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Comment by Tina Mischke on April 8, 2012 at 3:28pm

Here are my contributions. Tina Mischke, tinamischke@gmail.com Mom to Poppy, Jorja Peach, and Dover.

(from my grandmother’s recipe box)
QUICK COFFEE CAKE

1 ½ cup flour 1/3 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder 1 egg
½ tsp. salt 2/3 cup milk
3 tblsp. shortening

Sift flour. Measure and add baking powder and salt and sift again.
Cream shortening. Add sugar gradually while continuing to beat until
light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Add milk. Add sifted flour
mixture and stir just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. Do not
beat. Turn into a greased square pan and bake in a hot oven (425˚ F.)
for 25 minutes.

Crunchy Topping:
Combine together ½ cup melted butter with 2/3 cup sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon
and ½ tsp. almond flavoring. Fold in 1 ½ cup corn flakes. Spread over
cake batter before baking.

(from my Aunt Hattie)
CLAM CHOWDER

4 or 5 medium potatoes 1 cup celery, diced
1 medium onion, diced 6 to 8 slices of bacon, cut in small pieces
1 can clams milk

Cook potatoes until done and then mash. Fry onion, celery, and bacon until
bacon is crisp. Save the grease. Add the fried ingredients to the mashed potatoes.
Add the can of clams with the clam juice. Add milk to reach the desired consistency
you prefer (thick or thin). Season with salt and pepper. Heat through until warm.

Comment by Chip and Dale's mom on February 26, 2012 at 8:14am

This is being submitted for the cookbook as a demo on how to do this on the website. It is also yummy.

Appetizer
Submitted by Ellen Atwood, puppix@pacbell.net
Sarah's Stuffed Dates
NOTE: You can also use prunes (dried plums) for this recipe. This is a very simple, quite adjustable to ingredients on hand, quick to make, and quicker to disappear.

Pitted dates, probably several per person attending.
Philadelphia cream cheese, regular. An 8 ounce package will do unless you are feeding a very large crowd.
Bacon, about half a slice per date. Thin sliced cooks faster. If you like gourmet apple-smoked thick type, it needs to be precooked.
Before cooking: Soak plain wooden cocktail toothpicks in water for 15 minutes or so, longer if you plain to broil.
Preheat oven to 350

Directions:
1. If using thick sliced bacon, put on rack in 350 degree oven and precook til nearly done but NOT crispy, Depending on thickness, this will take anywhere from 10-30 minutes. Let cool. It should be flexible enough to wrap around the dates.
2. While bacon is precooking, cut cream cheese into small "fingers" to go inside the dates. The size will depend on the size of the dates, of course. You want a nice bite of cream cheese, but it should not ooze out of or overwhelm the date.
arrange dates on backing sheet covered with parchment or Silpat (makes cleanup a breeze).
3. Cut slit in top of dates, insert a cream cheese "finger" and then wrap with bacon. Insert toothpick to hold bacon and act as handle.
4. Put on rack on top of backing pan and cook in 350 degree oven til bacon is crispy and cream cheese softens. Again, depending on bacon thickness, anywhere from 5-25 minutes. If brave, you can try to broiler, turning them over as one side crisps.
5. Put on plate and serve.

This is a great pub snack. With prunes it is called Devils on Horseback and goes great with a nice cold draft beer.