Category Archive:Recipe

submitted by the Wieseler family

Vegetarian Chowder

  • 1 lb White Beans (Great Northern, Small White, Limas, Navy)
  • 1 cup Onion, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cup Celery, chopped
  • 1/4 cup Butter or Margarine
  • 1/4 cup Flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/8 tsp Pepper
  • 3 cups Milk
  • 1 16-oz can Tomatoes
  • 1 16-oz can Whole Kernel Corn
  • 1/4 lb Montery Jack cheese or Sharp Cheddar

Rinse, sort and soak benas. Drain.  In large kettle, cook beans in 6 to 8 cups hot water with 1 1/2 tsp salt.  Cook until tender (about 1 hour lima; about 2 to 2 1/2 hrs for small whites and great northerns).  Don’t drain!  Meanwhile, cook onion and celery briefly in butter in a 1 1/2 quart saucepan.  Blend in flour, salt and pepper.  Stir in milk and heat mixture until hot, but not boiling.  Add beans and their liquid, along with remaining ingredients.  Heat to serving temperature.

submitted by the Wieseler family

Hash Brown Casserole

Thaw out one 2 lb pkg of frozen hashbrowns.    Blend together the following:

  • 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)
  • 1 pint Sour Cream
  • 1/2 cup Onions, finely chopped
  • 1 can Creamof Celery Soup
  • 1 stick Butter, melted
  • 1 cup Corn Flakes, crushed

Pour blended ingredients over potatoes in large bowl.  Add 1/2 cup of the butter; mix.  Put in 9 x 13 baking pan; add the other 1/2 cup butter to the crushed corn flakes.  Sprinkle on top of the potatoes.  Bake, uncovered at 350 degrees for one hour.

submitted by the Wieseler family

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

  • 1 cup Shortening
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Eggs, well beaten
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 1/2 cup Quick Oatmeal
  • 1 cup Coconut
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 small pkg Chocolate Chips, semi sweet

Cream sugars and shortening.  Add eggs and vanilla, mix well.  Add remaining ingredients.  Make into balls and flatten slightly.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 12 minutes.

submitted by the Gordon family

Denny’s Microwave Carmel Corn

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 cup White Corn Syrup
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Mix butter, brown sugar and corn syrup in 2-quart microwave-safe bowl.  Cook for 2 minutes on high; stir.  Cook 2 minutes more on high; stir in baking soda and vanilla.  Pour over 17-18 cups of popped popcorn, in a brown paper bag.  Fold over top edge of bag.  Cook 1 1/2 minutes on high; shake bag.  Cook 1 1/2 minutes on high, shake bag.  Cook 1/2 minute on high.  Shake bag; pour into serving bowl to cool.