If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send
your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question
Corner, in care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609,
Ephrata, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a self-ad
dressed stamped envelope. If we receive an answer to
your question, we will publish it as soon as possible.
Check your recipe to make sure you copy the right
amounts and complete instructions for making the reci
pe. Sometimes we receive numerous answers to the
same request, but cannot print each one.
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same address. You may also e-mail questions and an
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QUESTION Carol Fulkroad, Millersburg,
would like a recipe for frozen yogurt, which can
be made in a 1 Vb-quart ice cream freezer
QUESTION - E. H. Martin, New Holland,
wants to know if it is possible to make your
own frozen bread dough. If so, does it need to
rise before freezing or is it shaped and then
frozen? A complete recipe would be appreciat
ed.
QUESTION Vera Moore, Gettysburg, is
searching for an oatmeal muffin recipe that
had been printed on the large Quaker oatmeal
box about eight years ago. The ingredients in
cluded applesauce and brown sugar.
QUESTION Mary Long would like to know
how to make a brine in which to preserve cu
cumbers during the winter months.
QUESTION Shirley Schwoerer, Wysox,
wants a recipe to make biscotti.
QUESTION Since October is Popcorn Pop
ping Month, N. Kring, Somerset County, would
like a recipe for kettle corn, which is a sweet
ened, salted popcorn sold at county fairs and
festivals.
QUESTION S. Duggan, Swanton, Md.,
writes that she is embarrassed to ask for a rec
ipe for chocolate banana drink published in
this paper within the last several weeks. She
cut out the recipe and lost it. We are embar
rassed that we don’t know which recipe she
means. But if anyone clipped out the recipe,
please send it in to be reprinted.
QUESTION - Gerald Myers, Wellsville, is
looking for a recipe for preserving eggs.
QUESTION Fay Strickler would like a reci
pe for Ezekial bread.
QUESTION Linda Fletcher wants a recipe
for roasted sunflower seeds.
QUESTION - Marsha Wagner, Mount Wolf,
wants a recipe for the “Snickers” dessert
served at Shady Maple Smorgasbord.
QUESTION Helen Kofron, Claymont, Del.,
wants a recipe for ground beef barbecue that
tastes like that served at Shady Maple patio.
When Choosing Interior Colors, Take Room-By-Room Tour
(NAPSI) You want a home with style, comfort and
personality. But how do you choose colors that transform
builder-beige walls into a personal statement?
First, ask yourself what colors you like. Use colors that
make you feel good rather than what you see in design
magazines or your neighbor’s house. One hint: choose
colors that draw compliments when you wear them.
Next, take a room-by-room tour of your house, starting
with public spaces where family and friends gather. For
these rooms, use warmer colors from your palette of fa
vorites.
Foyer The entrance is a transitional space that gives
visitors their first impression of the home and links the
rooms around it. Make it a welcoming space with warm,
even high-drama colors: arresting red, sunshine yellow or
blackened olive.
Living room-Most people want this room to be a tran
quil, formal space for entertaining and relaxing. Colors
Cook’s
Question
Comer
QUESTION A reader requested an old rec
ipe for clear bean soup made with fresh pork.
QUESTION - W. Elicker, Dillsburg, wants an
old-time recipe for sour pickles.
QUESTION Durwood Tuttle, Knoxville,
makes sweet pickles in a crock that he stores
in a cellar. About three weeks ago, a gray fuzzy
mold formed all over the crock. He washed the
crock thoroughly with bleach water but it
doesn’t keep the mold from forming again. Any
help would be appreciated.
QUESTION Rachel Musser is searching for
a spaghetti sauce recipe that tastes similar to
Prego pasta sauce (traditional).
QUESTION A Newburg reader would like
recipes for jams and jellies or fruit spreads
without sugar or artificial sweetener. She’d like
recipes that taste similar to brands such as Po
laner’s All Fruit, Spreadable Fruit, or Smucker’s
Simply 100% Fruit.
ANSWER Barbara Blank, York, wanted a
recipe for homemade sauerkraut and the best
time to make it. Thanks to an anonymous read
er for sending a instructions and for writing
that the fall cabbage crop is for making good
kraut now.
5 pounds shredded cabbage
3 tablespoons coarse salt
Do not use iodized salt, use pickling salt.
Combine salt and cabbage and press until juice
appears. Repeat process until enough kraut
fills 3-5 gallon crock. Keep crock of cabbage at
50-60-degree temperature in order for it to fer
ment. Usually takes about 6-8 weeks.
Use a plastic bag filled with water to weigh
down the crock cover. Check to make sure
brine always covers the cabbage.
ANSWER - Pat Elligson, Millers, Md., want
ed a recipe for Devil’s Food Tunnel Cake. Eliza
beth Keener, Chambersburg, sends a different
version than the reply printed two weeks ago.
