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Hello Nancy,
We hope that you and everyone in Nancyland had a very nice, and safe, Thanksgiving.   

We have some very nice prices on some very good nuts and would like to share these deals with the folks at Nancyland.  These are larger, four cup packages, about a pound each.  Because we are getting these direct and they are not sitting on the grocers’ shelves, these are fresher and much better.  You can check them out here: 

We are especially in love with the macadamia nuts—they are so good.  We’re munching on them as snacks and in cookies. 

You can also take an extra ten percent off all our chocolates, even the cinnamon chips that 30% off already.  Use discount code “thanks123”.   Check out the chocolate and baking chips here. 


Happy Baking.   Dennis Weaver www.preparedpantry.com


Regarding Cindy in Virginia needing to do a cookbook, my son can do as many as she needs for 5 cents
a copy-

And 3.00 to comb bind. If she wants them printed double sided it would be 10 cents per page. Does she really need them

Laminated? If she does it would cost her 50 cents per page…It would cost her a lot less than office supply store.

We own 2 UPS stores and could get done and right out to her.
Melinda Madsen, Eagle, Idaho


This is for Barb - LaPorte, IN (age 66). This recipe seems so easy, people don't think it would be as good as it is. HOWEVER< it is the best! I recently made a huge pot (6x the recipe size) and sold it by the cup at a Grange Christmas Bazaar,.. It was a huge hit and it didn't take long to sell it all

Mexican Soup
1 large can of chicken broth (I actually use 2)
2 cups shredded chicken
2 cups med. or mild salsa
1 cup cooked rice
1 cup corn kernels
1/4 cup fresh squeezed Lime Juice (not from a bottle)
1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
Can serve it with sour cream, avocado slices, and or lime wedges. I don't serve it with anything... it is
so good by its self.
Barb in Cle Elum, Wa.


OK- I give up! You say this is a newsletter to post questions and replies for recipes but you don't say "How" to post a question. Am I just overlooking it? Linda

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I am sorry you are having problems posting messages to the newsletter.
At the top of the newsletter is a paragraph that reads.

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Nancy


Maryann in MN wanted a recipe for scalloped potatoes that do not curdle, and that do not use canned
soup in them. Here is my favorite recipe:

Scalloped Potatoes
1/4 c. chopped onion
2 T margarine or butter
2 T. flour
1 and 1/4 c. milk
3 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (3 cups)

For sauce, cook onion in margarine till tender. Stir in flour, 1/2 t. salt, and 1/8 t. pepper. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Remove from heat. Place half the sliced potatoes in a greased 1 quart casserole. Cover with half the sauce. Repeat layers. Bake, covered, in a 359 degree oven for 35 minutes. Uncover; bake 30 minutes more or till potatoes are tender. Let stand 5 minutes.
Serves 4.
Dorothy from WA

You can add 3/4 c. shredded American cheese to the sauce if you want cheesy potatoes, and sprinkle another 1/4 c. over top before serving.


In order to get the messages in a timely manner, I need your help. Please keep requests, and replies to one short paragraph and tried and tested recipes to one per newsletter.  I have had so many email messages (which is wonderful) and won't fit into one newsletter.  Your help with shorter messages would be appreciated.
Nancy


Muriel, FL 87 and Jeanlock in McLean, VA: You make scalloped potatoes exactly the way I do with one small exception; I thought it was a lost art! Don't turn your nose up at this until you try it, but I also layer Spam in my potatoes - cut about the size of a postage stamp and about 1/8" thick. It gives the potatoes such a great flavor! I don't do the onions and cheese if I'm doing Spam - only if I'm serving them as a side dish with a meat. When I was growing up, this was a staple at our house and substituted for a meat dish. The whole family still loves it.
Doris in Oklahoma City


Updated today
2 Ingredient Fudge


Nancy, good to see you don’t try to multi-task too much by computering while entertaining!! Glad to hear you are enjoying the holidays!

I tried to do a search for the bon bon recipe made with cake and canned frosting, but was unable to locate it. Could someone please direct me to the correct newsletter?

Thank you and Happy Holidays!
Linda in Kansas City



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Hello from Northern Michigan. Mariann we had a beautiful fall -- it lasted until this morning. What a mess. We were without power for about 2 hours. The heavy snow on the trees caused lots of the branches to break.

