88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4, 2003
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
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pe. Sometimes we receive numerous answers to the
same request, but cannot print each one.
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ANSWER Jenna Burns, Telford, is hoping
to find a recipe for “Poor Man’s Fruit Cake,”
which was a relative’s recipe that was lost. The
only thing that she knows about it is that it has
boiled white raisins and was baked in a tube
pan.
QUESTION R. Emerson, Gordonville, wants
to know where to buy a black diamond water
melon.
QUESTION Mrs. Simon Yoder, Garrett, re
quests a recipe for pickled green tomatoes with
dill.
QUESTION Joane Merkel writes that her
husband wants a recipe to make elderberry
wine.
QUESTION Norma Breininger, New Tripoli,
wants a recipe to make wet walnuts similar to
those used in making ice cream sundaes.
QUESTION - Pat Elligson-Millers, Md., Is
looking for a recipe for cooked cabbage slaw in
which the cabbage is chopped, cooked, drain
ed, and tossed in a creamy yellow cooked
sweet and sour dressing.
QUESTION A Lancaster County reader
wants recipes for cream of mushroom soup
that tastes like Campbell’s condensed mush
room soup.
QUESTION Rita Oshman, Bloomsburg,
would like the recipe for canned tomato juice
cocktail that was published last year. She lost
the recipe.
QUESTION Luci Essig, Bernville, wants
recipes to make trifles.
QUESTION Peggy Chirico, Canadensis,
wants a recipe to make pumpkin butter that
tastes like the kind made by Baumans.
QUESTION Ruth Klingler, Selinsgrove, re
quests recipes for vegetable breads.
QUESTION A steady reader wants a recipe
for “snails,” such as the ones sold at The Pie
Shoppe, Laughlintown. “Snails” are cookies
made with pie dough and rolled in cinnamon
and sugar.
QUESTION A Fleetwood reader is looking
for a recipe to duplicate a cake purchased at
the outdoor Farmer’s Market, Coudersport. It is
a yellow cake with an orange marmalade glaze
made in a 4x7-inch pan. The vendor called it a
“sitting cake” because once you started eating
it, you could not stop until it was gone. “How
true,” the reader reports.
QUESTION Margaret Grieff, Sidman, wants
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Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
October
11 National Veal Month
18 Autumn Flavors
25 Pumpkin, Squash Recipes
November
1 New Green On The Scene
a recipe for fillings and dough to make “Hot
Pockets.”
QUESTION Brenda Martin, Reinholds,
wants a recipe to make soy sauce.
QUESTION Joyce Shoemaker, Mount Joy,
wants a recipe for corn fries that taste like
those served at Oregon Dairy Restaurant. She
writes that the corn fries look like French fries.
ANSWER Marion Capp wants recipes
using cooked red cabbage. Thanks to Frances
Homa, Alpha, N.J., for sending in the following
recipe.
Hot Red Cabbage
2 tablespoons salad oil
1 medium head red cabbage (4 cups
shredded)
2 medium apples, chopped
2 cups hot water
% cups vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
Vi teaspoon salt
Heat oil and add remaining ingredients. Cook
until the apples are tender. Makes six servings.
ANSWER Esther Steinhauer, Clayton, Del.,
was looking for a recipe for quince jam and ad
vice on how to process it. She also would like
other good recipes using quinces. Thanks again
to Frances Homa, Alpha, N.J., for sending in the
recipe.
2 quinces
2 apples
2 quarts water
3 pounds sugar
Grate quinces and apples and put them in
water and sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and
continue boiling the liquid for a half hour. Pour
into glass container.
ANSWER Sylvia King, Lancaster, wanted rec
ipes for cookies in a jar and also bars in a jar.
Here are a few ideas from Rachel Click, New
Holland.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Vi teaspoon nutmeg
Vi teaspoon salt
% cup brown sugar
Vi cup sugar
% cup raisins
2 cups oatmeal
Combine the first five ingredients in a bowl
and set aside. In a quart jar, layer sugar, rai
sins, and oatmeal, packing well. Top with flour
mixture.
To use:
3 A cup butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter, add mix, egg, and vanilla, and
mix well. Bake at 350 degrees.
White Chocolate
Macadamia Nut Cookies
I V* cups sugar
Vz cup chopped macadamia nuts
3 (1.4 ounce) white crunch candy bars,
coarsely chopped (press this layer firmly)
2 cups flour
Vz teaspoon baking soda
Vz teaspoon salt
Layer ingredients in order, given in a one
quart wide-mouth canning jar. Press each layer
firmly in place before adding next ingredient.
