Happiness Is Homemade

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Recipes
Compiled by
The Abigail Circle
Pilgrim Faith Church
9411 South 51st Avenue
Oak Lawn, lllinois
60453
Walter's Cookbooks 215 5th Ave. S.E. Waseca, MN 56093
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Walter's serving Church. School and Qvic Organizations
for over 25 years.
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Our heartfelt thanks to all of our
members·and friends who contributed
their recipes. So many in fact that due
to similarities and lack of space we
were unable to print them all.
We share these selections with you in
"Happiness is Homemade."
Local Information - 1
LIFE
RECIPE OF LOVE
To the preacher, life's a, sennon,
Take a heart full of warmth To the joker, life's a jest;
add hugs and kiEses. To the miser, life is money,
Sift in your hopes, your dreams To the loafer, life's a rest.
and your wishes.
Blend them together with laughter and tears. To the soldier, life's a battle,
Add a dash of forgiveness To the teacher, life's a school.
and stir through the years.... Life's a great thing for the thinker,
For this is the recipe But a folly to the fool.
of LOVE.
Life is just one long vacation
To the man who loves his work,
WANTED . .. TIME
But it's constant dodging duty
To the everlasting shirk.
TIme to have my close friends in
to drink a cup of tea;
Time to read the book of verse my sister se~t to me, To the faithful, earnest worker,
Time to sort my linens out and, stack them n.eat rows; Life's a story ever new;
III
Time to look my scrapbook er and work WIth rhyme Life is what we try to make it
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What, my friend, is life to you?
and prose.
-F. H. MacArthur
Time to bake some muffins for the boy who mows our
Submitted by Pam Popow
lawn·
Tim~ to listen to the lark at morning's early dawn.
Time to cut pink roses for a neighbor living near; THE KITCHEN PRAYER
Time to plan the garden I have wanted for a year.
Lord of all pots and pans and things, since (I've not time to
time to breakfast leisurely and scan the paper through...
be a saint by doing lovely things or watching late with Thee .
Time just to do the things I really want to do.
, Grace Allard Morse Or dreaming in the dawn light or stonning Heaven's gates
Submitted by Pam Popow Make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates.
Although I must have Martha's hands, I have a Mary mind
And when I black the boots and shoes, Thy sandals, Lord, I find.
I think of how they trod the earth, what time I scrub the floor
Accept this meditation Lord, I haven't time for more.
Wann all the kitchen with Thy love, and light it with Thy
peace
Forgive me all my worrying and make my grumbling cease.
Thou who didst love to give men food, in room and by the sea
Accept this service that I do, I do it unto Thee.
Submitted by Mary Eldridge
and Dolly Myers
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***eXTRA RECIPES***
TA8LE OF CONTENTS
Appetizers and Relishes 5
Brunches, Breads, and Coffee Cakes 31
Desserts 51
Main Dishes 113
Soups and Salads 159
Vegetables 191
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ALmOND CHEESE SALL
Grate:
1/2 lb. sharp cheddar
cheese
Mix with:
3 oz. softened cream cheese
Add:
1/4 c. diced pimento 1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. sliced natural 1 tsp. W orcestershire sauce
almonds 1 tsp. grated onion
1 tbsp. lemon juice Dash of cayenne
Shape into a ball. Coat with 1/4 cup more of almonds. Serve
chilled.
Beulah Harris
APPETIZER/SALAD
3 diced green peppers 1/4 c. oil
2 tomatoes, diced 1/2 c. cider vinegar
1 c. stuffed green olives 1 tsp. oregano
1/2 c. sliced celery Salt and pepper to taste
Mix and set overnight.
Sande Randle
APPLE DIP
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese 1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. brown sugar 8 oz. peanuts, chopped
1/4 c. white sugar
Whip first 4 ingredients, then add peanuts. Slice apple and dip.
~ote: Pre-sliced apples should be soaked in orange juice and drained.