Have you thought about making cupcakes in ice cream cones? Children really enjoy them. Not messy to eat so teachers like them too. Use any recipe and fill cones about half full. Bake them in cupcake pans. Use aluminum foil to keep them straight while baking.

Comment
I remember Dennis at Prepared Pantry had a great recipe for cakes in a cone. I just looked it up and found it. They looked so good. All of the recipe Dennis posts are tried and tested recipes.
Peanut Butter Brownie Sundaes in a Cone
http://www.preparedpantry.com/BrownieCones.htm


Hi All, This is for Marian, Michigan in the Nov, 30th newsletter. I know you didn't want to do cupcakes but this is another variation. I made these for my children and the teachers and kids loved them as there was no mess. Take the flat bottom ice cream cones and fill half full with cake batter, put on cookie sheet and bake as you would your cupcakes. They will rise and a little usually spills down the sides of the cones. Let cook and frost with any frosting. Make sure to frost the part that spills as this makes it look like the ice cream is melting. You could add sprinkles or choc. pieces. Let your imagination run wild. These will appear to be ice cream cones without the ice cream and the entire thing is edible.
Pat, Magnolia, DE


For Cindy in Virginia, November 30 newsletter, who wants to make cookbook. I have made quite a few and always take them to Kinko's. They are spiral bound, with a clear plastic cover on front and back and cost about $5.00. Postnet will also do them for about the same price.
Frances in Wesley Chapel


Cindy in Virginia
I made cookbooks for my kids and bought the 200 plastic sheet protectors at Costco for (I believe) $10.
They are ready to put into a 3 ring binder. I put a cover sheet per recipe that had what page a recipe was on. Hope this helps. My cookbook, which my daughter started, and had me finish had 191 pages--from beverages all the way through syrup. Most of the recipes are tried and true. I have given this book as Christmas presents, birthday, and wedding presents. Everyone seems to think that it is worth it.
Emma from Montana


Cindy in Virginia, you ask about places that do cookbooks. I did a cookbook for my grandchildren last Christmas. I used Heritage Cookbook. Go to www.HeritageCookbook.com and they will give you the prices. My book had 63 pages, and you can put 2 recipes per page. I wanted to do another one for this Christmas, but did not. They are good to work with, and will help you. It is a learning experience, but it was worth the time and effort.
Good luck! Betty T, Ga.


In response to Cindy, Virginia in November 30th newsletter - I did a cookbook for my family a few years ago and the cost was approximately $3.50 per copy. To cut the cost, I purchased the paper, typed a master copy, took it to a Mailbox, etc. to make copies, then to a local print shop for the spiral binding, which was $1.30 per book. There were only 100 pages to my book and there were 30 copies made. Mailbox, etc. had black and white copies for 3 cents each during the months of March and October. I had everything ready so the copies could be made in October. Am planning an update to my cookbook, but will be using 1-inch binders, purchased at back to school sales for 50-cents each. Will type the recipes on a master copy and make copies next October - this should cost approximately $3.00 per book, and there will be more pages. I know your family will certainly enjoy your cookbook, as mine has. Good Luck and let us know how it turns out.
Jean, NE Oklahoma.


In the 11/30/06 newsletter, Cindy in VA is trying to get a cookbook printed and bound. I did three (actually four) last year for Christmas and it averaged $22 (did not have pages laminated). I went to Office Max and best I can remember it was 70 something cents a page(?). Can't remember exactly, just know it wasn't $1.29 per page-in fact Office Depot was not that much here in San Angelo, TX. I had them printed front and back, spiral bound and a clear plastic front and hunter green plastic back. They printed it from my original that I printed out on my printer as I typed the recipes, and my book ended up twice as thick because it was printed only on one side. I think you can do better-do you have an Office Max or a Kinko's where you live? You might also think about NOT laminating-it would be nice, but expensive. Hope you can find a better deal somewhere. Stay warm!!
Connie in TX


In response to: My youngest daughter said all she wanted for Christmas was my recipes. I know I can do it with three ring binders, but I wanted to have them in binding.

Thank-you Cindy in Virginia
Cindy, before my Nancy days and the computer, I made cookbooks using the three-ring binders with my TNT recipes inserted in page protectors. To me, it is easier to use than a publisher bound book (and I have shelves of those since 1956).

Since my Nancy days, I store recipes of interest in categorized computer recipe files; and, I print out only those that I plan to use. I sort these prints using three-ring binders but not page protectors (I can reprint anytime a page is soiled or if I update with notes). When a Nancy recipe becomes TNT for us, I transfer it to my computer “PW TNT recipe file.”

