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Breader Bowl and Onion Blossom Maker Set -
view a quick video and discover how to use
both to make the perfect onion blossom.

Last year I made this for Christmas morning. I made it the day before, put in fridge wrapped in clear wrap.
This is easy to make.

Raspberry Jelly Roll
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1 tsp Watkins Vanilla
3/4 cup flour OR 1 cup cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
powdered sugar
2/3 cup raspberry jelly, jam, or use strawberry
Heat over to 375º. Line jelly roll pan with parchment paper, aluminum foil or waxed paper:; generously grease paper. Beat eggs in a small bowl with electric mixer on high speed about 5 minutes or until very thick and lemon colored. Pour eggs into medium bowl. Gradually beat in sugar. Beat in water and vanilla on low speed. Gradually add flour, baking powder, and salt, beating just until batter is smooth. Pour into pan, spreading to corners.

Bake 12 - 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately loosen cake from edges of pan and turn upside down onto towel generously sprinkled with powdered sugar. Carefully remove paper. Trim off stiff edges of cake if necessary. While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end. Cool on wile rack at least 30 minutes.

Unroll cake and remove towel. Beat jelly slightly with fork to soften; spread over cake. Roll up cake. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Tomorrow egg nog.

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For every Watkins order placed before 12/20 your name goes into the pot for 1 or 2 hard backed books I am giving away.

From: Siggy & Ditto’s Uncle
I went to Ohio to visit my brother Ralph (Bud). I fist saw him when he came home from the Hospital. He was weak but in Good Spirits. During the 4 days of the visit he regained strength and the swelling on his arms reduced to normal size. Since this is Nancy’s brother your prayers have been well appreciated.

Included in this email is a recipe for Croatian Stuff Cabbage (Cleveland Style).

I notice that most recipes for Stuffed Cabbage includes tomatoes or tomato soup. While I did grow up with that type of stuffed cabbage I have become very fond of Croatian Stuffed Cabbage, as made by most of the immigrants I know here in Cleveland, which has no tomatoes added. Below is one such recipe also note the recipe calls for pickled cabbage, here in Cleveland Zagreb Meat market offers these, they are whole heads of cabbage made like you would make sauerkraut. Dobar tek!

Stuffed Cabbage
2 heads pickled cabbage
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. smoked ham, chopped
1/4 c. smoked bacon, chopped
2. tbsp. flour
1 c. uncooked rice
2 tsp. paprika
1 onion, chopped
1 egg
2 tbsp. oil
1 lb. smoked ham hocks or pork ribs
salt and pepper to taste

Fry bacon in its own fat. Add onion and saute five minutes. Remove from heat and drain excess fat. Allow to cool slightly, combine with ground beef, chopped ham, rice, egg, 1 teaspoon paprika, salt and pepper, remove large outer leaves of the cabbage, place filling in each leaf and roll up from center to outer edge. Tuck sides into center to hold roll together.

Cut remaining cabbage into strips. Add another half pound of sauerkraut, if desired. Place half the sauerkraut in the bottom of a large pot. Arrange cabbage rolls over sauerkraut. Add smoked ribs or ham hocks. Cover with remaining sauerkraut. Heat oil and brown flour in it. Add a teaspoon of paprika and water to make a thick roux. Cook for 5 minutes. Pour roux over cabbage rolls. Add water to cover cabbage and simmer over low heat for 1/2 to 2 hours until rice is fully cooked. Do not stir cabbage rolls while cooking. Instead, shake pot occasionally to prevent sticking. Transfer to warm serving dish.

By the way sarma is thought by some to come from a Turkish word meaning "to roll".
Source: Robert Jerin

Recipes have been added to the following pages today
Alphabetical Recipes Index for 2002
Alphabetical Recipes Index for 2003

Hi Nancy & associates: Replies to 12-8 newsletter:

Helen in Omaha NE: Cream Cheese Bars: Newsletter 11-27-07
Patricia in Ky: N/L Tona in Bama's Rave Cake Oct. Recipes
Debi in NC..Nuts in Crockpot..Sugared Walnuts Oct. Recipes
Crockpot Cajun Pecans..Oct. Recipes

Boots in Va; I have seen clear plastic hangers made for jewelry in some catalogs. You might make a personal hanger, use card board shaped like something of personal interest or hobby, cover with contact paper, punch holes for the pierced earrings, or attach ribbon across the board in strips so earrings could be stored on ribbon. A ribbon or hook could be attached to the top (or back) for a hanger.

