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   Janis Kracht to All   
   The Collectors Newsletter #928 May29th,    
   29 May 13 11:01:44   
   
   8. Wanted ads. Can you help?   
   Here are the latest wanted ads from the TIAS Exchange. Can you help someone   
   out?   
   -- WANTED: Woman's Home Companion - December 1914   
   http://pages.tiasexchange.com/1618605/PictPage/3924068557.html   
   Looking for something? Place a "Wanted" ad in this newsletter. Over 16,000   
   subscribers will see it. It's easy, go to: http://www.tias.com/c   
   i-bin/submitClassified.cgi ------------- 9. A Vintage Recipe Be sure to check   
   out our vintage recipe archive online at: http://www.tias.com/ne   
   sletter/topics/A%20Vintage%20Recipe.html Over 1200 wonderful vintage recipes   
   are listed.   
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   Last week Amanda asked for agood lemon bar recipe. We had quite a few   
   responses, all similar but allsounding delicious.  Here are a couple of them:   
   This one is from ShirleyM.   
   Lemon Bars   
   2 Cups flour CÇô unsifted   
   1 Cup margarine or butter   
   1/2 Cup powdered sugar CÇô unsifted Mix flour and sugar and cut in butter.    
   Pat firmly into 13CÇØ X 9CÇØ pan. Build up slightly on edge. Bake 15-20   
   minutes at 350 degrees F (325 F if glass dish)   
   4 eggs, well-beaten   
   2 cups sugar   
   4tbsp flour juice of 2 lemons (6Tbsp) Beat all ingredients together and pour   
   over crust. Bake 25 minutes more at 350 F.  When cool, sprinkle withpowdered   
   sugar.   
      
   And here's another, this one from Carol H.: "Our lemontree is always full so   
   I've tried lots of lemon recipes and we love this lemon bar recipe the best".    
   LEMON BARS 2 1/4 cups flour, divided 1/2 pound butter, softened 3/4 cup   
   confectionerCÇÖs sugar, divided 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 2/3 cup lemon juice Grease   
   a 9 by 13CÇØ pan.  In a medium bowl,mix 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup   
   confectionerCÇÖs sugar.  Work in the butterwith your hands to make a dough.    
   With lightly floured fingertips, pressdough firmly to the bottom of the pan.    
   Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20minutes until firm to the touch.  Meanwhile, beat   
   the eggs lightly in asmall bowl.  Stir in the granulated sugar and remaining   
   1/4 cup flouruntil well blended.  Stir in lemon juice.  Pour lemon filling   
   over baked crust.  Bake for 20-25 minutes longer until topping is set and   
   golden.Cool completely.  Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup confectionerCÇÖs   
   sugar,sifting if lumpy.   
      
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   10. A vintage recipe request from areader:   
      
   "Hi, I saw last week's request for lemon bars for Father's Day sohere's my   
   request, also so I can make it for my Dad on Father's Day.  Does anyone have a   
   great recipe for those rainbow colored little cakes(cookies?) that had   
   chocolate on the top and bottom and then red, yellowand green layers in the   
   middle, and jelly or jam between the layers aswell?  Sorry, I don't know what   
   they're called.  thanks, Lynn Z."   
      
   As with collectibles, people also have very strong feelings about foods from   
   their past.  Sometimes these special recipes get lost.  This section is to   
   help people who are looking for lost recipes from their past.  If you submit a   
   request, please include the geographical region where you tasted the recipe.   
   --   
   If you can help this reader with this recipe, pleaseforward it to   
   phil@bignews.biz .  If you have a vintage recipe requestsend it to   
   phil@bignews.biz and we might just publish it here.Be sure to check out our   
   vintage kitchen collectibles section online at:http://www.tias.c   
   m/showcase/1/Kitchen_Collectibles/1.html   
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