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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday Decembers Page 11 Culinary Outlook Kitchen creations can make sweet gifts By Claire NEA Food Editor Youngsters can be busy in the kitchen long before the sugarplum fairies dance in their dreams on Christmas eve Making stained glass cookies tut in tree star or Santa shapes can pique kids imaginations They soon come up with their own holiday designs for edible ornaments filled with red green blue or yellow hard candy centers Teddy bears are still a favorite cud dly gift for young and old Surprise friends and relatives with a bread bear which can become a favorite at church and club holiday fund raising events These gifts also are lighter in fat than the traditional holiday fare pear treats for gift giving or serving with holiday meals are also sweet without being too calorie laden TEDDY BEAR GIFT BREAD 1V4 cups flour A cup wholwhai lour cup brown Va cup whit granulated sugar 3 taaspoon baking powder teaapoon baking aoda toll teaapoon pumphtn pie teaapoon cinnamon teaapoon ginger beaten egg cup tow at mlk tableapoona vegetable oil candy to decorate I rental oven to degree Grease or spray teddy bear baking pan baking pan generously with took spray In food processor or large bowl mix all dry ingredients logeth Add egg milk and oil Mix until just blended and pour into baking pan Bake to 25 minutes or until knife comes out clean when inserted Let cool and then remove bread from pan onto flat surface Use candy to decorate jelly beans for the eyes a nonpareil for the nose red shoe string licorice for the mouth black shoestring licorice for a bow tie and jelly beans for buttons This kitchen tested recipe makes one A inch Jong bread Microwave method Use micro wave teddy bear baking pan only Grease or spray baking pan generous ly with cooking spray Cook for mm at percent power Turn Cook for minutes and 30 seconds at High stopping to turn once At percent power cook lor A minutes or until knife comes clean when Time may vary slightly with differ watt microwave ovens and then remove from pan CHRISTMAS STAINED GLASS COOKIES cup white granulated iugar 2 1 vanilla extract cups alt purpoao flour teaapoon baking powder colored hard candies crushed about cup optional candy optional In a large mixing bowl cream to gether butter and sugar Beat in eggs and vanilla Sift flour and baking powder to Gradually stir flour mixture into butter egg mixture until dough is very stiff Wrap in plastic wrap and thill about hours reheat oven to degrees Sepa rate colors of hard candy Put each tolor of candy in a freezer bag and crush with a wooden mallet Roll out dough to inch thickness on a lightly floured surface Addition al flour can be added if necessary Cut out cookies using large Christmas took cutters Transfer to a foil I baking sheet Using a small Christmas cookie cutter out and remove dough from center of each cookie Fill cut out sections with crushed candy If using cookies as hanging make holes at top of cookies for string a EDIBLE stained 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kitchen tested recipe makes about dozen medium cookies MAID SERVICE WHOS BEST THATSWHO THEAWARD WINNER WW SHOW COAST TO COAST For FREE Estimates call 87321 65 Ask Kathy DEALING WITH DESSERTS Q I love desserts I enjoy preparing them and I enjoy eating them But I concerned about my familys health I don t feel good about those rich calories Do you have any suggestions A Desserts add a special touch to any meaL And fortunately there are many healthful lowcalorie dessert recipes available Following Is a sample recipe ChoeolateStraulberry Cake cups apples chopped 2 cups strawberries fresh or frozen unsweetened vantlla 1 chocolate extract Diet Center Lite sweetener 1 cup Diet Center Protein Powder Chocolate tsp baking soda 1 cup bran unprocessed Place first 6 Ingredients in blender and blend well Pour mixture Into a large bowl Add the remaining dry and mix with an electric mixer Spray a Bundt pan with low calorie nonstick spray Pour mixture into pan Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes Cool and refrigerate or freeze When ready to serve garnish with fresh strawberries Available at Diet Center For more healthful recipes call your local Diet Center WAWVVAW- Perional CENTER By Appoint man Number 8772900 98 Mill St Downtown Home Number 853