Mary D La Fayette Ga & Dee in S. Il.. Check Splenda Website for sugar free Trifle and Pecan Pie.

Evelyn S. Ctrl Tx:

ONE-POUND EQUIVALENTS
2 cups butter
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
3 1/2 cups powdered pugar, packed
2 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
2 cups milk

EQUAL SWEETNESS CHART
2 tsp sugar = 1 pkt Equal or 1/4 tsp. Equal
1 Tbs.sugar= 1 1/2 pkts. Equal or 1/2 tsp.Equal
1/4 C sugar = 6 pkts. Equal or 1 3/4 tsp. Equal
1/3 C sugar = 8 pkts Equal or 2 1/2 tsp. Equal
1/2 C sugar = 12 pkts. Equal or 3 1/2 tsp. Equal
3/4 C. sugar = 18 pkts Equal or 5 1/2 tsp. Equal
1 Cup sugar = 24 pkts. equal or 7 1/4 tsp. Equal

Jack in Ohio: Honeysuckle ground turkey makes good turkey jerky. I don't have the press so roll the meat out between 2 sheets of waxed paper, remove top layer of paper and cut jerky mixture into strips and then into small squares, put in dehydrator. Margaret, Tulsa

Fudge, divinity and candy recipes
Jar Gift Mix Recipes

A blessed Christmas to you Nancy and all of our Nancyland folks. To Boots in Va. you can display the earrings, pins, broaches, any type of jewelry on velvet that has been placed over a lightweight cardboard and secured. (like the back of a notepad for instance). Just push earrings thru, pin on from back of velvet, or the cardboard if it is lightweight enough. Size everything so that the final result will fit a photo frame. This is a great way to display them for a gift. Then give the earring trees that everyone has been talking about, just in case they want to use the items, as they would be easier to access and put away. I have a small collection of costume jewelry, rhinestones, bakelite, etc. that I have collected over the years. I display them for all to see in this manner, and found a lovely old antique picture frame to put them in. I placed mine on the black velvet, but you could use any fabric you like, velour or others. This is more for display than for daily use. Hope this helps.

While I am here, I have a recipe some might like at this holiday time.

Nadya's Christmas Candy
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
5 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 egg.
Place in double boiler and stir until butter melts and mixture resembles custard.
Remove from heat and add :

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup coconut
1/2 cup chopped Walnuts or pecans. (Your choice)
Pack evenly in 9" square pan.

Cream 1/2 cup butter. Combine with 2 Tbsp. Custard Dessert mix and add to the creamed butter. Blend in 2 cups powdered sugar and spread over the first mixture. Let stand 15 minutes or until firm.

Melt 4 squares semi-sweet chocolate with 1 Tbsp. butter and spread over the mixture. Cut in finger lengths or squares. This really isn't difficult and it is very good. Enjoy.
Laurine in NNY on the border

2 Ingredient fudge recipes and variations tried by our family of recipe members.

In Nancy's 12/8 Newsletter Yolanda asked for a recipe for a chocolate cake with vinegar and no eggs. I searched for a chocolate cake recipe with vinegar and no eggs and found the following recipe.

No Egg Wonder Cake
1-3/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tbsp. vinegar
1 cup cold water

Preparation:
Sift dry ingredients together into a mixing bowl. Add remaining ingredients and beat until almost smooth. Pour into a greased and floured 9 inch square baking pan. Bake at 350º for about 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Frost cake or serve with whipped topping.

Hope this is what you are looking for.
Marie-Pembroke MA

I am looking for the old timey chocolate cake with home made cooked chocolate frosting. I thought some of our older cooks may know what I am talking about. My husband has been asking for one, and our youth pastor at our church ask if I would bake him one for Christmas. Hope your brother is doing better!
Betty T. Ga.

