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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • DECEMBER 5, 2018 • Betty Kaiser’s Cook's Corner: Pet tips ‘N’ tales Christmas Cookies for a Crowd mas Cookie party event. All the neighbors were happy for a meet and greet and brought enough cookies to share and exchange. And that was the year I discovered a cookie short cut — Bar Cookies. If you’re going to feed a crowd, cookies baked like cake and cut into squares are noth- ing short of magic. You don’t have to stop and agonize over perfecting every individual cookie. You just cut and serve. I still make a couple of fa- vorite, tedious cookie recipes: Russian Tea Cakes and a small batch of frosted sugar cookies are a must on the Kaiser menu. And it wouldn’t be Christmas without a batch of Fantasy Fudge. Still, Bar Cookies are a lifesaver when entertaining at this busy time of year. Th e following recipes are baked and taste tested by dear friends. Enjoy! cranberries (8 ounces) • ½ cup pecans or walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 350Æ F. Butter a 9x13” Pyrex pan Using an electric mixer on medium speed: beat sugar and eggs until slightly thickened (about 2 min.). Beat in melted butter and almond fl avor. Stir in fl our; add cranberries and nuts. Bake 30 min. or until toothpick tests clean. Topping: • 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 egg • 1 cup coconut + extra for topping Betty Kaiser • 1 cup pecans, chopped Crust: In large bowl com- Once upon a time I loved to bine cake mix and margarine. make Christmas cookies. Back Blend at low speed until well in the day you could always combined and crumbly. Press count on me to bring cookies evenly into bottom of greased to the multiple school events, pan. church, clubs and other parties Topping: In small bowl com- that our family of fi ve attended. Louise’s Lemon Bars bine milk, vanilla and egg. Beat I was busy. I worked outside Crust: until smooth. Stir in coconut of the home, volunteered on • 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons and pecans. Pour mixture over multiple levels for youth and fl our crust. Sprinkle an additional ¼ civic groups and still had ener- • 1/2 cup powdered sugar cup coconut over top. gy to bake cookies at midnight. • 1 cup butter Bake 30-35 minutes or until Ah, youth Filling: golden brown. Cool completely. Th at all changed when we • 4 eggs, slightly beaten Cut into bars. semi-retired and moved to Or- • 2 cups sugar egon. Now that the kids were • 6 tablespoons lemon juice Microwave Fantasy Fudge grown and lived a thousand • 1 grated lemon rind • ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) butter miles away, I seldom made • 1 teaspoon baking powder • 3 cups sugar cookies by the dozen any more. Topping: • 1 small can evaporated In fact, that fi rst year Chuck Jeannie Hand’s • Powdered sugar for dust- milk (2/3 cup) (not sweetened) made all the cookies at our new Cranberry Bars ing • 1 12-ounce package semi- business. • 1 ½ cups sugar Preheat oven to 350° F. sweet chocolate chips We opened a bakery/donut • 2 large eggs Lightly spray 9x13 Pyrex • 1 small jar (7 ounces) shop and re-modeled a house • ¾ cup butter, melted and pan marshmallow crème on six acres. We were busy and cooled Crust: Combine 2 cups fl our • 1 cup nuts, chopped (I use tired. • 1 teaspoon almond extract with ½ cup powdered sugar and walnuts) Still, I wanted to entertain • 1 ½ cups fl our mix well with butter. Pat into • 1 teaspoon vanilla the neighbors at Christmas. • 1 ½ cup fresh or frozen prepared pan and bake for 20 Lightly grease a 13x9 inch Th us began 20 years of a Christ- min. Remove from oven. Pyrex pan. Filling: In the meantime, Microwave margarine in combine eggs, sugar, lemon 4-quart bowl on HIGH for 1 The Cottage Grove Lions Club will be offering wonderful See’s juice, lemon rind, baking pow- minute or until melted. Add products to benefit their sight & der and 2 tablespoons fl our. sugar and milk; mix well. Mi- hearing projects in our community. Mix until smooth. Pour fi ll- crowave on 5 minutes or until ing over cooked layer. mixture be-gins to boil, stirring Our sales trailer will be located in the Pinnocchio’s Pizza parking Bake for 25 minutes. Cool. aft er 3 minutes. Continue to lot on Main Street. Dust with powdered sugar. If cook 2 more min. Our hours will be 11:00 A.M. until 5:30 P.M. through making the day before, you Mix well; scrape bowl. Mi- Christmas Eve. NOW ACCEPTING Credit & Debit Cards may have to repeat dusting. Cut crowave 5 ½ min. more, stir- Shop