bury cookbook years ago and
thought was excellent. I entered
it in a chocolate baking contest at
a bazaar at St. Anthony’s
Church, Lancaster, in November
1997, and won first place! The
prize was a trip for two to Atlantic
City. One of the judges, a televi
sion celebrity, told me there was
no doubt in his mind as to who
should place first in the contest
after tasting my entry. Anyone
who loves rich chocolate desserts
will want this recipe.
My mother is an excellent cook
and taught me everything I know
about cooking and baking. Even
though I got married to someone
who loves to eat and moved 50
miles from home 30 years ago,
my mother is still a great influ
ence in my cooking expertise.
She will be 78 years old on July 1,
but is still only a telephone caU
away if I ever have a cooking
question. She is the one who en
couraged me to enter this recipe
contest by mailing me the contest
rules she clipped from Lancaster
Farming newspaper. My dad who
died seven years ago subscribed
to your newspaper for many
years. My mother has continued
the subscriptions since his death
just for the recipes.
Helen Youndt
Denver
Brenda Zellers sent this picture of her grandchildren,
Devon and Dillon Bizarre, riding bikes in the Zellers’ farm
lane.
Julia Doty
CHERRY CRUNCH
COFFEE CAKE
Topping:
Vi cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
Vi cup nuts
Batter:
1 Vi cups flour
V/i teaspoons baking powder
Va teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
Va cup butter, melted
Vi cup milk
1 can cherry pie filling
Combine topping mix and set
aside. Measure flour, baking
powder, and salt. Beat eggs, add
granulated sugar, beating well.
Stir in melted butter, add flour,
baking powder, salt, and milk.
Beat until smooth.
Pour half the batter into a
greased square pan. Spread pie
filling over the batter. Then pour
the remainder of the batter over
the filling. Sprinkle with topp
ing. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-
50 minutes.
My sister Natalie gave me
this recipe. It is so good, she
makes it on every special occa
sion for our family.
We have a farm in Warwick,
N.Y. Our JVt-year-old daughter,
Candace, just loves her job feed
ing the calves, and she will
remind you of that. She always
insists on wearing her cowboy
hat when she goes to the farm.
Julie Doty
Warwick, N.Y.
SOURCREAM
NUT BREAD
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 A cup coarsely chopped wal
nuts
legg
1 cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
1 cup sour cream
V* teaspoon baking soda
Measure* flour, add salt and
nuts, and set aside. Beat egg in
mixing bowl, and add brown
sugar. Stir baking soda into sour
cream, add to sugar' mixture:
Quickly add dry ingredients,
stirring just until smooth. Pour
into greased Bx4x3-inch pan.
Bake one hour in 350-degree
oven. Let stand about 10 min
utes. Remove from pan and cool
on rack.
To serve: Spread slices of sour
cream nut bread with cream
cheese.
We have a 125-acre dairy farm
in upper Carbon County and a
30-head dairy herd. My husband,
Harry, does the planting and har
vesting with son David’s help.
David takes care of the herd and
in his sparetime can be seen on
his dirt bike or 4-wheeler.
Brenda Zellers
Weatherly
CUP CHEESE
24-ounces cottage cheese
1 teaspoon baking soda
Vi teaspoon salt
Vi cup butter
4 slices white American
cheese
Rinse and drain cottage
cheese in colander for 30 min
utes.
Put rinsed curds into bowl
and add 1 teaspoon baking soda.
Let set two hours.
Melt butter, add cheese mix
ture, salt, and cheese. Melt on
low heat or microwave until
smooth. Very good to eat with
your favorite crackers.
Vm now a grandmother to 30
children. We loved the dairy
farm, but age moved us on, so we
built a house close to the farm.
Now our son, his wife, and two
children, take care of the cows
and do the farming.
Martha Martin
Myerstown
(Turn to Pago B 9)