I have a question! What is dough builder used for! Why I asked is a friend of mine has a store and he got a load in and it had sacks of dough builder in it and we didn't know what it was used for! Would appreciate your help! Thank you for your help! I have never heard of it!
Mary H

Hi Nancy and Recipe Lovers! This is an easy cookie recipe that I just got. I had some of these cookies at work! They are wonderful! I am going to make some this weekend!
No name included with message (BD)

One Cup of Everything Cookies
1 C. butter softened
1 C. brown sugar
1 C. white sugar
3 eggs
1 C. peanut butter
1 C. chocolate chips
1 C. flour
1 T. baking soda
1 C. oatmeal
1 C. raisins
1 C. pecans - chopped

Preheat oven to 350° F. Beat margarine, both sugars, eggs, and peanut butter until creamy. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop by tablespoonfuls on cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Makes approx 9 dozen.

The mini peanut bites are great with chocolate but you can also use the white bark and dip . I also use the larger crackers add peanut butter and dip in both the chocolate and the white. .Makes a lot of cookies fast.

Nancy have a great Christmas and a good new year Get some rest over the holidays and hope your brother is feeling better. The best Christmas to all our brothers and sisters out there.
Jean Cecil FL/VA

This is for Lisa, East Texas. I hope this is the cake by Paula Dean that she wants, I have used this recipe and it is to die for!

JAMIES COCONUT CAKE
Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake but substitute 1 cup canned, unsweetened coconut milk for regular milk, recipe follows
Filling
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup sour cream
4 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup flaked, sweetened coconut

Frosting
1 recipe 7-minute Frosting
Flaked, sweetened coconut, for sprinkling

Follow directions for Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake, substituting coconut milk for regular milk. While cake is baking, prepare filling. Stir together sugar, sour cream, milk, and coconut in a bowl until well blended. Remove cake layers from oven and allow cake to remain in pans as you prepare to stack and fill. Remove first layer and invert onto cake plate. Using the wrong end of a wooden spoon, poke holes approximately 1-inch apart until entire cake has been poked. Spread 1/3 of filling mixture on cake layer. Top with second layer, repeat process. Top with last layer and repeat process again. (As I stack layers together I stick them with toothpicks to prevent cake from shifting).
Prepare 7-Minute Frosting. Frost top and sides of cake. Sprinkle top and sides of cakes with additional coconut.

Yield: 1 (3-layer) cake
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Ease of preparation: Easy

Basic 1-2-3-4 Cake:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups sifted self-rising flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans. Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Add sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed. Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4 inches above counter, then dropping it flat onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done. Cool in pans 5 to 10 minutes. Invert cakes onto cooling racks. Cool completely and spread cake layers with your favorite frosting to make a 3-layer cake.

Yield: 3 layer cakes
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 25 to 30 minutes
Ease of preparation: Easy

7-Minute Frosting:
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar or 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup water
2 egg whites
1-1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Place sugar, cream of tartar or corn syrup, salt, water, and egg whites in the top of a double boiler. Beat with a handheld electric mixer for 1 minute. Place pan over boiling water, being sure that boiling water does not touch the bottom of the top pan. (If this happens, it could cause your frosting to become grainy). Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 7 minutes. Beat in vanilla.
Source: Paula Deen
Comments about Recipe
Billie in FL

This recipe was also sent in by Ann B

Joyce in Kentucky, Pecan Pineapple Cake recipe. It was in October 10th Newsletter.
Enjoy! Gloria, Indiana

Rosemary P RE terrycloth bib aprons
I love them but could not find them so now I make them for the whole family *grin*

The advantages are that they can be made to the sizes you need and they cost MUCH less than buying them (about a third of the cost...) and are extremely simple to make. When I have the time I also embroider or appliqué them.

