88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 22, 2003
If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send
your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question
Comer, 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.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same
address. You may also e-mail questions and answers to
LGOOD.EPH@LNPNEWS.COM
QUESTION A reader would like instruc
tions on how to use powdered vanilla. What is
the amount of powdered vanilla needed to
equal one teaspoon of liquid vanilla? Does
using only the powder make good vanilla flavor
or should it be dissolved in liquid first?
QUESTION Mrs. Philip Miller, Gettysburg,
is looking for a recipe for barley soup. Her
daughter tasted it at a restaurant in Rockwell,
Md., and said the soup was delicious.
QUESTION Charles Dodson wants a recipe
for parched or toasted corn.
QUESTION - Claire Wedell, Lumberton, N.J.,
needs a recipe for a good sweet potato pie to
make for Thanksgiving so rush those recipes
in for the deadline.
QUESTION L. Z., Manheim, is searching
for a casserole recipe called Straw Stacks,
which is eaten with tortilla chips. She writes
that this recipe is different than Hay Stacks or
Mexican Hats.
QUESTION A Lititz reader is looking for
cookie recipes and hors d’ourves to serve dur
ing the holidays.
QUESTION - Cristy Updike Trass, Interla
ken, N.Y., is searching for a recipe for dog
bones and would like recipes for amaretto
chocolate fudge and cherry vanilla fudge. She
believes the cherry vanilla fudge contains mar
aschino cherries and walnuts.
QUESTION Jacqueline-Robert Daniel had
a recipe for a chicken coating that included
wheat germ, Romano cheese, and spices. Does
anyone have the recipe to share?
QUESTION Patricia Harden, Trappe, Md.,
wants a recipe for chow chow that tastes like
that served at Shady Grove Restaurant.
QUESTION - Helen Groff, New Bloomfield,
would like a recipe for Hungarian Goulash to
make and serve with cooked noodles.
QUESTION A faithful reader from Cumber
land County would like recipes to make really
light fluffy country-style biscuits and all kinds
of doughnut recipes especially the cake type.
QUESTION A Manheim reader would like
recipes suitable for people following the Atkins
Diet (high protein, low carbs).
QUESTION Peggy Chirico, Canadensis,
wants a recipe to make pumpkin butter that
tastes like the kind made by Baumans.
ANSWER Mary Shaffer wanted recipes for
apple blossom cake and a marble spice cake.
Martha Martin wrote that this marble cake reci
pe sounds like Mary Shaffer’s description for
apple blossom cake:
Marble (Apple Blossom) Cake
Mix 2 cups granulated sugar and % cup
shortening.
Add 5 teaspoons baking powder, Va teaspoon
salt, IVa teaspoon vanilla, % cup milk, and 3
cups flour. Beat for 2 minutes.
Beat 6 egg whites. Add V 2 cup sugar after
eggs are beaten, then beat again. Add to batter.
To V 2 cup batter add red food coloring and
mix.
Melt one square baking chocolate with V«
teaspoon baking soda. Add to V 2 cup of batter
and mix.
Swirl batters together and place in 8 to 6V2
inch layer pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes.
Marble Spice Cake
White part:
Beat Va cup shortening with 1 cup granulated
sugar.
Add 2 teaspoons baking powder, Va tea
spoons salt, and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Beat 2Vs cups cake flour, Vs cup milk, and 4
egg whites, stiffly beaten.
Add egg whites to batter and stir in.
Dark part:
Beat 1 cup shortening with 1 cup brown
sugar.
Add 4 egg yolks, Vs cup molasses, 1 teaspoon
baking soda, Va teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon
cinnamon and cloves, Vs teaspoon nutmeg,
and 2 cups cake flour. Beat with 1 cup
sour milk.
Drop alternate spoonfuls of each batter into
large greased tube pan, so as to make a marble
effect.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
Creamy cocoa frosting:
3 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
Va cup shortening
Va cup salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Va cup strong coffee
-From Mennonite Cookbook ,
ANSWER Audrey Balogh of Blooms
bury, N.J. provided several recipe answers.
For Richard Klickman of Quakertown she
sent:
Zucchini Cookies
Vz cup margarine, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 cup grated zucchini
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Vz teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Vi teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup raisins
In a medium bowl, cream together the mar
garine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg
then stir in the zucchini. Combine the flour,
baking soda, salt and cinnamon; stir into the
zucchini mixture. Mix in raisins. Cover dough
and chill for at least 1 hour or overnight.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees
C). Grease cookie sheets. Drop dough by tea
spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Cookies should be about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated
oven until set. Allow cookies to cool slightly on
the cookie sheets before removing to wire
racks to cool completely.
