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.

greenford evangelical lutheran church’S “175th anniversary commemorative cookbook”

SWEET AND SALTY FRITO SNACK MIX

by ELLEN APPELMAN

1101/2-ounce bag of Fritos

2cups Rice Chex cereal

2cups pretzel twists

11/2cups nuts

1cup light brown sugar, packed

1stick butter

1/2cup light corn syrup

1cup mini M&Ms

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl combine Fritos, Rice Chex, pretzels and nuts. Set aside. In a small saucepan melt the brown sugar, butter and corn syrup over medium heat. Let the mixture come to a boil for four minutes without stirring. Remove the pan from heat and pour over Frito mixture. Stir carefully to coat evenly. Transfer mix to a large roasting pan and bake for 8 minutes. Stir mix, then bake an additional 8 minutes. Transfer mixture to a wax paper- lined counter and let cool completely before breaking into large clumps. When cooled sprinkle M&Ms over mix. Can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week ... if it lasts that long.

CHERRY DELIGHTS

by RAQUEL BAIR-SCHEETZ

1/2cup butter

1/4cup powdered sugar

1teaspoon water

11/4cups sifted flour

Salt, to taste

24Maraschino cherries, with stems

Red fine sugar

2egg white

1teaspoon Maraschino cherry juice

Cream butter and add powdered sugar. Add water, and stir in with flour and salt. Mix well. Use one teaspoon of dough to wrap around a cherry, leaving the stem. Beat together egg white and cherry juice. Dig dough in egg wash and roll in red sugar, Bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes.

HOW TO obtain a copy

Stop at the church office at 7450 W. South Range Road, Salem, or call 330-533-5324 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. The cost is $12. Or, to order by mail, send $17 (includes shipping and handling) to P.O. Box 104, Greenford, OH 44422.

For information call Shirley Martz at 330-533-2098.