Have a happy holidays to everyone in Nancy land, a special hug to Siggy and Ditto and prayers for your family, Nancy, as well as all who need them.
Sybil, aka Angel in Sherbrooke

From the Dec. 5 newsletter:
Re: Dear Nancy and All, I was watching the food network this weekend and they were having different chefs with different cookies. Anyways, This particular chefs first name was Ina and her last name was I think Garten she was making cookies from a pie dough and had a very thin layer of jam over the dough. Then in another bowl she mixed up walnuts, raisins and brown sugar and I think something else. Then she lay the layer over the jam layer and rolled IL all out with a rolling pin then cut the dough into triangles and rolled them into crescents and baked them up. Oh I hope I've made sense to someone because I am looking for this recipe if anyone should happen to have it, Colleen

Colleen, I haven't read all of the recent newsletters, so if you have gotten your answer before this, I apologize. The cookie you are looking for is called Rugelach. The cook is Ina Garten. Here is the link to the show and recipe that you are looking for.

Merry Christmas to all of you wonderful people!
Mary in Oregon

I would like to tell everyone that Ii made the Vanilla and Chocolate Spritz from Prepared Pantry
http://www.preparedpantry.com
and they are wonderful .
Judi in Mass

When serving a Breakfast Quiche is it customary to have some type of bread or is it a stand alone dish?
Nicol in MS

This is from my niece, Audrey ---

I made a special gift for your recipe club friends for Christmas. It's on this blog post: http://www.daisiecompany.com/blogs/audreyjeanne/?p=295

I created a Gingerbread Man Cookie Recipe card that they can down load with and without the recipe. I hope they'll enjoy it!

Hugs and Love and a Merry Christmas to you!!! Love Always, Audrey

Italian Cheese Ball
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
8 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1/3 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon chives or green onion, chopped
2/3 cup black ripe olives, coarsely chopped
1/3 cup walnuts, finely chopped

Blend cream cheese, blue cheese and butter. Add chives and olives. Mix well and form into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill a few hours or overnight. Roll in chopped walnuts before serving. Serve with Wheat Thins or other similar crackers.
Tona in Bama

Hello
I am looking for an chocolate slices recipes that is usually made at Christmas time. Does anyone have a great one to provide?
Happy Holidays, Fran, Utica, New York

Date Macaroons
2 egg whites
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat egg whites until stiff and dry. Add remaining ingredients in order given. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto well-oiled baking sheet.

Bake in slow oven (325) until delicate brown. Cool before removing from pan.
Makes 2 dozen.
Tona in Bama

To Helen in Mississippi
Can your Lemon Fruitcake recipe be made into cookies? If so, what oven temp and for how long should you bake them for. They sound delicious. I know many people don't care for fruitcake in my home, but I love it. I would like to try this for Christmas your recipe. I would like to try them as cookies. Please let me know.
Happy Holidays, Fran, Upstate New York

This is for MillieD in Baltimore
I got this from Nancy's a couple of years ago and it's wonderful.
This is the best breakfast casserole I have ever made and I've made several different ones. Hope you enjoy it.

Farmer's Strata
Preheat oven to 325º
1 pound sliced bacon, cut into 1/2" pieces
2 cups chopped cooked ham
1 small onion, chopped
10 slices day old white bread, cubed
1 cup cubed cooked potatoes (I buy them in a can)
3 cups (12 oz.) shredded Cheddar cheese
8 eggs
3 cups milk
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. ground mustard
pinch salt & pepper

In skillet, cook bacon until crisp; add ham and onion. Cook and stir until onion is tender; drain. In greased 13 in x 9 in x 2 in baking dish, layer half

of bread, potatoes and cheese. Top with all of the bacon mixture. Repeat layers of bread, potatoes and cheese. In a bowl, beat the eggs; add milk, Worcestershire

sauce, mustard, salt & pepper. Pour over all. Cover and chill overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 min. before baking. Bake, uncovered at 325º for 65

to 70 minutes.
Peggy from East Tennessee
Proud Grandmother of an American Soldier.

Tracy in Atlanta

Hi Nancylanders
I have 2 requests that are cooking related but not recipes. I am hoping someone will be able to help me!

I brought a yummy Mexican casserole in my Pyrex set to church for our Advent dinner on Wednesday night. Someone took all of the lids that were on a counter and threw them into my carrier. I have tried my best to clean it using warm soapy water and it still smells a bit. Weren’t even in there for an hour, but boy did it make a mess. I don’t think I can wash the carrier – any helpful hints?