Sande Randle
ARTICHOKE DIP
1 c. -mayonnaise 1 (15 oz.) can or jar
1 c. Parmesan cheese artichoke hearts
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Chop artichoke hearts into fine pieces, (drain first). Mix BOOZY DOGS
artichoke hearts with mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese. Bake at 400
5 pkgs. small hot dogs 1 tsp. grated onion (or dry
degrees for 20 to 30 minutes. J M' t
ean tner 1 1/2 c. ketchup minced) ....
1 1/2 c. brown sugar 3/4 c. bourbon
AUNT ERmA'S JALAPENO CHEESE SPREAD Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Simmer in morning 1 to 2
hours. Heat at night and serve in chafing dish. Time: 1 to 2 hours.
2 sticks butter 1 sm. can tomatoes or
Faye Sparks
3 cloves garlic tomatoes with green
3 19. onions, chopped chilies
CHEESE BALL
6 to 8 Jalapeno peppers 2 lb. Velveeta cheese
1 glass jar Roka cheese 1 (8 oz.) Philadelphia cream
Melt butter and add garlic, onions and ,peppers. S~er for 45
1 glass jar Old English cheese
minutes. Add tomatoes and simmer for 30 mmutes. Place m blender
Cheddar
and blend until smooth. Return to pap and add cheese (cut up),
stirring constantly until cheese melts. Mix with:
This can be chilled and served with crackers as a spread or 1/2 sm. grated onion
served hot as a dip with Fritos or Doritos. Time: 1 hour 15 minutes.
Add 1/2 of this mixture:
Vicky Weis
1/4 c. chopped parsley 1/4 c. chopped pecans
BANANA WHEAT GERmS Refrigerate until able to handle. Roll in ball and roll in rest of
parsley and nuts. Roll in wax paper and foil. Will keep about 2
Banana Milk weeks.
Toasted wheat germ Honey
M abel Leonard
Cut banana into bite size' pieces. Dip each piece into mixture of
1/2 milk and 1/2 honey. Drop pieces of .coated banana into plastic CHIPPED BEEF DIP
bag filled with wheat germ and shake untIl well coated. Serve on
tray with colored toothpicks. 4 or 5 hard boiled eggs, 1 pkg. chipped beef
diced
Sande Randle (smoked, sliced), diced
8 oz. cream cheese, 2 or 3 tsp. onion, diced
softened 2 or 3 tsp. mayonnaise
BARBECUE DIP
Mix well, chill and serve. Good on slices of cocktail rye bread.
1/2 c. chili sauce 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Chris Engelmann
2/3 c. sour cream 1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. prepared Tabasco to taste
CHIPPED BEEF DIP
Horseradish
In a small bowl combine all ingredients and blend well. Chill 8 oz. cream cheese 2 tbsp. minced onion
1/2 c. sour cream Dash pepper .
until ready to serve. Serve with cocktail franks, chunks of ham or
2 tbsp. milk
vegetables for dipping. Makes 1 1/3 cups. (Enough for 10). . 3 1L2 oz. chipped beef,
Beulah Harns 1/4 c. green pepper, diced up
chopped
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CHEESE CRAB FONDUE
Mix above ingredients together.
1/2 lb. Velveeta cheese 1 can crab meat (7 1/2 oz.)
1/2 c. chopped pecans 15 oz. Old English cheese 1 c. black olives
sauteed in 2 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. cream or milk 4 tbsp. sherry wine
& 1/2 tsp. salt 1 c. mushrooms Dash Worcestershire sauce
Put on top of casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minuteS. Mix and heat on stove. Keep warm over sterno or electric
Serve with crackers. fondue.