Baking instructions: Empty cookie mix into a
large mixing bowl. Thoroughly blend mix. Add:
Vz cup butter, softened
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix until completely blended. Dough be
comes stiff; you will need to finish mixing with
your hands to smooth dough.
Shape into walnut-size balls. Place two inch
es apart on sprayed baking sheets.
Bake at 375 degrees 12 to 14 minutes until
tops are very lightly browned. Cool five minutes
Apple Harvest Festival
Set For Adams County
BIGLERVILLE (Adams Co.) This weekend and
next, Oct. 4-5 and 11-12, the South Mountain Fair
grounds, Arendtsville, will be alive with sights, scents, and
sounds of the 39th National Apple Harvest Festival. The
fairgrounds are tucked into the heart of apple country 10
miles northwest of historic Gettysburg.
The National Apple Harvest Festival is sponsored by
Upper Adams Jaycees. Admission: Adults $7; Senior Citi
zens (62 and above) $6; Children under 12 are free. Park
ing is included. Group rates and shuttle bus service are
available. Pets are not allowed on festival grounds.
For information, contact The National Apple Harvest
Festival, P.O. Box 38, Biglerville, PA 17307, phone (717)
677-9413; fax (717) 677-4961; e-mail: applehar
vest@cvn.net or www.appleharvest.com.
Quince Honey
on baking sheet. Remove cookies to racks to
finish cooling. Makes 2Va dozen cookies.
Sand Art Brownies
Layer in quart jar:
Vs teaspoon salt
Va cup and Va cup flour
Vs cup cocoa
Va cup flour
Vs cup brown sugar
Vs granulated sugar
Va cup chocolate chips
Va cup vanilla chips
Va cup chopped walnuts
Put lid on top. Cover lid with fabric and rib
bon. Attach the following note with the jar:
Combine the contents of this jar with:
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vs cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
Pour batter into greased pan and bake at 350
degrees for 32 to 37 minutes in a 7XII-inch
pan or 27-32 minutes in a 9X9-inch pan.
Oatmeal Chip Cookie
Mix In A Jar
Vs cup all-purpose flour
Va teaspoon baking soda
Va teaspoon ground cinnamon
Va teaspoon salt
Vs cup packed brown sugar
Vs cup granulated sugar
% cup chocolate or butterscotch chips
1 Va cups quick or old-fashioned oats
Va cup chopped nuts
Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and
salt in a small bowl. Place flour mixture in one
quart jar. Layer remaining ingredients in order
listed above, pressing firmly after each layer.
Seal with lid.
Attach following directions:
Vfe cup softened butter
1 large egg
Vz teaspoon vanilla
Beat butter, egg, and vanilla in large mixing
bowl until blended. Add cookie mix; mix well.
Drop by rounded tablespoons unto ungreased
baking sheets. Bake in preheated 375 degree
oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets
for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack.
ANSWER Bea Johnson, Rising Sun, Md.,
writes that she remembers her grandmother
making apple dumplings, but she did not use a
whole cored apple. Instead, she peeled and
sliced the apples to put them in the crust. Bea
would like the recipe. Debbie Reynolds,
Wrightsville, sent in a recipe that her husband
attests is “the best.”
Apple Dumplings
Dough:
2 cups flour
% cup butter-flavored vegetable shortening
pinch salt
1 teaspoon sugar
5-6 tablespoons water until dough holds to
gether
Roll a portion of the dough on a floured sur
face. Cut an area to the size dumplings you
like.
Core, peel, and slice apples and put as many
slices as you like in the center. Dot with butter
and sprinkle with a mixture of cinnamon and
sugar. Fold up edges and seal with a dab of
water. Sprinkle with more cinnamon and sugar.
Carefully transfer to a cookie sheet. Bake at
350 degrees for approximately 40 minutes, until
crust is golden. Eat warm or cold with vanilla
milk.
1 glass milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon sugar
Fiber Recipes
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Peel and cut yams into 'A-inch slices, and steam Ar
range layer of yams on bottom of oiled, small baking
dish. Dot with margarine. Top with layer of prunes. Al
ternate layers until all is used. Blend the rest of the in
gredients together and pour over potatoes and prunes
Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes. Makes 3 serv
ings.
BEAN BURRITOS
116-ounce can pinto beans
1 tablespoon oil
1 package (10) flour tortillas
Vi cup chopped onions
1 cup grated American or Longhorn cheese
Chopped lettuce
Salsa or taco sauce
Mash drained beans and heat in oil until hot. Simmer
and stir over low heat until thick. Heat flour tortillas
until warm and soft. Spread about 2 tablespoons of
beans on the tortilla. Add cheese, onions, lettuce and
salsa if desired. Fold one side of the tortilla un about JL
inch, then roll. Makes 5 servings. one
Vanilla Milk