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Squaring off for the holidays
Edited by Anne Gray
We have an abbreviated version of Household Notes this month,
but have been able to pack a lot of baking into a small space.
We have several square recipes to get started for your holiday
baking. But we never have enough, so please send more of your
favorites, and tell us why this is the recipe you reach for in
a sugar emergency.
Maybe somewhere out there readers are eating cookies and squares
that are not sugar laden. If that is you, please send us a copy
of your recipe today. Many of us continue to look for something
to satisfy the sweet craving without pouring on refined sugars.
Fruit? Maple? What works?
PEANUT BUTTER BALLS
Aileen Devereux, Port Alberni, B.C.
"Uncooked and delicious!"
2 cups Rice Krispies or granola
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup icing sugar
3 ounces white or milk chocolate
Mix together the cereal or
granola, peanut butter, and icing sugar. I use the crushed-type
peanut butter: just peanuts. Put in the refrigerator for 1/2
to one hour or until firm enough to shape into one-inch balls.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler then dip the balls. Roll
to coat and set on waxed paper until dry.
COCONUT SQUARES
Myrtle Conrad, Cow Bay, N.S.
"This is a family favorite."
Base:
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg, well beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
pinch of salt
Topping:
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup coconut
Cream together the butter
and sugar. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla. Blend in the dry ingredients
and mix well. Pour into a 10" pan and bake at 350°F
for 20 minutes, then remove from the oven.
Cream together the brown sugar and butter, then mix in the milk
and coconut. Spread over the baked base. Return to the oven and
bake until light brown.
BLUEBERRY SQUARES
Doris Seaman, Moncton, N.B.
"This is a prize recipe given to me from a friend in Halifax,
N.S., about 30 years ago. Everyone likes it so if you have fresh
or frozen blueberries, you will like these squares."
Base:
3 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg yolk, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup milk
Topping:
1 egg white
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup blueberries
Cream together the butter
and white sugar. Mix in the egg yolk and vanilla. In a separate
bowl, combine the flour and baking powder.
Add the milk and dry ingredients alternately to the butter mixture,
mixing well. Spread in an 8" x 8" pan.
In another bowl, beat the egg white well with the brown sugar.
Fold in the blueberries and pour over the mixture in the pan.
Bake in a 350°F oven until the topping has set.
Household Hint:
SINUS NASAL SPRAY
Sharon Veinot, Scarsdale, N.S.
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Mix all ingredients together
until dissolved. Fill a nasal spray bottle. Use two squirts in
each nostril four times daily. Every two weeks discard remainder
and remake. This works well.
Requests:
Eating local: We have so many
reasons to eat what we produce here in Atlantic Canada. What
are your favorite local foods? How do you prepare them? How do
you preserve them?
Holiday favorites: Send us
your family favorite recipes and a brief story to go with the
recipe. Fish, fowl, or fruit; send them all.
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