I suggest using three-ring binders with page protectors and, in addition, a CD of these recipes. Yearly updates would be easier.
Peggy NELA


A while back you posted information on a cookbook your brother's church was selling. Could you post it again?
Lisa in Ft. Worth

Comment
Yes, I will be glad to share the information again. This cookbook would make a great Christmas gift. I thought about getting several for gifts so if I have forgotten someone I have a gift on hand.
Nancy

Recipes from the Flock - Sharing Our Best
Cost of book is $10.00 (this includes the postage and handling)

Chino Valey MBM
P. O. Box 2806
Chino Valley, AZ 86323

Remember to include the name of the cookbook on your check or money order.


Nancy, this recipe is in our monthly mailing magazine that we recieve in the mail called Corsicana NOW, a community magazine (free) to Corsicana TX and surrounding areas. Hope you can use it as I don't think I have ever seen it posted before.

Cracker Jack Popcorn
1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup light corn syrup,
1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 1 12-oz can nuts, 7-8 cups popped popcorn.

Put popcorn and nuts in large metal bowl and set aside. Combine all remaining ingredients in microwavable bowl except baking soda. Cook in microwave for 2 minutes. Stir. Cook another 2 to 3 minutes. Add baking soda and stir until smooth. Pour over popped corn and nut mixture and stir until well coated. Place on a greased cookie sheet that has sides and has been lined with greased parchment paper. Bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour, turning every 15 minutes.

Very good!
Kim in Streetman TX


This is for Betty in Maine requesting a recipe of hers that fell into a
Black Hole (November 30 newsletter). Betty, I had to pull this recipe out
of my black hole, but it sure sounds like we are talking about the same one!

This is one I used to make all the time, particularly for company. It was in my Old Good Housekeeping Cookbook from ages ago. Hope this helps.
Barbara in Alabama

Martha's Company Casserole
8 oz. noodles
1 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 lb. chuck, ground
2 8-oz. cans tomato sauce
1/2 lb. cottage cheese (1 cup)
1 8-oz.pkg.soft cream cheese
1/4 cup commercial sour cream
1/2 cup snipped scallions
1 Tabsp minced green pepper
2 Tabsp melted butter or margarine

Start heating oven to 375 degrees. Cook noodles as label directs; drain. Meanwhile, in 1 Tabsp hot butter in skillet, saute chuck until browned. Stir in tomato sauce. Remove from heat.

Combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, scallions, green pepper. In 2-quart casserole, spread half of noodles; cover with cheese mixture; then cover with rest of noodles. Pour on melted butter, then meat mixture. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Makes 6 servings.

To Do Ahead: Make casserole early in day, refrigerate. To serve, bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until hot.

For 2 servings: Halve ingredients; use a 1-quart casserole.


So who said you couldn't get anything out of a black hole! <Smile>.


For Barb, LaPorte, IN in the Nov 30 newsletter who requested a Mexican soup. Here is a Taco Soup that I make and try to keep some in the freezer at all times, especially this time of year. It has quite a few ingredients but is very easy to make. I made a pot a couple of weeks ago and, as we are to have some really cold weather coming in, I'm glad to know it is there as I will be babysitting my two youngest grandsons tomorrow. All my grandchildren like this and request it often. Enjoy!
Oma in LA (Lower Alabama)

Taco Soup
1-1/2 lb ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 pkg taco seasoning mix
1 pkg Ranch Dressing mix
2 cans pinto beans
1 cana tomato soup
1 can diced tomatoes, with juice
1 can whole-kernel corn, drained
1 can white hominy, drained
1 can yellow hominy, drained
1 can RoTel tomatoes, with juice (your preference hot or mild)
1 C water
Salt and pepper, to taste
Grated cheddar cheese

Brown beef and onions; drain. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer, on low, 1 hour, stirring frequently to prevent sticking.

Serve in bowl and sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese.

I like to serve this with corn chips, but you can use cornbread, tortilla chips or crackers.


My Thanks to Barbara in Corsicana for listing the previous Mexican Fiesta Casserole and Salad recipes for me. I will be trying these this weekend.
Sherry in Texas.


Hi Everyone. I just wanted to share a TNT Old Fashioned Pecan Pie receipe that I have been using for numerous years.

