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with our three daughters, live
on a dairy farm near Manheim.
In addition to our farm work
we enjoy church activities and
spending time with our family
and friends.
This candy recipe takes time
to make but is worth the extra
effort.
Pearl Hoover
Manheim
BIG DROP
SUGAR COOKIES
2 cups sugar
V 2 cup butter
1 cup buttermilk
3 eggs
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda (dis
solved in buttermilk)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Vi teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream sugar and softened but
ter; add eggs. Mix flour and
cream of tartar well; add salt.
Mix baking soda with buttermilk
and add alternately with flour
mixture.
Drop by teaspoonfuls on greas
ed cookie sheet and bake 350-375
degrees for 10-12 minutes until
brown or spring up when touch
ed. You may add chocolate chips
or raisins.
This recipe was in the Lan
caster Farming paper a long
time ago and my family loves
them and they are so easy.
My husband, William, has
been a subscriber to Lancaster
Farming for many years. We
live on a farm in southern
Huntingdon County where we
raise beef cattle. We are parents
of three children, six grandchil
dren, and three grand dogs. I
really enjoy the ladies section
of the paper and enjoy trying
the recipes they offer.
DeVora Black
Three Springs
RHUBARB CREAM
DELIGHT PIE
Crust:
1 cup flour
'A cup sugar
Vi cup butter
Rhubarb Layer:
3 cups fresh rhubarb, cut into
'/2-inch slices
Vi cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
Cream Layer:
12 ounces cream cheese, soft
ened
Vi cup sugar
2 eggs
Topping: .
8 ounces sour cream
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix crust and put into a
10-inch pie plate.
Combine rhubarb layer, toss
lightly, and pour into crust. Bake
at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
For cream cheese layer, beat
Logan, 2, loves helping
his parents, Vernon and
Sharon Horst on their Mary
land farm.
Dairy Month With Flair
cream cheese and sugar until
fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time
and pour over hot rhubarb. Bake
at 350 degrees for 30 minutes till
set.
Combine topping and spread
over hot pie. Chill.
We do not live on a dairy
farm, but do enjoy dairy prod
ucts, This recipe was given to
me by my cousin who loved
rhubarb. Our six children enjoy
the farm. We have lots of ani
mals: goats, guinea pigs, rab
bits, chickens, etc. Our son
raises a few mice. We feed heif
ers and pigs.
Louise Hoover
VEGETABLE DIP
2 packages (8-ounce) cream
cheese
16 ounces sour cream
'A cup sugar
6 tablespoons sour cream and
onion powder
2 tablespoons Cheddar cheese
powder
Soften cream cheese then add
the rest of ingredients. Serve with
fresh vegetables, chips, crackers,
etc. This is a very delicious dip
recipe and simple to make.
My husband, Merv, and I,
along with our family of six
children live in the beautiful
hills of Juniata County. Our
oldest son, Jason, will be 16
years old in several weeks. Fol
lowed by Ann Merlene, 13; An
thony, II; Susan, 9; Marilyn, 6;
and Michelle, 2.
We operate a 126,000 layer
chicken house and farm com,
soybeans, and hay. Merv also
deals in used' equipment. A
farm is a great place to raise a
family although at times it gets
very busy.
I enjoy cooking and baking
for my growing family. Being a
homemaker is a very high call
ing and a rewarding job. Most
of us enjoy reading the Lancas
ter Farming and of course my
favorite is the B-section, The
homestead notes and Joyce
Bupp’s articles are my favor
ites.
Anna Ruth King
East Waterford
LOVELY LITTLE
LEMON CAKE
VA cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter
(one stick), at room temper
ature
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
Vi cup milk
1 tablespoon finely grated
lemon zest
Vi cup chopped pecans or wal
nuts (optional)
Lemon Syrup:
'A cup sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour an 8-inch tube
cake pan or 1 pound loaf pan.
In a medium bowl, stir and
toss the flour, baking powder,
and salt. Set aside.
With a mixer, mix butter and
sugar on medium until nice and
fluffy, approximately 2 minutes.
Remember to use room tempera
ture butter for best results! Add
the eggs one at a time, thorough
ly blending after each one. Then
slowly add flour mixture, milk,
and lemon zest. Beat this all to
gether until smooth. Lastly, stir
in the nuts if using.
Spoon your batter into prepar
ed pan and bake until a tooth
pick inserted in the center comes
out clean. Approximately 50-60
minutes.
While cake is in oven, prepare
the lemon syrup. Combine lemon
juice and sugar. Sugar probably
won’t dissolve completely but
not to worry. Just keep stirring
occasionally.
Remove the cake from oven
and put on wire rack to cool.
Gently poke holes in top of the
cake all over. Spoon syrup over
top of cake. Continue to cool the
cake for IS minutes or so, then
remove the cake and cool com
pletely.
I live in Reading with my
husband and our three beagles.
/ have a small custom frame
shop and my husband, Charlie
Miller, is the Pennsylvania
sales representative for Dairy
Master milking systems. We are
both do-it-yourselfers having
many projects. Too many
aren’t finished either! But we
love life and thank the Lord for
His blessings which are many.
