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Show 2 Davis Standard Tuesday, December 15, 1998 This holiday season, be merry, not weary SPOTLIGHT: HEALTH - tis the merry, yet with the blizzard of holiday chores, many women feel more weary than merry. The secret is to simplify, simplify, simplify! Dont be a slave to the ghost of Christmas past, compelled to repeat every holiday custom ever observed in your family. Instead, be a master of Christmas present, choosing those activities you enjoy most. Do less. Make a list of family activities. Go over this list . with your family and decide realistically which projects are Christmas most meaningful. Do ahead. Pick one or two tasks to be accomplished well before the holiday hassle. You can cook ahead and freeze, write Christmas cards or wrap gifts early. Do two things at once. Why not make your annual paraffair or host ty a a gift wrapping party or a cookie-baking and swapping bash. Share the work. Dont forget to give the kids and hubby some responsibilities. Most children over the age of 8 are able to lick stamps, address envelopes, wrap packages, set the table, decorate cookies, chop nuts and celery and clean up their rooms before Santa visits. If your wrapping style is less than elegant, simply tape on a note that reads: Cus- - Festive treats brighten holiday Get into the spirit of the season by making taffy fun and unusual gift -a Farmington at the away. It may be stored in a cool when stored, but may be softened by placing it in a 300 degree oven for five minutes. I like to cook mine to 240 degrees. It takes me about an hour, Jones said. The mixture turns dark as it cooks. Dont have your stove too high or it could bum, she warned. I have successfully reheated this two times. The third time sugar crystals will i recipe to Sandy gathered 1998 Homespun Hospitality Holiday Fair. The centennial taffy recipe she shared may be used as a fun and unusual gift for neighbors at Christmas or even for a New Years Eve activity, she said. - Jioaes wasnt the only one to 'sTidfe'Txcftifig redipes this year'.' Mathis Ross of USU Extension Service shared a recipe for raspberry-fille- d cookies that can be made at home for a fraction of what it costs to buy them, and they are not too difficult to make either. If its homemade rolls you want, Vicki Fisher of Clinton has just what you are looking for. Her recipe for freezer crescent rolls may be made into dough and kept in the freezer for up to a month. They also make great cinnamon rolls or chicken rolls. If anything impresses people, it is homemade rolls, Fisher - Jo-A- said. Using half of the recipe, you can make a fruit-fille- d braided wreath. Just roll the dough into a can of rectangle and put one-ha- lf pie filling down the center. Cut the dough at the sides of the filling into one-inc- h strips. Alternating sides, fold the dough across the filling as if in a braid. You can form it into a circle for a wreath or form it in the shape of a candy cane. Let it rise and bake. Frost it when its cool. The homemaking council had lots of ideas on good foods to serve during the holidays. You may want to try Maxine BramwelTs turtles. I like to mix chocolate and mint for a different flavor, she said. If you need to plan ahead for a luncheon, try making Charliene Reeds mock souffle the night before it is needed. Or try artichoke dip, Millie Kay Francis favorite appetizer. Francis uses fresh Parmesan cheese she gets at Granatos in Salt Lake City. Jones, a member of the advisory council, told of an old taffy recipe that has been in the family of Miriam Force for many years. The centennial taffy was made by Forces grandfather, a schoolteacher who worked in a candy factory during the summer. The recipe calls for the use of mutton tallow, but Jones assured her audience that olive oil or popcorn oil will also work. The most unusual ingredient in the recipe is prayer. Some might find this silly, but my most important ingredient is prayer. It is so hard to cook this just right that whenever I am making it I always say a prayer first, Force said. I always say a prayer, too, Jones said. The recipe is so large it takes a pan for cooking and it fills two pans to the 12-qu- Sandy Jones (above) explains an easy way to make taffy at the Homespun dry place for several weeks and then pulled. It will get very hard correspondent -- HOSPITALITY: top when poured out to cool. It does not have to be pulled right ByRUTHMALAN Standard-Examin- , form And " Hospitality Holiday Fair held at the Davis County you,wilLhave,mints. ' Phil the cafldln loffg strings By SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Standard Examiner Gregory offers the following tips to make your Christmas safe: scissors into little pillows, then wrapped in wax paper. The fair was sponsored by the Utah State University Extension of Davis County and the USU Homemakers Advisory Council. Centennial Taffy Recipe Take care with your Christmas trees decorations. Remember to use only fresh cut trees and make a new cut up from the base to help the tree absorb water. Water your tree 12 cup butter (or 14 cup) Miriam Force 5 lbs of sugar 5 lbs of Karo syrup (32 oz. 1 or margarine tablespoon yeast 12 cup sugar 12 cup instant dry potatoes 12 teaspoon salt white) 1 pint of heavy whipping 1 cream 2 eggs Have ready package of Knox gelatin dissolved in 12 cup cold water. Add 12 cup hot water to it before adding it to the candy. Bring this to a boil that you cant stir down. A large pressure cooker is suggested, or at least a large heavy pan. The recipe doesnt work if a heavy pan is not used. Add mutton tallow the size of an egg (or 13 cup coconut oil or olive oil) and add the gelatin mixture. Dont stir it after adding the mutton tallow and gelatin. Let it cook to 242 degrees. For it to be pullable you have to have it exact. It takes from one to two hours to cook it. Be sure you have an accurate thermometer. Pour it into four buttered dripper 5 cups flour Mix in order given. Knead about 8 minutes. Let rise one time, about 1 hour, punch down. Divide in two. Roll each piece into a 1 circle. Brush with melted margarine. Cut each circle 8 into pie shaped pieces. Starting at the wide end, roll up. Place on greased baking sheet with point at the bottom. