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THE HERALD October IMC Fall Cookbook CHRISTMAS DROP COOKIES 1 cup butter cups brown sugar eggs 1 vanilla 1 tsp vakingsoda 2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup rolled oats cup shredded cocowt Me cup chopped walnuts cup chopped glazed cherries may use red and green l lb dates chopped Mix ingredients together in order Batter will be stiff Drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheets Bake at 350 degrees for to 12 minutes Mrs Joyce Winger Georgetown DANISH PUFF Makes 10 to 12 servings Ms cup butter or margarine softened 1 cup all purpose flour 2 tbsp water cup butter or marganne l cup water almond extract cup all purpose flour 3 eggs Confectioners Sugar Glaze Chopped nuts almonds walnuts Hea oven to 3S0 degrees Cut cup butter into 1 cup flour Sp rinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture mix Round into divide in half On sheet pat each half into strip 12 Strips should be about apart Heat cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil in medium saucepan Remove from heat and quickly stir almond extract and cup flour Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball about minute Remove from heat Beat in eggs all at once until smooth and glossy Divide in half spread each half evenly over strips Bake about minutes or until topping is crisp and brown Cool Topping will shrink and fall forming the top of this puff WINNER AGE It was Halloween night and a bunch of kids were walking by the graveyard gates One of the kids dared a girl named Tina and a boy named Ryan to go through the graveyard to the end and come back At first they hesitated but their friends egged them on so they decided to cept the date As Tina and Ryan started to walk through the gates to the graveyard they turned back to look at their friends and THE GHOST Tina screamed In her friends place was a huge grave stone All around her was a white mist Ryan she said yea said Ryan do you think we shouldv e stayed with the others said and be called a chicken for the rest of my life No way said Ryan But even he was scared in side Well than let s get go ing said Tina They started to walk across the grave yard They had only taken a few steps when Tina fell into a deep hole Help she cried She hit the bottom with a thud are you all right said Ryan yeah said Tina 1 11 help you out said Ryan reaching his hand down Tina grasped it and Ryan pulled her up Tina was coverd in dirt and had a big bruse on her leg Now what she asked We walk to that fence said Ryan They slowly moved towards the end of the grave yard The hair on neck began to crawl So meone or something was wat them Suddenly a man gost jumped out of them It had a blood knife in one hand Tina screamed Tina and Ryan ran towards the gates but the gates dissapeard GO AWAY Tinascreamed Frost with Confectioners Sugar Glaze and sprinkle generously with nuts Confectioners Sugar Glaze Mix cups confectioners sugar tablespoons butter or margarine softened teas vanilla and to tables poons warm water until smooth and of spreading consistency I have used almond extract for the glaze and sprinkled puff with slivered almonds for a nice change VARIATION Individual Danish Puffs Pat dough into 3 circles using a rounded teaspoonful teas poons for each Spread rounded tablespoonf ul tablespoons batter over each circle exten ding it just beyond edge of circle Bake 30 minutes Cool slightly Frost puffs with glaze and sprinkle with nuts Makes 2 dozen CaneGemmel Georgetown Ont BACON AND CHEESE MUFFINS slices of bacon chopped 2 cups all ppurpose flour sugar 1 tbsp baking powder Ms tsp salt cup shredded Canadian cheese med 1 egg beaten cup milk butter I melted tbsp bacon dripping Cook bacon until brown or to your taste Dram well Reserve one tbsp of dripping In large bowl combine flour sugar powder and salt Stir in shred cheese and cooked bacon In small bowl combine egg milk melted butter and bacon Add to dry ingredients Stir slightly until moistened Divide batter among six or more greased muifm cups cups will be full Bake in preheated oven degrees or 200 degrees C to 30 minutes Serve warm or cool Fern Boisvenue Georgetown Ont VIENNA CRESCENTS 1 cup almonds ground but not blanched 1 cup butter no substitute 2 cups flour 13 cup icing sugar 1 tsp vanilla Mix butter sugar almonds vanilla flour Shape into crescents Bake on cookie sheet minutes at degrees Roll in icing sugar mixture