Soft Oatmeal Cookies

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 1 cup butter, softened
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 3 cups quick cooking oats

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DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in oats. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour.
2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls, and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten each cookie with a large fork dipped in sugar.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

BY: BITTERSWEET1

Fruit cocktail

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A fruit cocktail proper is made by combining a number of different kinds of fruit, such as bananas, pineapple, oranges, and maraschino cherries. Such a cocktail is served in a stemmed glass set on a small plate. Nothing more delicious than this can be prepared for the first course of a dinner or a luncheon that is to be served daintily. Its advantage is that it can be made at almost any season of the year with these particular fruits.

2 bananas 1 c. canned pineapple 2 oranges 1 doz. maraschino cherries Lemon juice Powdered sugar

Peel the bananas and dice them. Dice the pineapple. Remove the pulp from the oranges in the manner, and cut each section into several pieces. Mix these three fruits. Cut the cherries in half and add to the mixture. Set on ice until thoroughly chilled. To serve, put into cocktail glasses and add to each glass 1 tablespoonful of maraschino juice from the cherries and 1 teaspoonful of lemon juice. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

by Pricilla Lweis

Summer cocktail

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As strawberries and pineapples can be obtained fresh at the same time during the summer, they are often used together in a cocktail. When sweetened slightly with powdered sugar and allowed to become ice cold, these fruits make a delicious combination.

2 c. diced fresh pineapple 2 c. sliced strawberries Powdered sugar

Prepare a fresh pineapple, and cut each slice into small pieces or dice. Wash and hull the strawberries and slice them into small slices. Mix the two fruits and sprinkle them with powdered sugar. Place in cocktail glasses and allow to stand on ice a short time before serving.

by Pricilla Lweis

Grapefruit cocktail

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The cocktail here explained may be served in stemmed glasses or in the shells of the grapefruit. If the fruit shells are to be used, the grapefruit should be cut into two parts, half way between the blossom and the stem ends, the fruit removed, and the edges of the shell then notched. This plan of serving a cocktail should be adopted only when small grapefruits are used, for if the shells are large more fruit will have to be used than is agreeable for a cocktail.

2 grapefruits 2 oranges 1 c. diced pineapple, fresh or canned Powdered sugar

Remove the pulp from the grapefruits and oranges. However, if the grapefruit shells are to be used for serving the cocktail, the grapefruit should be cut in half and the pulp then taken out of the skin with a sharp knife. With the sections of pulp removed, cut each one into several pieces. Add the diced pineapple to the other fruits, mix together well and set on ice until thoroughly chilled. Put in cocktail glasses or grapefruit shells, pour a spoonful or two of orange juice over each serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar, garnish with a cherry, and serve ice cold.

by Pricilla Lweis

Basic Crepe

1 1/2 c Flour

1 ts Sugar

1/8 ts Salt

3 Eggs

1 1/2 c Milk

2 tb Butter or oil; melted/cooled

Mixing crepes by hand. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl. Break the eggs into another bowl and mix until yolks and whites are blended. Make a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in beaten eggs. (French chefs often break the eggs right into the dry ingredients but this makes mixing more difficult. Stir the flour mixture into the eggs little by little. The dough will be difficult to work and it may be necessary to add a little milk (or whatever liquid is used in the particular recipe) to incorporate all the flour. Add the liquid a spoonful at a time and mix it in thoroughly before adding more liquid. When the mixture becomes easy to work (when about half of the liquid has been used) the remainder can be added in two portions. Add melted butter (and flavorings if indicated). Mix again, cover and set aside for at least an hour but not more than 6 hours at room temperature. Crepe batter can be held overnight in the refrigerater. If necessary, the crepe batter can be cooked immediately, but the "resting" time allows the flour to absorb more liquids, makes the mabber easier to handle, and gives the crepes more flavor. Since flours vary in their ability to absorb liquid, if the crepe batter seems too thick when you are ready to cook it, a small amount of extra liquid can be added at this time. The consistency could be at least as thin as heavy cream. From: You can do anything with crepes.