OLD FASHIONED PECAN PIE
3 eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
3 tbsp flour
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/8 tsp salt
1/2 c sugar
1-1/2 c karo syrup (white or dark)
2/3 c chopped pecans
1 unbaked deep dish pie shell

Beat eggs and blend in butter, flour, vanilla, salt, sugar and syrup. Add pecans and pour into pie shell. Bake in preheated oven 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake 40-45 minutes longer. Oven temps will vary.
Enjoy! Sherry in Texas


Celery Stuffing Suggestion
Just had to say for celery stuffer try peanut butter. Easy & good.
Margot


Stuffed Celery Suggestion
Caroline in MO your recipes for stuffed celery 11/30 sound delicious. I used to buy pimento cheese all of the time when we lived in Middle Tennessee but now live in northern Indiana and am unable to buy it here. Do you or any other members have a TNT Pimento Cheese recipe that you would share?
Thanks, Amy in Fort Wayne, IN


Just wanted to thank everyone who sent in on how to stuff celery different way, was a big help.
sally in pa

Once again Nancy I turn to you and your wonderful news letter for help. I would like to bake something to give my neighbor for Christmas. They shared their fresh garden veggies with us all summer and Oh how we enjoyed every bite. I just found out that he is diabetic, and I really would hate to make his sugar go off the chart. If anyone has an idea of what I can give them I would really appreciate it. Thank you all in advance and hugs and kisses to you and your kitty's Nancy. God has blessed us with your letter and I hope he will continue to bless you.
Linda


Nancy, Thank you for the great work that you do for us.
In response to Cindy from VA. The torch has been handed down to me to do my husband's family reunion.

Next year we are planning to do a "Family Book" We'll be putting ours together in a regular notebook. A friend of mine did a family cookbook for their reunion. The different categories was done in different color paper. Hope this will help.

Ladies, thank you for all the recipes you have sent for finger foods. They have helped me in planning new items for the dinner we give at our home for our church leaders.
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and New Year. Kathy- GA


Hi Nancy and Everyone!

As I said, I am about a week behind in reading newsletters. In the Nov. 19th newsletter, Sally in PA asked the date of the newsletter where I sent in the Chocolate Eclair Dessert recipe. Sally, it was in the Oct. 30th newsletter.
Vickie, in Liberty, Texas


Honey-Baked Spiral Ham recipe
Source: Family Circle Magazine - April 1995

Honey-Baked Hams get their hams pre-baked from Hormel. The brown-sugar and honey glaze is applied, then they are placed on top of huge oil drums place them on top of huge oil drums (tops covered with aluminum foil). They then use a butane torch to caramelize the glaze to a crust.

Yields 16 servings.

1/2 spiral-cut smoked ham (about 7 pounds fully cooked)
1/2 cup pear nectar
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup honey

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place ham, cut end down, in a large baking pan. Mix together pear nectar and orange juice In a bowl. Bake ham for 15 minutes, basting twice with juice mixture.

Mix together brown sugar and honey in a small bowl. Brush mixture over ham. Bake for about another hour, or until internal temperature measures 140 degrees F on an instant-read meat thermometer. Serve Immediately.
Source: http://www.recipegoldmine.com/cch/h76.htm


For Marlene in Texas in November 30 Newsletter, who wants a copycat recipe for Honey Baked Ham.

Honey Baked Ham
1 (7-pound) smoked ham
2 cups sugar
1 cup honey
1 (6-ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 teaspoon whole cloves

Make a few slits in ham. Place ham in deep bowl or stainless steel pot and barely cover with water. Stir in sugar. Soak at least 2 days in refrigerator. Drain. Place ham in roasting pan lined with enough foil to wrap completely. Pour honey and orange juice all over pork. Stick cloves all over meat. Wrap tightly with foil. Bake at 200 degrees 6 to 7 hours, unwrapping and basting occasionally with honey mixture. Unwrap and bake at 450 degrees about 15 minutes for slightly crisp skin.
Makes about 8 servings.
Frances in Wesley Chapel


For Marlene in Texas:

Kentucky Bourbon Bars
1 package (16 oz) pound-cake mix
1 tbsp instant coffee
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 large eggs
1/4 cup bourbon or milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup semisweet minipieces
1 cup canned vanilla frosting
Candied cherries or gumdrops (for decoration)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9: pan; set aside. Reserve 1/4 cup pound-cake mix. In large bowl of electric mixer, at medium speed, beat remaining cake mix with instant coffee, butter, eggs, and bourbon (or milk) until smooth. In small bowl, toss reserved cake mix with raisins, pecans and chocolate minipieces. Stir into batter. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 35 minutes, or until cake is tested done by inserting a wooden pick near the center. Cool in pan on wire rack. Spread top of cake with frosting. Decorate with candied cherries or gumdrops. Cut into 2: squares.