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze. Transfer to plastic bags. To bake, remove from freezer 4 hours before baking. Let rise. Bake at 350 degrees about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. pans. rolls, etc. Vicki Fisher 1 If you want to pull it right after you make it be sure to let it cool until you can handle it, which would probably take several hours. The taffy can be stored in a cool dry place for several weeks if needed. To pull it later you warm the candy in the oven at 3000 until it is soft enough to pull - that usually takes about 5 minutes. This taffy can be pulled for a long time because it doesnt go hard. Thats what is so great about using it for groups. As you pull the taffy add food coloring and flavoring. Use only the oils for the flavoring. After pulling the taffy you can stripe it. Get the taffy in an oblong shape, take two small pieces of different colored taffy and string one color piece around the other (like you were wrapping a package). Then carefully pull out pieces of the striped taffy, and cut with scissors into bite size pieces. Always wrap the candy pieces in wax papier. correspondent FARMINGTON - There is nothing more tragic than a fire at Christmastime, said Chief Larry Gregory, Farming-to- n Citys fire chief. Many times these fires can be avoided by following a few basic precautions. Standard Examiner 4-- 12-1- 3-- Makes 6 rolls. These rolls also make excellent cinnamon rolls, orange d rolls, braids, chicken 24-3- 12 cup brown sugar, packed 12 to 34 cup chocolate chips Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large mixer bowl combine flour, brown sugar and butter. Beat at medium speed 3 minutes. Press into ungreased baking pan. Pat pecan halves evenly into unbaked 1 2-- crust. Topping: In small heavy saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to boil. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour 0 over crust. Bake in oven minutes or until topping is bubbly and crust is light golden brown. Remove from oven. Sprinkle on chocolate chips. Do not spread. Cool on racks. Cut into bars. Makes about 3 12 dozen. About 135 calories per bar. Maxine Bramwell Raspberry-Rile1 1 Cookies Crust 2 cups flour 1 cup brown sugar, packed 12 cup butter, softened 1 12 cups pecan halves Topping 23 cup butter sugar 2 12 cups flour 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 12 cup raspberry preserves 1. Beat the butter at medium speed of an electnc mixer until creamy; gradually add the confectioners sugar, beating until lightly fluffy. Add the flour See COOK8 All Tor "T daily. When lighting indoors, use only UL listed decorations and keep your electrical decorations in excellent shape. Discard any decorations or lights with broken sockets and inspect them carefully before placing on the tree. Candles can be a fire waiting to happen. Never use them on or near a tree and make sure they are mounted in a secure and nonflammable 'T1 T.TJl-- t ILM.W 5 By celebrating creatively rather than compulsively, by be-coming a master of Christmas ' present rather than a slave to Christmas past, you and your family can spend more time this holiday season enjoying the tra- ditions you enjoy the most. ; ; Quick clean up of all wrapping paper and boxes is important. Be sure to take them out of the house and put them in the garbage. It is not advisable to discard large quantities of paper by burning them in the fire- place. A flue-fir- e may result. Cardboard and appliance boxes bum hot, so if you use them to bum, cut them into small pieces and use them sparingly, like you would any good kindling. Outdoor home decorations should be inspected for faulty sockets, bare wires, or breaks in the wire. Use only equipment and bulbs that are UL listed and in good conditions. Most modern light sets for exterior lighting are fused, so make sure all fuses are of the proper type. Be careful when stringing the lights that you dont punch holes in the light cords with staples, nails or connectors. And most important, check all home smoke detectors and change the battery. Plan what the family will do if a fire should occur and make sure everyone knows it. With careful planning now, the holidays can be safer and brighter. W 'D.I.il M 'f f 1 r Tmch STORE ITEMS! Food to Shop for RV OWNER! 'Wf'I'IVPW'Wy t-- j I Donations 1 k . - I 520 South State, Clearfield 773-483- 6 ri'j.in 2 cups warm water 23 cup dry milk last-minu- te Browning Clothing Scented Candles Gourmet Jams Contributed by Sandy Jones Freezer Crescent Rolls Be prepared. Keep an emergency supply of cookies, baked goods or finger foods in 1 the freezer that can easily be thawed for entertaining and unexpected guests. Buy a few generic food gifts to have on hand for drop-i- n com- - j pany. j SPECIAL!. OFF ALL Your Hard te jBhowninG bt Tmt All All 10 Holiday entertaining - buy help. Cut down on cooking time by using a little outside help. Try catering all or part of your menu from a favorite restaurant or caterer. Or order party trays or takeout foods from your supermarket deli. Hire neighborhood teenagers or round up your kids to help in the kitchen with preparations, serving and cleanup. Cookies d cup butter, softened 12 cup sifted confectioners JIPS RY HOLIDAY ns0o Mark. 18-2- fruit-fille- Butter Pecan Turtle tom wrapped by base that will not tip easily. Never, never leave a candle unattended, or bum candles where small children can reach them. Farmington fire chief tips to make Christmas safe offers recently. At left are some of the BRIAN NICHOLSON to work a lot of air into it. After , it is pulled, the rope should be placed on wax paper and cut with Mathis Floss USU Davis Extension Make sure holiday isnt marred by fire Courthouse chocolate treats those at the conference learned to prepare. Life Styles Jo Ann 292-163- 6 amn.sj.ii-i-- u a.v m JL I L. I '1 POOR COPY i |