Iced Pumpkin Cookies
2Vt cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Vi teaspoon ground nutmeg
Va teaspoon ground cloves
Vz teaspoon salt
Vs cup butter, softened
1 Vi cups white sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine
flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon,
nutmeg, ground cloves, and salt. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream together the Vi cup
of butter and white sugar. Add pumpkin, egg,
and 1 teaspoon vanilla to butter mixture, and
beat until creamy. Mix in dry ingredients. Drop
on cookie sheet by tablespoonfuls and flatten
slightly.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated
oven. Cool cookies, then drizzle glaze with fork.
To make glaze: Combine confectioners’
sugar, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1
teaspoon vanilla. Add milk as needed, to
achieve drizzling consistency.
For Luci Essig of Bernville:
Strawberry Trifle
1 pound cake
2(10 Vfe ounce) packages frozen strawberries
1 (3 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
1 cup chilled whipping cream
V* cup sugar
V 4 cups toasted, slivered almonds
fresh strawberries
Make vanilla instant pudding according to
package directions.
Cut pound cake into cubes. Place half in a
trifle dish or pretty glass bowl. Prepare pudding
(either cooked or instant) according to package
directions. If cooked, allow to cool. Pour half of
strawberries over cake. -Pour half of pudding
over strawberries. Repeat layers of cake.
strawberries and pudding. Whip cream with
sugar. Spread over top and garnish with sli
vered almonds and fresh strawberries.
ANSWER Ralph Webb, Farm Grove, want
ed diabetic recipes, especially a diabetic icing
recipe for cake. Susan Weaver of Richfield sent
this as a possibility:
Note: Diabetics must make sure that the amount of
sugar in this recipe is not excessive.
Beat-’N-Eat Frosting
3 /« cup sugar
V* teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg white, unbeaten
V* cup boiling water
Place sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla, and egg
white in a small, deep bowl. Mix well. Add boil
ing water to the egg white mixture. Beat until
mixture stands in stiff peaks. Makes 3 cups of
frosting. Sprinkle with shredded coconut.
ANSWER Esther Zimmerman wanted reci
pes to can deer meat. Norma McClure of York
provided the following:
Canned Venison
Cut deer meat in cubes and pack in clean
(sterilized) Jars.
Add 1 teaspoon of salt to each Jar.
Wipe rim of Jar, put on sterilized lid, and
tighten by hand. Do not add water to jars.
Have water heating in canner, but don’t let it
get too hot before adding jars. After all the jars
are placed in the canner, make sure the water
level comes to the neck of the jars. When the
water comes to a boil, begin timing. Boil for
about 3 hours.
Christkindlmarkt Festival
At Hershey Museum
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) German traditions, holi
day treasures, and unique shopping combine at the Her
shey Museum’s tenth annual Christkindlmarkt Holiday
Festival and Market: Friday, Dec. 5, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat
urday, Dec. 6, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 7, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
Sponsored by Fox’s Markets, Christkindlmarkt will in
corporate Pennsylvania German Christmas customs into
festive activities for the entire family just steps away from
Hersheypark’s Christmas Candylane and Hershey’s
Chocolate World. Highlights will include:
• Artisan’s market representing over 40 vendors offer
ing unique hand-crafted gifts including copper jewelry,
quilts, early American decorative painting, stained glass,
woven rugs, basketry, porcelain ornaments, cookie and
butter molds, toys, stoneware pottery, and folk art.
• Festival Cafe serving traditional German foods from
Bavarian wurst, German potato salad and chicken com
soup to apple dumplings and Shoofly pie.
• Dazzling displays of beautifully decorated trees,
many with historical themes.
• Silent auction with proceeds to benefit the Museum’s
educational programs.
• Holiday greens sale with a large selection of wreaths,
swags, and centerpieces created by the staff of Hershey
Gardens.
• Weekend-long entertainment and activities.
Group Brings Back
Churchtown Christmas Tour
CHURCHTOWN (Lancaster Co.) It has been 10
years since the Caernarvon Historical Society sponsored a
Christmas tour of Churchtown. Once again, on Sat., Dec.
6 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., you will have the opportunity to
visit some historical homes and businesses adorned in
their holiday attire.
A collection of antique toys will be on display at the
160-year-old Caernarvon Presbyterian Church, the His
torical Society’s headquarters.
Built in 1742, Windsor Forge Mansion will once again
be open. Other places on the tour are the Evans House,
home of State Representative Gordon Denlinger and his
family, the Churchtown Inn Bed and Breakfast, the
James Hyman House (built circa 1776), the Village Bam
Antiques, and the internationally known Smucker’s Har
ness Shop where harnesses used for the trolley cars at Dis
neyland and a well-known Budweiser Christmas commer
cial are crafted.
There will be a limited number of tickets available. The
cost is $l5 per ticket. They are available by writing to the
Caernarvon Historical Society, Christmas Tour, P.O. Box
28, Narvon, PA 17S5S. Checks should be made payable to
the Caernarvon Historical Society.