This is trickier, last year at Christmas I brought a dessert to some friends. We didn’t finish all of it and the daughter begged me to keep it (I don’t even remember what it was but it was good!). She promised she would return my silicone bakeware and tray before she went bake to college. Well – just got it back last night … must want a refill for this year! The Dad is a very heavy SMOKER and my silicone baker is embedded with smoke smell. My husband wants me to toss it – I only had it a year before they had it for a year – as I have had it soaking in Dawn all day and then just ran it through the dishwasher. It still reeks badly of smoke. Any ideas? I really don’t want to waste a lot of time on it, and my husband said he will not eat anything out of it anymore, but I can’t bear the thought of throwing it out either.

Thanks so much for any help on either of these … I know things usually come in 3’s so I may have another request soon!
Happy Holiday season to all.
Lynn in KY

I haven't seen a fruitcake recipe like the one we always make. Our family does NOT like fruitcakes , but will eat this one. It is really good!

1 # whole pitted dates
3 cups brazil nuts, whol1 cup maraschino cherries, add a few green for color

Mix and pour over the above and toss to coat:

3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

Beat 3 eggs till foamy and add 1 tsp. vanilla.
Mix all together..

Use a good sized bread pan. Grease well and line with wax paper. Grease wax paper as well. Pour in and bake 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 min, or until it looks done.
Very good. Enjoy!

Love this site, and I have copied soo many recipes that i want to try. I try a couple of new ones every week, and there are just the two of us, so you know who eats most of the baked goodies!
Keep up the good work, Nancy.
Merry Christmas to all. Rosie, IA

Merry Christmas and happy baking to all. this is a wonderful and easy pan cookie and Yes, you do bake it for 1 hour at 275. They melt in your mouth. I call them rubber glove cookies because it is so much easier working with disposable gloves to press them out with on the pan. I think they are Norwegian in origin.
Roz in Indy

Jan Hagel Cookies
Combine and cream till very pale in color
1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar

The add and beat really well:
1 egg yolk (save remaining egg white)
1 tsp cinnamon

Then add:
2 Cups flour

Then put on rubber gloves, spray them with pam, and lightly spray a jelly roll pan size or an equivalent size cookie sheet. And spread very thin. You may have to spray gloves occasionally and spread mixture with more flour as you are pressing it out.

When done with that:
Lightly mix egg white and spread over top of the mixture. Sprinkle with a little sugar, then cover with finely ground nuts of your choice, pressing them down in slightly. Then sprinkle your choice of spices over top, cinnamon or nutmeg, etc.

Bake at 275 for 1 hour. When done, immediately cut into about 3 x 3 inch squares or little less. Then cut from corner to corner, making them little triangles. When cool, remove from pan. Using a pizza cutter works just great for doing this.

Date and Nut Bars
1 cup pecans or walnuts, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup dates, pitted and chopped
3/4 cup sifted flour, divided
3 eggs
1-1/2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10x10-inch non-stick baking pan. If it's an older pan without the non-stick, then grease, line with waxed paper, and grease again.

Place chopped nuts and dates into a bowl. Add about 1 tbsp of the flour and mix with your fingers until dates are coated and mixed with the nuts. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, Beat the eggs, add sugar gradually and beat until fluffy. Sift together remaining flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to the egg mixture and stir until well mixed. Stir the date and nut mixture into the batter. Spread in the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until cake rebounds to the touch when pressed gently in the center. Remove from oven, cool slightly; turn out of the pan and cut into bars measuring 1 x 2 1/2-inches. Makes 40 small bars.
Tona

Hi, this question is for Tona from Bama....for the Rave Cake, I don't have an angel food cake pan, would two 8-inch round pans work? or perhaps a bundt cake pan? Thanks!
C2K from NY

Just a little note, all you ladies out there that use a slow cooker, they make a liner for them, it really really and I mean really saves time, just make what you want , and throw out the liner.
No clean up,
Marlene of Fl.

