Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have

Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have its cookbook showcased, please contact our features editor Barb Shaffer at 330-747-1471, ext. 1282, or email her at shaffer@vindy.com.

Hugh G. Earnhart’s “Eat like a Thresherman: Recipes of a Farming Generation”

Stuffed Pork Chops with Apples

3tart red apples

6rib pork chops (11/2 inches thick)

1cup fine bread crumbs

1/4cup chopped celery

1tablespoon fat

few sprigs parsley, chopped

1tablespoon minced onion

11/2teaspoon salt

pepper

For the stuffing: Cook the celery, onion and parsley in the fat for a few minutes; ad crumbs and seasonings and mix well. Cut a pocket in each chop by slicing from the outer edge toward the bone. Sprinkle chops with salt and pepper and rub lightly with flour. Sear chops in a hot skillet, then fill each with stuffing and skewer the edges together with toothpicks. Lay the stuffed chops on a rack in a baking pan with a cover. On the top of each chop, place, cut side down, half an apple which has been cored but not pared. Cover and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until meat is tender. Lift the chops and apples together from the baking dish onto a hot platter, remove the toothpick skewers and serve at once.

Peanut Butter Fudge

2cups peanut butter

2cups granulated sugar

1/2cups sweet milk

1/2teaspoons vanilla

Cook together sugar, peanut butter and milk. When it forms a soft ball in cold water, remove from fire, add vanilla, cool and beat until creamy. Pour onto a buttered plate and, when it begins to harden, mark into squares.

HOW TO ORDER

Order Hugh Earnhart’s “Eat Like a Thresherman: Recipes of a Farming Generation” by contacting the author at 330-757-4727 or emailing gowie55@aol.com. Send checks or money orders to Hugh G. Earnhart, 2935 Red Maple Lane, Poland, 44514. If ordering through mail, indicate the number of copies needed, and name and address details. Cost is $11.95 with $2.75 shipping and handling.