while hot Icing Sugar Mixture 1 cup icing sugar cinnamon Mrs Sylvia Fisher Georgetown OPEANUTTY CHOCOLATE CH1PPERS The best cookie 1 cup butter 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar eggs 1 tsp vanilla cups roasted unsalted peanuts 2M cups whole wheat flour tsp baking soda baking powder salt cup chocolate chips In large bowl cream together butter and sugar Beat in eggs one at a time and vanilla In a grinder blender or food processor finely one half the nuts Mix ground and whole nuts into baiter Stir together flour baking soda baking powder salt and chocolate chips Blend into batter Divide batter into parts From each part form ball in total Arrange on baking sheets and using a floured fork flatten each into a neat round about 9 cm wide and mm thick There should be about inch cm between flattened cookies Bake in degree 160 degree oven for to 15 minutes or until golden brown on bottom Transfer to wire racks to cool Store in airtight container Makes 24 large cookies Susan Cundan Georgetown Ont BUCKEYES 18 oz peanut butter 1 cup marganne or butter 2 cups graham cracker crumbs lb powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla melting chocolatf semi sweet or milk Cream peanut butter and marganne or butter together Add graham cracker crumbs powdered sugar and vanilla Form into little balls and place on waxed paper on cookie sheet Refrigerate over night Melt chocolate in top of double boiler I line the top of the double boiler with foil to save on clean up Us ing a toothpick dip each ball in the chocolate so as to look like a buckeye chestnut place back on cookie sheet Refrigerate again Also very good for freezing Makes about and tastes like Reese peanut butter cups Maralyn Pilgrim Georgetown Ont CHILI SAUCE RELISH 1 6qt basket tomatoes large onions 1 bunch celery 2 tbsp salt cups white vinegar 4 cups white sugar allspice In bag Cut tomatoes onions celery in to crock Add salt to tomato mix ture and let stand overnight Drain and turn into pan Add vinegar sugar and allspice to tomato mixture Cook slowly over low heat for 30 minutes Pour into jars and seal Makes to pints Marty Stark PUNCH cup sugar dissolved in 1 cup hot water then chilled 1 cups frozen orange juice 3 cups frozen lemon juice In above two ingredients mix with a little less water than called for 3 largt bottles of Up 1 large bottle juice block of ice lemon slices if desired Chill and mix all ingredients except Up which will be added slowlyjust prior Ingredients may be adjusted to suit taste or convenience Serves 50 Wendy McLaughlin Georgetown Ont Scariest Story Contest To her suprise the Tina and Ryan walk to the fence and touched it They began to walk back They were almost out All of a sudden the reappeard Tina and Ryan ran All of a sudden Tina began to fail Down down she fell I II will surley be killed when I bit the bottom thought Tina Darnessess was all around her She screamed She sat up in bed Her mother was there Wake up it s time to go tnckor treating with your friends her mother said Tina followed her mother out of her room but as she looked down she saw a big on her leg THE END JOCELYN OUDFSLUYS Age RUNNER UP AGE 1015 It was en night and a bunch of kids were walking by the graveyard gates One of the dared a girl named Tina and a boy named Ryan to go through the graveyard to the end and come back At first they hesitated but their friends egged them on so they decided to the dare As Tina and Ryan started to walk through the gates to the graveyard they turned back to look at their friends and HAND FROM THE they found themselves torn pletely alone Tina began to cry quietly Ryan bravely put his arm around Tina shaking shoulders It okay Tina they re just playing a trick on us Tina look ed up at him hesitantly and then gave a nervous laugh Alright Ryan let go and find them Ryan nodded a silent agreement and took her hand He tryed to stay calm and convince himself like he had convinced Tina They began to step cautiously forward To Ryan the stoney silence of the night was almost unbearable Tina started to sing softly and at that moment the gate doors slammed shut Tina screamed and Ryan froze his tracks his eyes and glazed with terror It was just the wind he whispered to the now loudly sobb ing Tina I wanna go home Tina said tears down her checks Ryan tryed to pull himself together He was about to turn around when he realized that the hand he was now holding was not Tina s It was