I have grown to enjoy and
appreciate making our meals
as compared to eating prepared
food. We know what we are
eating and it costs so much’less.
Besides it’s fun and we could
all use much more of that in all
our lives. I hope you enjoy this
cake as much as I do.
Manheim
BANANA CREAM PIE
1 cup milk
1 small package instant vanilla
pudding
x h teaspoon vanilla
12 ounces whipped topping
1 graham cracker crust
2 ripe bananas
In a mixing bowl, beat pudding
and milk on low speed for 2 min
utes. Beat in vanilla; fold in 3
cups whipped topping. Pour VA
cups pudding in crust. Layer with
banana slices and pudding mix
ture. Top with remaining whip
ped topping. Garnish with addi
tional slices of banana.
Refrigerate until firm. Makes 8
servings.
We live on a dairy farm in
Rising Sun, Maryland. We
milk 140-145 cows. Our
2-year-old son, Logan, loves it
on the farm, I look forward to
getting some new recipes. This
is a very simple but delicious
pie.
Rising Sun, Md.
MACARONI AND CHEESE
4 cups macaroni (short or long)
2'A cups shredded mild Ched
dar cheese
A cup chicken broth
1 cup milk
1 egg, (can be omitted)
'A stick butter
'A cup cracker crumbs, crushed
'A teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
Cook macaroni in boiling
water for 20 minutes. Add tea
spoon of salt. Drain and put in a
buttered 9x 13-inch pan. Layer,
alternating macaroni and cheese
(reserve Vi cup cheese for on top).
Sprinkle layers with pepper, dot
layers with butter. Beat egg and
add to milk. Pour mixture over
layered macaroni and cheese.
Crush cracker crumbs and put on
top and pour chicken broth over
all. Bake at 350 degrees for Vi
hour or if you want it to be
browned more bake 10 minutes
longer.
I am 72 years old and have
15 grandchildren and six great
great grandchildren. I have
three sons and one daughter. I
have lived on the same farm for
fifty-two years and raised all
my children here.
We always have a big
These are the children of Merv and Anna Ruth King.
Christmas dinner at the farm
house! There are usually thirty
seven, at least, in total. Every
one always finds a place to eat
somehow. We all have a won
derful family time and the food
is homemade for the dinner!
How good God has been to us.
Faye Copeland
Berkeley Springs, W.Va.
Chris Ziegler
Reading
1 package saltine crackers
V* pound velveeta cheese
2 tablespoons onion, chopped
chopped ham or sausage
2/i cups milk
4 eggs, beaten
/i teaspoon mustard
dash of pepper
Put a layer of crackers in
12x8-inch baking dish. Cover
with cheese slices, onion, and
meat. Repeat layers and top with
cheese. Combine milk, eggs, and
seasonings. Pour over cracker
mixture. Let set 30-40 minutes or
overnight. Bake at 325 degrees
for 50 minutes.
This is one of our favorite
breakfast dishes. We enjoy
looking through Lancaster
Farming every week and it’s al
ways fun to try new recipes.
Sharon Horst
GOLDEN SHEET CAKE
2'A cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
\'A cup sugar
3 tablespoons baking powder
A cup butter
1 cup milk
2 eggs
VA teaspoon vanilla
Sift together dry ingredients in
mixing bowl; add butter, milk,
eggs, and vanilla. Mix all togeth
er and pour into greased
5!/2xlo'/2-inch pan. Bake at 350
degrees for 18-20 minutes. Allow
to cool in pan. Put frosting on if
you would like to. Makes 24
2'/’-inch square servings.
We are dairy farmers, own
300-acres, and milk 60 cows.
Marion Messersmith
New Albany
FRUITY MILKSHAKES
I'A cup frozen fruit
I/2 cup cold milk
'A cup sugar
Vi teaspoon vanilla
pinch of salt
5 ice cubes
Put all ingredients in blender
on high speed until ice is crushed,
about 25 seconds. Serve inunedi-
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CRACKER PUFF
Sadie Glick
Ronks
ately. Makes approximately 6
cups.
Note: use strawberries,
peaches, cherries, or fruit of your
choice.
This is a cold refreshing
drink on a warm sunny day.
We live on a dairy farm and
often make this after the chores
are done.
Erla Hoover
Schuylkill Haven
CHEESEBURGER PIE
1 pound ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
/i teaspoon salt
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 eggs
'A cup Bisquick
1 cup milk
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
Grease 9-inch pie plate. Cook
beef and onion till beef is brown;
drain. Spread in pie plate. Sprin
kle with salt and cheese. Stir re
maining ingredients, pour into
pie plate, and bake 25 minutes.
I make this cheeseburger pie
as it is so easy to make and
tastes so good. My family realy
likes it.
Grace Shetter
Alburtis
CHOCOLATE
THUMBPRINT
COOKIES
V/i cup butter
2 cups sugar
3 egg yolks
6 tablespoons milk
3 teaspoons vanilla
3 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
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Faye Copeland, Berkeley
Springs, W.Va.