Chiliburgers (submitted by Katy Oakey Grahn)

3 1/2 Pounds ground beef
2 Tablespoons fat
1/3 Cup vinegar
1/2 Cup water
2 1/2 Cups catsup
1/4 Cup packed brown sugar
1/2 Cup onion - finely chopped
2 Cup celery - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon dry mustard
1 Tablespoon salt

Fry beef in fat, combine other ingredients to make a sauce. Put all together and simmer - don't boil. Makes 25 servings

Mrs. Stolper's Butter Scotch Frosting (submitted by Katy Oakey Grahn)

1 Cup brown sugar
3 Tablespoons powdered sugar
1/4 Cup milk
3 Tablespoons butter
1/4 Teaspoon salt

Combine all but powdered sugar and boil 3 minutes. Cool and add powdered sugar and beat until thick enough to spread.

Peanut Butter Bars - from Lana and Richard Wolter who think this is Mrs. Stolper's famous recipe

1 cup margarine
1 cup oatmeal
3 Tbsp. peanut butter
2 cups flour
l cup brown sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Beat margarine, peanut butter and brown sugar well. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture and oatmeal to first ingredients and mix well. Bake in 9Ó x 13Ó greased pan at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Frost with chocolate frosting.

Mrs. Elmer Behrens Date Torte (submitted by Carol Ziehlsdorff Huttner)

1 cup chopped dates
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pour water over dates and soda. Let cool.
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
Beat until very creamy. Add
1 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon soda
Put into 9 by 13" greased pan.
Sprinkle one six ounce package of chocolate chips, 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup nuts over all batter.
Bake 35-40 minutes in 350 oven.

Mrs. Stolper's Vanilla Sauce - (submitted by Carol Ziehlsdorff Huttner)

when they served gingerbread at MLS sometimes it was with applesauce. Was it also sometimes served with this sauce? JAK

Combine
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
Boil about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened
Remove from heat, add 1 teaspoon vanilla

Mrs. Elmer Behrens' Chicken Casserole (submitted by Carol Ziehlsdorff Huttner)

Simmer in water to almost cover
1 fat stewing hen
1 onion sliced
1 stalk celery
1 tablespoon salt
When chicken is tender, remove meat from bones and grind skin, gizzard, liver and heart and othe other meat cut in small pieces.
Dressing
1 loaf bread cubed
Onion and celery to suit your taste
salt and pepper
2 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon sage
Arrange in several layers of dressing and chicken alternately in casserole about 3 inches deep and moisten well with broth from cooking chicken.
Bake 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Mrs. Oakey's Christmas candy

2 cups sugar
3/4 c. white corn syrup
3/4 c. boiling water
flavoring - small vile bought from drug store
oil of wintergreen - green
1. oil of anise - yellow
2. oil of cinnamon - red
3. oil of peppermint - blue
1/2 small vile for flavoring of one recipe
food coloring for colors
boil sugar, corn syrup and water to hard crack (290 degrees)
turn off and add coloring and flavoring. Stir.
Dump on heavily buttered platter. As soon as it begins to harden around the edges, roll like into a sausage and cut into small pieces with a scissors.
Warning: bring to boing and cook slowly or it will burn. Also, grease your hands and have two people doing the cutting/recipe - it cools and hardens pretty quickly.

Mrs. Heinecke's brownies (submitted by Katy Oakey Grahn)

Melt together over hot water;

2 squares unsweetened chocolate (2 ounces)
1/3 Cup shortening

Cool
Beat until very light; 2 eggs
Beat in: 1 cup sugar
Add chocolate and shortening mixture which has been cooled slightly.
Sift together and stir in:

3/4 Cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla optional
Stir in 1/2 cup chopped nuts
Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees

Mrs. Maginnis's divinity

1 1/2 c. white sugar
1/4 c. white corn syrup
a few grains of salt
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 cup water
Put the above in a saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then cook withou stirring to "hard ball stage."
Beat 2 egg whites until stiff. Slowly beat in the syrup. When it begins to thicken, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until it will hold its shape when dropped from a spoon. Add nutmeats. Drop on waxed paper or greased plate.

added January 21, 2001
last modified February 6, 2001