NOTE: I prefer just a bit more bourbon.


Hello all in Nancyland. I hope that you all had as fantastic a Thanksgiving as I did. Haven't had much time to put in my requests over he holiday so here we go. My granddaughter wiped out all my recipes by mistake. So I am trying to replace them. Hope that you all can help. I will go with just one or two requests at a time so as not to be two bothersome. I had gotten a recipe for a coating for pans that you use instead of pam. It called for flour oil and shortening ( I think) but am not sure of the measurements Also there was a English Pea salad I had gotten recently. Thanks for all the help that I know you friends of Nancy will give I think that you all are great cooks.
Donna of Pa.


11/30/2006
Nancy and all the friends everywhere. I need some help. I'm making Egg Da Muffins for my love. I'm doing quite well until it comes to the spice in the breakfast sausage patty . I'm trying to get the flavor like the famous guy from down south in the mainland. Only thing I have to be careful is the salt. Just a tiny amount.. Hope some one can get me on the right spices and amount. Thanks and hugs.
Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)
JW Hawaii


About the cute mice cookies - where's the ears??
Mice Cookies

They are tiny little mice made from dipping a maraschino cherry with a stem (that’s the mouse’s tail) into chocolate and attaching a Hershey kiss to it to make the face of the mouse. Then, you put the mouse onto an Oreo cookie that is split in half. I use icing to put a holly berry and vines on the white cookie filling and eyes on the mouse. They are really cute.
Ann

Just curious. Elizabeth from Berdoo


Hello Nancy and All, This is for Peggy in East Tenn who gave us the Orange Slice Cake recipe, sounds wonderful and I will make it this holiday season. God bless your family member and all men and women serving to protect us and our freedom(s)
Betty in MS....Also,

I've had trouble lately getting to the newsletter on a few occasions. When I click on Nancy's thread to get to the newsletter, I hear a click and it does not take me to the newsletter. A few years back I discovered when your computer does not allow you to pull in a site, you will hear a "click"; if you hold down the "SHIFT" key and press "ENTER" it pulls in. This works every time for me. Thought some of you might not know this.


Dear Nancy
Thank you again for the wonderful recipes. Regarding Shirley F's recipe for Butterfinger Chocolate Cake. delicious, delightful, wonderful and any other word I can find to describe it. Thank You Shirley F.
Teri Gostick Calgary Alberta Canada


For Rose in NC looking for ideas for a Christmas gift she and her
grandson can make for his mother:

My sister and I went school it a one room country grade school. (I was the last one to complete all eight grades in that school) Every year before Mother's Day all the Mothers were invited to come attend a
program we would put on for them. I think the teacher usually made bars and cookies to serve. One year she had us make aprons for gifts for our mothers. She had one apron for each mother and then had all the kids in each family trace their hands on it. The outline of out hands were then gone over with a permanent marker and we wrote our names inside of our hand prints so Mom know whose hands they were. As there was just my sister and I in our family we each did several sets of hand prints on the apron. We traced both our right and left hands. For years Mom would use that apron on special occasions. I haven't seen it in years but I wouldn't be surprised if she still has it. I don't know just what year the aprons were made but has to be about 45 years ago. As most people no longer use aprons I thought maybe you could go to a craft store and buy a plain white cotton dish towel (the kind you by to embroidery on) and do the same thing. You could trace several sets of hand prints going different directions. You could also use different colors of markers to do the outlines. If you could get your grandson to stand still long enough you could do footprints also. It would be an unique gift that wouldn't cost a lot to make. Also as the years goes by it is fun to look back and see how little the hands were. I would suggest that you use the marker and write the date in the corner of the towel also so don't forget when it was made.
Terese in South Dakota


Nancy! This is to Linda from Bayou Country, La. I lived just about all my life in Port Barre, which is the birth place of Bayou Teche, that start from Bayou Courtableau. I am also from bayou country. I recently moved to Opelousas, La. which is about 7 miles east of Port Barre. I know where Bunkie is. My mother is 91 and is in a nursing home here. I see about her just about every day. God Bless each and everyone of you. We have sooo much to be THANKFUL FOR ESPECIALLY YOU NANCY. Gussie from south Louisiana(St. Landry Parish.


