What can be more exciting and magical than a family wedding? A large part of my family journeyed to Grove City on Saturday to attend the wedding of my granddaughter and her fiancé. In addition to the specialness of witnessing the joining of the lives of two people that are special to us were the added magic moments of family togetherness. Two of my great granddaughters who are nieces of the bride and live in Texas were flower girls. We get to see them so seldom that it was a special occasion in itself. Their younger baby sister, who resembles a China doll (I am a bit prejudiced) was making her initial visit, added to the specialness of the day, since I had never seen her. The bride was beautiful as we expected her to be and it was a very joyous occasion. Best wishes are extended again to Val and Ted who are both teachers and coaches in the Grove City Schools. May their marriage be a long and happy one.
Nearly all of us stayed overnight so we had ”another party” Sunday morning in the dining hall of the hotel. It is great when we enjoy the company of close and extended family with a number of special friends as a bonus. To me getting home again had a specialness of its own, too. See there are so many aspects of Life that have built in pleasures that we quite often fail to appreciate.
A very special thing happened in my life last week that followed closely a dangerous and stupid thing that I had done. After partially becoming stable due to the thoughts of what might have happened, as I was entering my back door, I heard a wee small voice. I turned around and there was a young neighbor girl, possibly a first or second grader, holding out her hand with a plastic bag in it. As I asked her ,”is that for me?”, she scampered back across the street. She had brought me two samples of luscious looking bar cookies and the recipe. They tasted every bit as good as they looked, so I felt I must pass the recipe on and not be selfish with it. Besides the instructions sound too simple to be true and have them taste that good. Hope you agree with me. Thanks go to the kindness of her mother, helping me prove that Edgerton is a great place to live. In fact two instances in less than a half hour were on the positive side. Thanks to you too, Betty and Linda.
MAGIC COOKIE BARS
½ cup butter
1 ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
1 (14 oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 cups (12 oz.) semi sweet chocolate cips
1 1/3 cups Flaked coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 if using a glass baking dish) In a 9 x 13 inch baking pan, melt butter in oven. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs evenly over the butter. Pour Eagle Brand milk over crumbs. Layer evenly with remaining ingredients and press down firmly. Bake 25 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool, cut into squares. Store loosely covered at room temperature.
Although this is in a 20 year old cookbook, I have never heard of this combination. The suggestion is to use it in place of a vegetable side dish, even though it is called a cake.
CORN ONION SHORTCAKE
¼ cup butter
1 large sweet onion, finely chopped
1 ½ cups corn muffin mix
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup cream style corn
1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup (4 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
Melt butter over medium heat. Saute onion until tender. Remove from heat; set aside. Combine milk, egg, muffin mix and corn. Spread into 9 inch baking pan. Combine sour cream, sautéed onion, salt and half of the cheddar cheese. Spread over batter. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Cut into squares, serve warm. To make cracker crumbs, Place crackers in a plastic bag and run a rolling pin back and forth until they are the size you want.
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