Friday, June 30, 2017

CASSEROLES - Chicken Divan

4 or 5 chicken breasts.  Cook in water 30 to 40 min. until done
2 pkg frozen broccoli
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 cup mayonnaise
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp curry powder (optional)
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
Buttered crumbs

Partially cook broccoli and spread in bottom of greased 9x13 pan.
Bone & skin cooked chicken and cut into 1" cubes.  Spread chicken over broccoli.
Make a sauce of soup, mayonnaise and lemon juice.  Spread on top of chicken.  
Sprinkle 2 cups grated cheddar cheese on top.
Bake in 350° oven 35 min.  Add buttered crumbs on top and bake another 5 min.  Cut into squares and serve.


CAKES - Canned Fruit Cake

4 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cloves
1 qt canned fruit
water
4 tsp baking soda
1 cup shortening
chocolate chips or nuts, optional

Mix first 6 dry ingredients together in large bowl.  Put 1 quart canned fruit in blender.  Puree fruit, add water to make 4 cups.  Add baking soda to pureed fruit.  Add fruit to flour mixture.  Add 1 cup shortening (melted or liquid) to batter and mix well.  Pour into greased 9x13 and 9x9 pans.  May put chocolate chips and nuts on top before baking, then there is no need to frost.  Bake at 350° for 40 min. or until done.  Any kind of fruit may be used.  This cake freezes well.

DESSERTS - Bananas with Cream Sauce

1 cup cream (whipping)
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp flour

Put above ingredients in pan.  Cook until thick, stirring constantly.  Cool.

Slice as many bananas as will be eaten.  Pour cooled sauce over sliced bananas.  Cover with ground peanuts.  Bananas may be sliced lengthwise in quarters and then in half or cut in discs.

CAKES - Glazed Orange Sunshine Cake

1 pkg yellow cake mix
1 tsp grated orange peel
1 6 oz can (3/4 c) frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 cup raisins

In large bowl combine first 5  ingredients.  Blend with mixer at low speed until moist.  Beat 2 min at highest speed.  Stir in raisins.  Pour into bundt pan greased with solid shortening and floured.  Bake at 350° for 45-55 min.  (325° for colored bundt pan) or until pick comes out clean.  Cool upright in pan 45 min.  Turn out onto plate.  Cool.

Glaze:
In small sauce pan, heat 1/3 cup orange marmalade.  Add & blend 3/4 cup powdered sugar and spoon over cake.  

Friday, June 23, 2017

150th Anniversary of Stevensville United Methodist Church

This year, 2017, will mark the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Stevensville United Methodist Church. In reading past history of our church, it seems the Women of the church were all about food; putting banquets on to raise money, dinners and suppers served on election days for the poll workers; chicken dinners and bazaars at the town hall during the depression to help raise money for our church; food tents at the Youth Fair.


The United Methodist "potluck" is a favorite fellowship event among the congregation. The purpose of this blog is to share the many treasured recipes that have been "sampled" by our congregation throughout the years. The United Methodist Women hope to share these recipes and others in the hopes that they can live on through future generations of the church.