Hello everyone, I just have to tell about my two recent cooking flops. I made a cranberry salad I had made several times before, but this year it didn't solidify as it should. Then I tried making a butterscotch pie from a recipe I got from the newsletter and it didn't do well either! I don't have any idea why either of them stayed too runny. I guess having a few flops helps to keep one humble? LOL

Speaking of special Christmas gifts, one year I received twin beds for my dolls, and it was also the year I made a Santa discovery. :) I woke up during the night and remembered it was Christmas Eve, so I peeked out my bedroom door and there I saw gifts being placed under the tree! When I spotted the doll beds, I wasn't even too disappointed. That same year I got a matching corduroy skirt and jacket in deep forest green. It was the first clothing I ever received as a gift and I felt rich every time I wore it. We definitely were on the poor side really, but funny how some things can make us feel rich, isn't it? :)

I have a question for anyone who knows about black walnut trees. This year our tree didn't produce any walnuts. Our neighbor thinks that means the tree is dead or dying. I hope that's not true, especially after reading the recipes for black walnut cake, and I love black walnuts in fudge. Haven't tried the new versions of fudge made with icing, but that's on my list to try next. Sounds so good and easy.
Doris, S. Indiana


This is for Sarah who was looking for gifts for children. I once received a small size ring binder with pretty flowers on it. (it is about 6"x6") but you could use any size binder. The book was from my godmother, (Aunt) and was full of her favorite recipes. Along with each recipe was a foot note about how it was served, or when she would usually make it. Some said, made at Easter and served as a finger food along with crackers and her special dip...then she had the recipe for the special dip. It was wonderful to have those favorite recipes, and also what and when the items were served.
Barb from Cle Elum, Wa.


Hello to all I haven't written forever but have been reading the letters. I am wondering if anyone has gotten one of those new egg McMuffin machines where u make the egg and muffin? Just wanted to know before I spend the $40.00 for one. My kids like the sandwiches but i make them from start to finsih right there for them?
Lu Ann in Iowa


Nancy Ii have a request. I have been looking for a recipe for a Dutch Apple Bread. Sam's Club had a bread they sold, made by Oregon Trail [? ]. There was a Dutch apple and a cinnamon raisin bread. They where a heavy bread, and I loved the apple one. They have discontinued the apple and kept the raisin one. If anyone out there knows what i am talking about and can help me with a recipe i would sure appreciate it. It was the best bread i have ever had.
Jenny in Ky


This is for Rose in NC who wants to help her grandson make a present for his mother. My daughter took tote bags (like Michael's carries) and painted her children's hands on them for herself and a Christmas gift for me a few years ago. But the one I treasure is the t-shirt she put the oldest child's handprints on it, then the 3 babies at that time (ages 7 month twins and 3 months (son's daughter)) and painted their feet and put them on the rest of the shirt along with their names and ages. Then she put a slogan about Ask me about my grandbabies. So many things you can do with paint, hands, and feet.
We did discover that one of the babies did not like getting its foot painted and to this day will not walk in mud, grass, etc. Told us something back then.
Judy in VA (65 on January 15)


Hi Nancy!
Avagail in MO. asked for a cheese cake type dip.
Here is a recipe from a previous newsletter, however its before I started putting the date on my copies so I dont know who originally sent this in.

Chocolate Chip Ball
1 - 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 C. butter, softened
3/4 C. confectioners sugar
2 T. brown sugar
1/4 t. vanilla extract
3/4 C. miniature semi sweet chocolate chips
3/4 C. finely chopped pecans

In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and butter until smooth. Mix in confectioners sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir in chocolate chips. Cover, and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
Shape chilled cream cheese mixture into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Roll the cheese ball in finely chopped pecans before serving.

* I like to serve with graham cracker sticks, but for a baby shower those little Teddy Grahams would be nice.

Original recipe yield: 32 servings

Hope this is what Avagail is looking for!
Suzie in North West MI.


Hi this is for Lorie in Orlando Fl in the Nov 26 Newsletter she as for Pumpkin squares with the crust made with Bisquick
http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=35956
I found this in the Betty Crocker link hope its what you want Pumpkin-Spice Dessert Recipe from Betty Crocker
Caroline MO


There was not room to post all the messages in today's newsletter.  More will be posted tomorrow.
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