For Connie in TX....My niece makes green bean bundles and this is her recipe. We all like it.
Patricia in AL

Machelle’s Green Beans Bundles
3-4 cans slender green beans, drained
bacon strips, cut in half

Heat oven to 350°. Wrap bacon around 3 whole green beans. Put in casserole dish. Cover all with Catalina “lite”salad dressing. Use lite because the bacon will add the fat. Bake 1 hour.

Hello every1!!
Wanted to send in one of my favorite Christmas tin treats :) Can you send in your favorites, so maybe I can add then to my list???
Thanks :)
Gina -in Indiana

Poor Man's Turtles/Mock Turtles
Miniature pretzels (twists)
Rolo Candy
Pecan halves
Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Put pretzels on foil. Put 1 Rolo candy on top of each pretzel. Put in a preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately put one pecan half on top of Rolo candy mashing it down to fill the pretzel. Refrigerate until set. Store in a tight sealing dish.

MillieD in Baltimore is looking for a breakfast casserole she can prepare ahead of time for her neighbors. The following is a very good breakfast casserole and even though it calls for making it just before eating I bet you could do this the night before and just add a little baking time to it. Connie in TX

Cheesy O'Brien Egg Scramble
1 pkg.-28 oz.-frozen hash brown potatoes
1/2 t. garlic salt, or to taste
1/4 t. pepper, or to taste
1 can cheddar cheese soup, undiluted
1 lb. bacon, cooked and crumbled
12 eggs, lightly beaten
2 T. butter
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese (8 oz.)

In large skillet prepare hash browns according to pkg. directions. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Transfer to a greased 2 1/2 qt. baking dish. Top with soup. Set aside 1/2 c. crumbled bacon and sprinkle remaining bacon over soup. In another skillet, scramble eggs in butter until nearly set. Spoon over bacon. Sprinkle with grated cheese and reserved 1/2 c. bacon. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20-25 min. I would put this in the refrigerator overnight, covered, and bake in preheated oven for a good 30-35 min. or until hot.

I hope you will try this. It is very good.
Connie

I guess you are the one I want to ask this question. On the 2 ingredients fudge can you use the whipped icing as well as the other types of icing.

I have several can and would like to use them if they will work.
I think that is an excellent recipe and an easy on to make in a hurry during
the holiday rush.
Thanks, Ila V

To the person who was looking for Lady Lock forms, many years ago before I had those I used clothes pins , not the clip kind but the old ones that you slip over the lines. They work very well .Just wrap the dough around the pin loosely and when they are baked ,wait a few minutes and slip off.
Judi in Mass

Dear Nancy,
Please resend this Mom's Lemon Fruitcake Recipe with corrections in lemon extract and crushed pineapple amounts. I am confused with the recipe and directions.
Thank you and Merry Christmas, Debbie Johnson

In Dec 8th letter Toni in Canada asked for a recipe for Pizzelle. This is the one my daughter uses and we have good luck with it. We usually make them at my house because her husband doesn't care for the smell of anise oil. As we take them off of the grille we usually lay them on a layer of newspaper covering the newspaper with paper towels. This helps keep them crisp as they cool.
Mary Jo in MD

Sweet Celebration Pizzelle
6 eggs
1-1/2 cup sugar
1 cup of margarine melted (1/2 lb.)
2 tbsps. vanilla or anise
3-1/2 cups flour (approx.)
4 tsp. baking powder
.
Beat eggs, adding sugar gradually. Beat until smooth. Add cooled melted margarine and vanilla or anise. Sift flour and baking powder and add to egg mixture. Dough will be sticky enough to be dropped by spoon. Bake for 30-40 seconds on each side. This will make 5 dozen.
Mary Jo

Thank you for all the wonderful ideas for my Christmas dinner. I think I will try the pork roast with some of your side dishes. It is great to have some good friends to ask for help.

Boy, have we had some great recipes lately.
Does anyone else besides me , feel guilty about using nice paper plates? I have nice china, but, would rather spend time with company than cleaning up, or. trying to keep clean plates available for seconds. As I get older it doesn't seem that important to have everything just so.
thanks again, Sybil in FL.