Elizabeth writes that she believes this recipe
was a Pillsbury Bake-Off recipe. Pillsbury later
released a box cake similar to this. Elizabeth’s
recipe card for this very stained indicating
much use. Elizabeth also writes that she uses
light olive oil in baking and cooking as much as
possible. There is no olive flavor in foods and
her LDL cholesterol has dropped dramatically,
which she attributes to this practice.
Elizabeth believes that Rumford baking pow
der (it is a phosphate baking powder) produces
much better baked goods than other types of
baking powder.
Coconut Fudge Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and
flour any type of large tube pan.
For the filling, beat until smooth:
% cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
8-ounces softened cream cheese
1 egg
Stir in and set aside:
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate mini chips
Vb cup flaked coconut
For the cake batter, beat one minute at high
speed:
2 cups sugar
1 cup cooking oil
2 large eggs
Beat in:
1 cup hot coffee
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Sift together and add, beating just until blend
ed. Do not overbeat:
3 cups sifted cake flour
should be subtle, but still warm. Good choices include
dark ivories, grey-toned tans and sages.
Dining room-Colors here should promote appetite and
conversation, and reflect the homeowner’s entertaining
style. Mandarin orange and curry have an exotic effect,
while azure blue with oxford cloth white produces a
cheerful look.
Family room-An upbeat space that cries out for intense
colors. Anything too subtle can leave this room with un
derachieving walls. Options include terracotta, coral,
gold and cobalt blue.
Kitchen-Make it inviting. Cabinetry and appliances in
fluence color choice: butter pecan looks great with oak
cabinets, while plums and taupes show off white cabinets.
If there’s an attached family room, bring in colors from
that room.
A home’s private spaces are where family members go
to read, work, sleep or escape. Serene colors turn private
rooms into relaxing havens.
Sauerkraut
% cup baking cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Vz cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Stir into batter and pour into prepared pan.
Spoon filling over batter. Bake in preheated
oven for 70-75 minutes or until cake tests
done. Cool in pan 15 minutes then remove to
rack to finish cooling.
For the glaze, combine and pour over cooled
cake:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1-3 tablespoons hot water
ANSWER Pat, Hancock, Md., requested a
recipe for Cookie Mix in a jar. Thanks to Audrey
Minns and other readers for sending many dif
ferent recipes. Here are a few. More will be
printed in upcoming months because many
readers request these to prepare for holiday
gifts.
Julia’s Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies In A
1% cups all-purpose flour
% teaspoon baking soda
Vz cup granulated sugar
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
Vz cup packed brown sugar
Combine flour, baking soda, granulated
sugar, and chocolate chips. Place half the mix
ture in a clean quart-sized glass jar, packing
firmly. Place the brown sugar on top, again
packing firmly. Place the remaining flour mix
ture on top. Cover with a lid.
Attach an index card with the following di
rections: Empty contents of jar into bowl. In
separate bowl, combine the following:
% cup butter
1 Vz eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat until creamy. Add to dry mixture. Drop
by tablespoonful onto an ungreased cookie
sheet, and bake in a preheated 375 degree
oven for 8-10 minutes.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Chunky Chocolate Cookie Mix In A Jar
% cup packed brown sugar
Vz cup granulated sugar
V* cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Vz cup chopped pecans
1 cup jumbo chocolate chips
1 3 A cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
V«teaspoon salt
Mix together flour, baking soda, baking pow
der, and salt. Set aside.
Lyaer ingredients in order into 1-quart wide
mouth canning jar. Make sure you pack all
down firmly before adding the flour mixture—it
will be a tight fit. Note: Wipe down the inside of
the jar after you add the cocoa powder.
Instructions to attach to jar:
Chunky Chocolate Cookies
Empty cookie mix into large mixing bowl.
Use hands to thoroughly blend mix. Add:
% cup butter, softened at room temperature.
Do not use diet margarine. Add:
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix until completely blended. The dough is
sticky, you will need to finish mixing with your
hands. Shape into walnut-sized balls and place
2 inches aprat on parchment-iined baking
sheets. Do not use waxed paper.
Bake at 350 degrees for 11-13 minutes. Cool
5 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to racks to
finish cooling. Makes three dozen cookies.
Bedroom-Emphasize colors that evoke comfort and
tranquility. Periwinkle blue and candleglow yellow can be
an appealing combination.
Bath-Many women consider the bath their personal
sanctuary, and the right color can make it a true escape.
Consider sunny yellow, or perhaps the serenity of watery
blues and soft greens.
Home office-If it’s used as a workspace, choose bright,
clean colors that keep energy up. If it’s used in the eve
ning for curling up with a book or surfing the Web, go for
calmer, deeper colors like taupe and dark sage.
When choosing colors for your home, consider your
lifestyle, what you use the room for and what you want
the space to say about you. But the basic question should
always be: What colors make me feel good?
For more paint and wallcovering ideas, visit the web
site www.duron.com.
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