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.
NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH’S “HEAVENLY DELIGHTS”
Sweet and Sour Chicken
by Sandra Barney
2pounds chicken
2eggs, beaten
Garlic powder
Salt and pepper
Cornstarch
Cooking oil
1cup sugar
3tablespoons water
3tablespoons soy sauce
1/4cup vinegar
Salt and pepper chicken, dip in beaten egg seasoned with garlic powder and roll in cornstarch. Deep fry in hot oil until lightly browned. Mix together sugar, water, soy sauce and vinegar. Place browned chicken in pan and cover with sauce. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, turning once.
Oriental Slaw Salad
by Diane Vargo
8ounces shredded cabbage
Grated carrot
1/2cup sunflower seeds
1/2cup vegetable oil
1/4cup cider vinegar
Diced onions (optional)
1package ramen noodles, broken up
Dash of salt
Layer slaw, grated carrot and sunflower seeds in a bowl. Mix oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and seasoning packet from ramen noodles in a jar with lid and shake until sugar is dissolved. Sprinkle broken noodles on top of slaw. Add dressing just before serving.
Lemon Fluff
by Janet Fair
1large can milk
1package lemon Jello
13/4cups hot water
1/4cup lemon juice
1cup sugar
1box vanilla wafers, crushed
Chill milk. Mix lemon Jello with hot water, chill until it starts to set. Whip set Jello, lemon juice and sugar. Whip milk until it doubles. Fold into gelatin mixture. Put 1/2 of crushed wafers in bottom of 9-by-13-inch pan. Add mixture and then rest of crushed wafers on top. Refrigerate until frosty. Best 24 hours.
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