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Holiday Recipes

It’s Holiday Time and OITM staffers
are in the kitchen to share their season’s
favorites with you!!! Grab and apron and
c’mon along! (We are emphatically not
responsible for typos!)

Phil’s Fresh Fruit Cake

(an unusual cake, made without eggs,
baking powder, sugar, or honey, he says).

1 cup oil

1 cup nut pieces

1 cup raisins

1 cup coconut

2 cups rolled oats

3 cups crushed fruit (pulp and juice)
1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2-2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

(makes 2 9-inch rounds, preheat

oven to 350).

For the crushed fruit, use strawberries,
apricot,

pineapple, banana, peaches,

nectarines, etc.
puree.

Mix together all the ingredients except
for wheat flour. Then add the flour to

Chop fruit coarsely or

\form a soft, slightly crumbly dough. The

amount of flour will vary with how moist
the fruit is.

Press or spread into buttered pans and
bake in 350 oven for 40-50 minutes until
sides and bottom are golden brown. Let
cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto
a plate to cool more. Frost with a date
filling, decorate with pieces of fresh fruit.

‘ (To make a date filling, place 1/2 lb
pitted dates in a saucepan with water to
cover and simmer 10-15 minutes until dates
are soft. Mash into paste, season with
lemon or orange peel).

Gilles’ Mustard Gingerbread

(Gilles comments that it is
a unusual way to wake up a ho-hum sort of
dessert).

2 1/4 cups sifted whole wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

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square pan or a loaf pan.
45-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes
out clean from the center.
10 minutes before turning out.

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon powdered mustard
1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup molasses r

1 large egg

1 cup hot water
whipped cream (Preheat oven 350)

Sift together flour, baking powder, and

salt. Blend soda and spices into the butter
or margarine.
followed by the egg.
alternately with the hot water, beginning and
ending with the flour.

Gradually blend in molasses,
Add flour mixture

Mix thoroughly.
Turn into a buttered, floured 9-inch
Bake at 350 for

Cool in pan for
Serve with
whipped cream.

VT C.A.R.E.S. Christmas Cabaret

A Preholiday cabaret and celebration to
benefit Vermont C.A.R.E.S. will be held
Tuesday, December 15th at Pearls in
Burlington.

The "Come in from the Cold Cabaret"
will feature .nusic, dance, humorous sketches,
and the heretofore hidden talents of the
Vermont C.A.R.E.S. Players. From
Broadway show tunes to stand-up comics,
and everything in between, the show will
offer a warm and enjoyable way to spend a
December evening.

This outrageous evening of fun will also
include refreshments, door prizes, and
post-show dancing and socializing.

The show will start at 9:30 p.m., and
the suggested donation is $3.

 

Walter l. Zeichner
M.A.C.P., N.C.C.
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323 Pearl Street
Burlington, VT 05401
863-5510