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Appetizers, Salads,
& Snacks
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Stuffed Baked Apples |
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6 |
baking apples |
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3 |
tablespoons butter |
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1 |
cup finely chopped pitted dates |
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1/4 |
cup water |
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1/4 |
cup chopped walnuts |
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1 |
cup maple syrup |
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1 |
cup (canned) mandarin oranges, cut up |
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| Core apples. Remove 1-inch peel
from top of each and arrange in baking dish. Combine dates,
walnuts, mandarin oranges, and butter. Add water. Cover baking
dish after stuffing apples. Bake at 375 degrees F for about 35
minutes. Uncover. Bake 20 minutes longer; baste 3 times with
maple syrup. During cooking, baste at intervals. |
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Maple Walnut Granola |
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4 |
cups rolled oats |
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1 |
cup wheat germ |
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1 |
cup sesame seeds |
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1 |
cup coconut |
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1 |
cup chopped walnuts |
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1/3 |
cup oil |
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1/2 |
cup maple syrup |
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3/4 |
cup honey |
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| Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
Combine oats, wheat germ, sesame seeds, coconut and nuts. Add
oil and stir until evenly distributed. Pour in maple syrup,
stirring well. Add honey and mix until well moistened and
mixture is crumbly and sticky. Spread in a large shallow pan.
Bake 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally for even browning until
mixture is golden brown and dry. Cool and store in airtight
container |
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French Toasted Fondue |
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French bread |
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1/4 |
teaspoon salt |
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2 |
well-beaten eggs |
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salad oil |
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1/2 |
cup milk |
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| Cut French bread into about 50
bite-size pieces, each with one crust. Combine eggs, milk and
1/4 teaspoon salt. Pour salad oil into fondue cooker, heat, add
1 teaspoon salt. Spear bread through crust with fondue fork; dip
in egg mixture. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Dip in Fluffy
Maple Sauce. |
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Fluffy Maple Sauce |
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1 1/2 |
cups sifted confectioners sugar |
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1/2 |
cup maple syrup |
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1/2 |
cup butter |
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1 |
egg, separated |
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| Thoroughly cream together,
confectioners sugar, butter, maple
syrup and egg yolk. Fold in stiffly beaten egg white. Chill. |
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Maple Popcorn, Cereal, or Nut Candy |
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1 |
tablespoon butter |
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1 |
cup maple syrup |
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3 |
tablespoons water |
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3 |
quarts popped corn or mixed cereal and nuts |
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| Boil together butter, water, maple
syrup. Boil until forms soft ball in cold (not ice) water. Add
popped corn or mixed cereal and nuts. Stir briskly until mixture
coats popped corn evenly. Continue stirring until cools, when
each morsel will be separately coated. |
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Mapled Appetizers |
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1 |
13 1/2 ounce can pineapple chunks in syrup |
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1/3 |
cup water |
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2 |
8 ounce packages brown & serve sausage links |
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1/3 |
cup vinegar |
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4 |
tablespoons cornstarch |
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1 |
med. green pepper, cut in 3/4 inch squares |
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1/2 |
teaspoons salt |
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1/2 |
cup drained maraschino cherries |
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1/2 |
cup maple syrup |
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Drain pineapple, reserving 1/2 cup
liquid. Cut sausages in thirds crosswise; brown in skillet. At
serving time, blend cornstarch, salt, reserved liquid, maple
syrup, water and vinegar in blazer' pan or chafing dish. Heat to
boiling, over direct heat, stirring constantly; cook and stir a
few minutes more.
Add drained pineapple, sausage, green pepper chunks and
cherries; heat through. Keep warm over hot water. Spear with
cocktail picks. Makes about 150 appetizers. |
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Maple Parfait |
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1 |
teaspoon unflavored gelatin |
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1/3 |
cup maple syrup |
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1 |
tablespoons cold water |
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few |
grains salt |
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hot water |
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1/2 |
pint whipped cream |
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2 |
egg yolks |
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| In top of double boiler, soak
gelatin in cold water. Dissolve over hot water. Add egg yolks.
Beat until light. Add maple syrup, slowly beating all the
time. Stir and cook over hot water until thickened. Cool. Add
salt. Fold in whipped cream. Freeze in mold or in ice cube
trays. |
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Maple Syrup Salad
(Very rich fruit salad or could be used as a
dessert.) |
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1/4 |
cup maple syrup |
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1/2 |
cup nuts |
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8 |
ounces cream cheese |
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11/2 |
cup crushed pineapple |
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2 |
drops food coloring (Green or red) |
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1 |
package whipped topping or whipped cream. |
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1/2 |
cup chopped dates |
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| Fold cream into rest of
ingredients, refrigerate for 4 hours, and then freeze if
desired. |
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Maple Fruit Cream |
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1 |
cup maple syrup |
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1/2 |
cup candied cherries |
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2 |
cup cream |
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1 |
cup pineapple |
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| Mix the syrup and cream. Add the
cherries cut in small pieces. Put pineapple through food chopper
(or use crushed). Combine all ingredients and freeze. |
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Maple Apple Crunch |
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8 to 10 |
graham crackers, crushed |
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4 |
apples |
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1/2 |
cup butter or margarine |
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1/2 |
cup maple syrup |
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| Mix cracker crumbs and butter thoroughly. Slice apples. Butter
a 1 quart baking dish and place apples in bottom of dish. Pour
maple syrup over apples and add cracker and butter mixture. Bake
at 325 degrees F for 25 minutes. Top with whipped cream or ice
cream. Serves 6. |
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