Hello Nancy & Gang,
I have a question for the group. I was given an old crystal bowl that originally had a metal ring around the rim. The bowl has since lost it's metal ring and where the ring was there are now patches of rust on the glass. Does anyone know of a safe way to remove the rust from the glass without damaging the bowl? It is a family keepsake that I would love to use as a serving bowl if I can get the rust off of it.

Marilyn in ME-I had a nice chuckle with the Holstein Cookie recipe. As I have told the group, my hubbie works for a dairy company and I am make the guys goodies often. I am always looking for "theme" goodies. These will be this year's goodie for their office basket. I will give you feed back, but I am sure they will go over well.

Double Trouble Chocolate Pound Cake
I combined two recipes and made this. It was good and was really pretty.

1 Pillsbury Golden Butter Cake Mix-dry-DON'T mix as directed
5 oz Hershey's Chocolate Bar-chilled
4 oz devil's food instant pudding
8 oz sour cream
1/2 c Wesson oil
4 eggs
1 t vanilla flavoring
1 t butter flavored extract
1 T confectioner's sugar-garnish
Baker's Joy

Preheat oven 350*. Spray tube pan liberally with Baker's Joy. Mix all ingredients except Hershey bar and confectioner's sugar for 2 minutes on medium. Scrape sides and mix for 2 more minutes. Fold in chocolate with spoon-mixing well. Pour into prepared pan and bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Place on wire rack and cool 20 minutes. Remove gently from pan and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar if desired.
**I bought a regular sized Hershey bar, chilled it until serving time, and make chocolate curls on top of the sugar.

Baked English Pea Casserole
2 cans small English Peas with juice
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
4 oz chopped pimentos, drained
16 oz sharp cheddar cheese-grated
1 can Durkee fried onions
salt & pepper to taste

Preheat oven 325 degrees. Mix peas, soup, pimentos, salt, pepper, and half of the cheese in a bowl. Spray a 13x9 dish and pour in casserole. Top with onions and remaining cheese. Bake 25-30 minutes until well heated and cheese is bubbly.
Mimi ^..^

Yolanda is looking for a chocolate cake with vinegar and no eggs, plus an easy icing. I have made this for at least 20 years and it is one of our favorites. The name comes from the name and location of the person who gave me the recipe. It's so easy - doesn't even require a mixer! I recently saw a recipe for this cake which said to mix the dry ingredients directly in the baking pan, make the wells, and stir with a fork until mixed. The recipe I saw said it made the cake lighter. One less dish to wash is OK with me.
Doris in Oklahoma City

Sandy's New York Chocolate Cake
3 c flour
2 c sugar
6 heaping Tablespoon cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
Dash salt
3/4 c. oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 tsp vinegar
2 c cold water

Preheat oven to 350º. Prepare two 9” pans. Combine dry ingredients and whisk together. Make three holes in the dry mixture and put the oil, vanilla and vinegar in them. Pour cold water over all and stir with a fork until well mixed.
Bake 30-35 minutes.

Sandy's New York Chocolate Frosting
4 squares (oz) unsweetened baking chocolate, melted - OR ¾ c cocoa & 2 Tablespoons oil

2 c sugar
6 Tables cornstarch
2 c boiling water
2 Tables butter
2 tsp vanilla
Few grains of salt

Whisk together sugar and cornstarch until thoroughly mixed. Add to melted chocolate in the saucepan. Stir in boiling water and cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly, stirring frequently. Add butter vanilla and salt. Cool to spreading consistency.

Thanks to Jane Ann in Alabama for the punch recipe. I would never serve diet soda for a large crowd as many people are allergic to aspartame. If you do use it please mark it as diet.
Nancy in MT

Are ya'll in the middle of the "Christmas Dash" like I am? Well, I made this simple cookies this afternoon and they are just wonderful. Thought someone might like to try them too. My friend Fred gets the credit for the recipe. This one id doubly TNT!