Jean Minter Jean Minter
HOT CRAB DIP CHEESE ONION APPETIZER
1 (6 -8 oz.) pkg. frozen 1 tbsp. horseradish (or to 1 c. frozen chopped onions 1 c. sharp cheddar cheese,
crab taste) 1 c. Hellman's mayonnaise grated
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 1 tbsp. Worcestershire
Combine all ingredients. Place in shallow baking dish. Bake for
1 tbsp. cream or milk sauce
30 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with Fritos or Triscuits. Servings: 8
1 tbsp. instant minced Salt and pepper to taste
to 10.
onion Few sliced almonds
Vicky Weis
Blend cream cheese, cream, onion, horseradish and Worcestershire
sauce. Gently add crab, salt and pepper, put in small shallow dish. CHILI CHEESE DIP
Sprinkle with almonds and bake at 350 degrees until browned on top,
about 20 minutes. 3/4 lb. ground beef Sm. pkg. Velveeta
1 can tomato soup 1 tbsp. chili powder
1 can chili, no beans 1 tsp. salt
HOT CRABmEAT APPETIZER
Brown beef, add soup, chili, chili powder, salt and simmer five
minutes. Cut cheese into squares and add to mixture. Bake or
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 1 tbsp. milk
microwave until cheese melts. Serve with Nacho Cheese Doritos or
1 (6 oz.) can crab meat 1 tsp. salt
Tostitos chips.
2 tbsp. finely chopped Dash of pepper
Pat Stancik
onions 1/3 c. sliced almonds
Combine ingredients except almonds, mixing well. Spoon HOT CHILI DIP
mixture into 8 inch pie pan. Sprinkle almonds on top and bake at 375
degrees for 15 minutes. 2 (8 oz.) cram cheese 1 (16 oz.) Co-Jack
Mildred G. Schussler, Sr. 2 can chili no beans shredded cheese
Spread cream cheese in 9 x 13 inch pan. Top with chili, then
shredded cheese. Heat until melted, serve with taco chips.
M elodye Queen
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CHILLI CON QUESO DIP
Mix all of this well. Spread on English muffins. Slice into
fourths. *Important you must freeze them for at least 30 minutes.
2 cans chili con carne 1 sm. can diced green
(Can be frozen for weeks). When party time arrives take from plastic
without beans chilies
bag, if they have been frozen and stored, place on cookie sheet. Broil
1 bunch green onions with 1 lb. diced Velveeta cheese
until they puff up and are bubbly and slightly golden brown. Serve
tops, chopped
hot. You can leave muffins in halves and serve as a luncheon as hot
Mix all ingredients. Place in casserole and cover. Bake at 350 sandwich to accompany soup.
degrees for 1 hour. Remove from ove~, stir.. Wait 20.minutes and Adele Hyncik
serve with tortilla chips. NOTE: for qUIck heatmg, use M~crowave.
Conme Noteboom cucumBER RYES
CRAB DIP 1 loaf cocktail.rye 2 cucumbers peeled and
1 container whipped cream sliced
, 8 oz. cream cheese Cocktail sauce cheese Dill weed
1 can King crab, drained 1 pkg. Good Seasons (Mild
Italian)
Pour King crab over cream cheese bar. Pour a sufficient amount
of cocktail sauce over crab and cream cheese. Good with crackers. Mix cream cheese and spice the day before. Spread on rye,
Chris Engelmann place cucumber on top. Pinch of dillweed. Beware: Dill weed is
strong.
CRAB DIP Pam Espinos
1 (8 oz.) carton cream 1 pkg. of Wakeman's
Dill DIP
cheese frozen crab
1 bottle of Shrimp &
Best with fresh vegetables. Okay with chips.
Seafood sauce
8 oz. cream cheese 3/4 c. finely chopped green
Mix thoroughly. Serve with various crackers and chips. 1/2 c. mayonnaise onion
Betty Hoskins 2 tsp. accent 2 tsp. parsley flakes
1 tbsp. dill weed
BROilED CRAB mELTAWAYS
If cream cheese has been softened, just stir together with a fork
1 pkg. English muffins (6) or spoon. If the cream cheese is firm, use an electric mixer to
eliminate lumps.
Slice muffins and arrange on cookie sheet. Mix the following
Diane Miller
together with mixer or spoon:
1 (1 oz.) can crab meat, 1 (7 oz.) jar Old English
rinsed and drained Sharp Cheddar cheese
1 stick softened margarine 1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
2 tbsp. mayonnaise 1/2 tsp. garlic salt
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