cold and bony Ryan couldn stand it anvmore he scrunched his eyes shut open his mouth and creamed HELP HELP HELP What seemed like hours later he opened his eyes to the sound of laughter Tina stood beside him giggling and the rest of his were at the open gate laughing hysterically Boy what a cat he t even been in there for one minute and he s You think he saw a ghost or something One girl cried mockingly Ryan stood like a statue unable to move or speak He had just imagined it all or had he He glanced down at his hand across it was a fresh blood red scratch JENNY PAGE Age WINNER AGE It was Halloween night and a bunch of kids were walking by the graveyard gates One of the kids dared a girl named Tina and a boy named Ryan to go through the graveyard to the end and come back At first they hesitated but their friends egged them on so they decided to the dare As Tina and Ryan started to walk through the gates to the graveyard they turned back to look at their friends and THE TOMB and they came upon a big dark cave with howling noises and bats and the whole bit walked in and they saw a glow at the back of the cave They went closer There were candles every where They looked around the corner and saw a big rock It had some writing on it It said vou were brave to come in here They push ed at the rock as hard as they could They finally moved it Ryan grabbed a candle and walk ed it There were cob webs everywhere He looked around and saw skeletons hanging off of ropes It is the tomb where people hang themselves They ran out screaming They went into town and told the Sheriff He took a look and passed out and was never seen again The mayor sent out a search party They looked and looked and looked He was not found Until one day an old man was taking a walk and walk ed nght into the cave and right through the tomb and came into a small room He saw some one and he ran away The old man told the new sheriff and he stayed out side the cave and the Witch came out and turned him into a frog The witch did not know she was allergic to frogs and she shrivelled up and the sheriff turn ed back into a human THE END CARL PATTEN Age 9 LEMON CUSTARD ROY ALE 12 servings A lovely company dessert to be made the day before serving angel food cake bought or baked 6 beated egg yolks cup sugar cup lemon juice tsp grated lemon rind 1 envelope unfavored gelatine cup water egg whites beated STIFF cup sugar Few drops yellow food optional Half pint whipping cream Method Trim crusts from angel cake Tear cake into medium pieces Combine egg yolks sugar lemon juice and nnd Cook OVER hot NOT boiling water until mixture coats spoon Remove from heat Add gelatine softened in cold water Cool until partially set Fold in egg whites beaten with remaining cup sugar If desired add yellow food coloring Arrange 13 of the cake pieces loosely m the bottom of 10 tube pan Pour 13 of custard over cake so it will run between the cake pieces Continue until there are three layers of cake and custard Chill until firm Run tip of knife around edge of cake and centre tube dip pan hot water and unmould on serv dish Spread sides and top with sweetened whipped cream Enjoy Mrs MenJefkms RUNNER UP AGE THE HAUNTED It was Halloween night and a lunch of kids were walking by the graveyard gates One of the kids dared a girl named Tina and a named Ryan to go through the graveyard to the end and come back At first thev hesitated but their friends them on so they decided to ac the dare As Tina and Rv in started to walk through the gates to the graveyard they tun back to look at their friends il they t there Tina and Ryan got scared they wanted to turn back but the minute did someone grabbed them Oh I forgot to mention that the grave yard and church were hauned No one knew where they were There was cackling laughing and screeching Who ever went in never came out No one dare go in there because people kr w there were ghosts withes and every other monster could think of All of a sudden doors shut and Ixi d Tina and Ryan got at home all their friend were mad with themselves they Tina and Ryan would never talk to them again But as a mater of fact they did when they got home that is They escaped through a win dow They had to hop the gates because they had locked the ing the night There was fog and mist the church But at home things were different their were flowers lots of sun and no fog or mist Tina and Ryan were glad to be home THE END JESSICA HAMILL