Mint Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies
1 package of your favorite yellow cake mix
½ cup (1 stick) butter melted and cooled slightly
1 egg beaten (or equal amount egg substitute)
6 oz. Chocolate chips
1 tspn. Pure mint extract

Preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
Melt butter and while cooling add the 1 tspn. Pure mint extract.

Combine cake mix, beaten egg, butter mixture in a 3 quart mixing bowl, stir in chocolate chips. (note, when well mixed and no dry ingredients show, mixture forms to a ball and separates from bowl sides).

Using a 1-1/4” cookie scoop, scoop and drop onto non stick cookie sheet about 2”apart.

Bake for 9 minutes, remove from oven and allow to set for about 4-5 minutes on sheet before removing to cooling rack. Allow to fully cool before storing in a sealed container.

Makes about 4 dozen cookies.
Susana in Louisiana

For Mary in Newton Falls, Ohio re: using dried cherries. I just made my favorite chocolate chip recipe yesterday for our church’s annual cookie exchange. To make them a bit more festive for the holidays I added dried cherries that I had roughly chopped. I used dark chocolate chips and walnuts and used an ice cream scoop to place the dough on cookie sheets (approx. 1/3 cup dough per cookie). They make uniform jumbo size cookies. Also, I always use at least double the vanilla called for in most basic cookie recipes. I learned that from a baker and you’ll be amazed at how it makes cookies smell and taste like the ones that are so tempting when you go to the mall.
Blessings. FL Jill

After reading about peoples dilemmas about what kind of cookies to send to troops overseas remembered a famous Australian cookie.

The Anzac biscuit was developed to send to troops in the middle East in WW1.
Dennis Weaver had a recipe for them some time ago.
Hope this is of some help.
Bob in Adelaide South Australia

Anzac Biscuits (Cookies)
125g(4 ozs) butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup (Corn Syrup will be OK)
1 teaspoon baking Soda
1 tablespoon hot water
1/2 cup Shredded coconut
1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup rolled oats
3/4 cup plain flour

Melt butter and golden syrup in a saucepan large enough to mix all the ingredients. Cool slightly. Dissolve baking soda in water and add to the saucepan with coconut, sugar, rolled oats and flour. Mix well. Place rounded teaspoonfuls of mixture on a greased oven tray, allowing room for spreading.
Bake at 180ºC(350ºF) for 15 minutes or until golden.
Makes 24

We have this at every holiday meal .It's so good!

Blueberry Delight Salad
1 lg. grape Jell-O
2 cups hot water
1 lg. can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 can blueberry pie filling
Topping
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1/2 pt. sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
1 cup chopped pecans

Lightly grease with mayonnaise a 9x13glass baking dish. Mix Jell-O and water together well, add pineapple and pie filling. Pour into dish and congeal until set. Mix topping ingredients and spread on top of congealed mixture.
Enjoy! Helen in Mississippi

Marinated Shrimp Appetizer
2 lb Shrimp peeled and cleaned
1 Lemon, thinly sliced
1 Onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup Sliced pitted ripe olives
2 tb Chopped pimiento
1/2 cup Fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup Oil
1 tbsp Wine vinegar
1 Clove garlic
1/2 Bay leaf
1 tbsp Dry mustard
1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
1 tsp Salt
Black pepper to taste

Boil shrimp. Drain, peel and clean. Add lemon and onion slices, olives and pimiento. Toss. In second bowl combine remaining ingredients and pour over shrimp. Refrigerate overnight, stirring occasionally. Serve in marinade and have toothpicks for spearing the shrimp.
Tona in Bama

Margo/Boston If you take a screen or use new screen from a hardware store and put over a frame, you can paint something on it or not and put you earring throw the screen and display and they will be safe at the same time. If you know someone that can makes a frame out of wood the size of the inside measurement of a picture frame you can cover with screen and put inside the frame and hang up. I do double stroke painting so I made roses on one, the paint goes on the screen but leaves the holes open.
Marlene Fl.

Yesterday, Sunday, I made Breakfast Lasagna (I believe it was a recipe from Tona). It was delicious and very easy to prepare. It's definitely a keeper.
grannym IL

*This may be a repeat recipe.  I could not remember if it had been posted before.

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