early…..stock will be limited! into squares and serve. (Makes ring aft er 3 min. Microwave a lot!) on high 5 1/2 minutes; stirring If your business would like to place a large order, please contact Alan Payment aft er 3 minutes as above. Grad- of the Cottage Grove Lions Club Jeannie Jewell’s Macaroon ually stir in chocolate chips at 541-767-8154. Cookie Bars until melted. Add marshmal- Thank You in advance for your support!!!!! Heat oven to 350° F. low, nuts and vanilla. Mix well Grease 13” x9” pan and quickly pour into prepared Crust: pan. Let cool. To serve, cut into • 1 package Pillsbury Plus small squares. Makes a lot! Devil’s Food Cake mix Contact Betty Kaiser’s Chat- Dignifi ed Options for Our Faithful Friends • ½ cup margarine, soft - terbox at 942-1317 or email At Smith Lund Mills we believe that pets ened bchatty@bettykaiser.com 5A By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” Heavenly Heart gifts and giggle H ere are three interesting pet stories: “As the veterinarian released our dog, Sophie, into Heaven, I held her and whispered, ‘Please send me signs from Heaven that you are still with me,’” said Suzka. “A few weeks later, while clearing up aft er dinner, my husband and I were sharing the joy and love that Sophie gave us. He said, ‘You were a good mom to her and she loved you.’ Just then, I accidentally spilled left over red sauce. My being upset instantly turned into tears of happiness!” Sophie’s favorite food had spilled into a perfectly shaped red heart, confi rming her husband’s words. “Never doubt that our pets are truly forever,” said Suzka. “Th ey send us signs to calm our hearts and let us know they will always be with us.” Now, Sonja has two stories for to share: “On my 15th birthday, which is also Christmas, my father and uncle caught a two-year-old mustang, we named ‘Stormy,’ near Death Valley,” said Sonja. “Th ey chose the horse because of the white heart on his forehead. “I love horses. So, when I went out to the corral and saw him I was thrilled! I named him Stormy because he was caught during a rare desert snowfall. Th at horse was the best birth- day/Christmas present I ever had. He was the ‘go to’ ride for my mother when she and my father went into the back-coun- try hunting for venison. Stormy could pack out a deer with no trouble, and was willing to do whatever was asked of him. His only drawback, as far as my dad was concerned, was that he never let men ride him, tossing any guy right off ! A discerning horse.” Another one of Sonja’s pet stories is about her dog Ben who spotted a young possum making its way towards the fence line bordering a stream. “Th is was odd behavior for a possum,” said Sonja. “What was it doing out in broad daylight? Upon seeing Ben, naturally the possum fainted dead away. Ben sniff ed it and looked at me Pet Cremation are an important member of any family. When a pet dies it can be very diffi cult time for everybody involved. We understand the feelings of losing a pet and our professional, caring staff will be ready to assist you during this time of loss. 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Th ey are related to the koala and kangaroo and are useful to have around. Th ese furry marsupials are not dangerous to humans and are nature’s sanitation engineers keeping the environment clean by eating roaches, rats, snails, mice, small rats, moles and dead animals. “Possums must be nature's most dedicated optimists! Aft er all, they are betting their lives that whatever scared them into a catatonic state will not hurt them as they lay there vulnerable and helpless. Apparently, a possum cannot move once it’s faint- ed, even if it wanted to. Hormones fl ood their mind keeping them motionless. I wonder if I could do that if a grizzly bear walked up and sniff ed me? Food for thought — no pun intend- ed! “A little while later, Ben and I walked back to see if Miss Pos- sum was still there, but she had recovered and waddled away. I hope she sticks around to help in my garden this spring!” TIPS: “When you fi nd a fainted or fatally injured female possum, check the pouch for babies. Th ey can be raised by hand with advice from an experienced rehabber. Th ey are adorable and will ride on your shoulder and chirp like baby birds when hun- gry,” suggests Sonja. Share your fun, amazing or crazing pet tips and tales at an- gelscribe@msn.com or Follow Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PetTipsandTales. Adopt loving pets online at www.PetFinder.com. For spay or neutering, call the Humane So- ciety at 541-942-2789.