African Beef And Rice

1 pound round steak -- cubed

2 tablespoons oil

1 cup water

1 bay leaf

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes -- to taste

16 ounces kidney beans, canned -- drained

1 cup rice -- raw

2 medium green pepper -- chopped

1 medium onion -- chopped

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon curry powder

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preheat oven to 350 Brown beef in oil in skillet. Add water, bay leaf, salt and red pepper. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Drain beef, reserving broth. Add enough water to make 2 cups liquid and pour all ingredients into 2 quart casserole dish, cover and bake in oven for 50 minutes.

Corn Pancakes

1 1/2 c Flour

4 ts Baking powder

2/3 c Corn meal

2/3 ts Salt

3 tb Sugar -- granulated

1 ea Egg -- beaten

1 1/2 c Milk

2 tb Fat -- melted

Mix ingredients and beat together for 2 minutes. Pour onto greased griddle size of cake desired. Bake until upper sides are filled with bubbles. Turn once. Serve piping hot.

Source: Hartford Grange

Cottage Cheese Pancake

1 c Cottage cheese

6 Egg

6 tb Flour

6 tb Vegetable oil

Whiz all ingredients up in the blender until smooth. Spoon onto hot griddle and turn as you would any other pancake - you know, when the bubbles appear, etc. Usually when I make these, I make them quite small - must be a carry-over when the kids were small and they wanted zillions of tiny pancakes instead of 2-3 "regular" ones.

FROM: JONI MORPHONIOS

Yogurt-Topped Strawberry Pancakes

2 c Buttermilk complete

Pancake mix 2 tb Sugar

1/4 ts Cinnamon

1 1/2 c Water

1 c Thinly sliced strawberries

1 8-oz carton strawberry

Or vanilla lowfat yogurt Heat griddle or skillet to 375 F. Grease lightly with oil. In medium bowl, combine pancake mix, sugar, cinnamon and water; stir just until large lumps disappear. Fold in strawberries. For each pancake, pour 1/4 cup batter onto hot griddle. Cook 1-1 1/2 minutes, turning when edges look cooked and bubbles begin to break on surface. Continue to cook 1-1 1/2 minutes or until golden brown. Spoon yogurt over each serving. If desired, garnish with additional strawberries. 6 servings (12 pancakes). Per serving: calories 200; protein 5g; carb 44g; fiber 2g; fat 1g (saturated); cholesterol 3 mg; sodium 560 mg; potassium 210 mg; exchanges: 2 starch, one fruit.

Scrambled Eggs

1 cup egg, replacers

1 each onion, chopped

12 each mushrooms, chopped

2 tablespoon vinegar, balsamic

1/4 cup water

1/4 teaspoon tarragon, dried

3 oz cheese, fat-free, grated or diced

1 salt, to taste

1 pepper, to taste

Saute onion and mushrooms in vinegar and water until soft and the liquid has mostly cooked away. Combine salt, pepper, tarragon with egg replacers. Mix well. Add to onion/mushrooms. Add cheese and stir into eggs. Scramble until set. Obviously, a non-stick skillet is essential here. The tarragon goes well with eggs and adds a nice flavor. Many variations on this are possible but I'd stick with the tarragon because it really does work well.

Corn-Stuffed Peppers

4 large green or red bell peppers I Tablespoon corn oil 1/2 cup

onions, finely chopped 1 clove garlic, crushed- 1/2 cup
cream-style corn 1/2 cup
corn kernels 1/2 cup
dry corn bread or corn tortillas, crumbled 1/4 cup
freshly-minced parsley I Tablespoon
red chili powder Salt or salt substitute, to taste Pepper, freshly cracked, to taste 2 cups
vegetable broth Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Fill a large kettle to at least half full and bring water to rolling boil. Slice off a top 'lid' from each pepper and scrape insides clean. Plunge shells into water, parboil for 2 minutes, remove from wciter with care, invert on towels, and drain. In a skillet, saut6 onions and garlic until soft. Cool slightly and combine with all other stuffing ingredients and seasonings. Stuff peppers with mixture and set in baking pan. Bake about 40 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered at 375 degrees, basting often with vegetable broth.