Glorify your rice, make a special hash brown casserole with these recipes and you'll want to do it again.
Mary Ann Young of Utica, Ky., requested a recipe for "a delicious hash brown casserole that is served in the Cracker Barrel Restaurants, especially the one in Franklin, Ky.," she wrote.
Mrs. Vincent J. Colimore of Cockeysville sent in Chef Gilles Syglowski's hash brown choice. "I hope she likes this one. It is a favorite of my family and friends and is delicious," she wrote.
Colimore's Hash Brown Potato Casserole
1 32-ounce bag of frozen hash browns, thawed
3/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 8-ounce cup sour cream
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups corn flakes
Combine the hash browns and 1/2 cup of the butter and remaining ingredients. Put mixture in a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish and sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup butter. Bake 50 minutes at 350 degrees.
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Anna Yahwak of Auburn, N.Y., requested a dessert called Glorified Rice. Joan Demshock of Timonium answered with a recipe which she writes is from "Sugarplums From Sugarland," a book from the Imperial Sugar Co., Sugarland, Texas. And, from Bend, Ore., Betty L. Young sent in a simple but tasty recipe for this dessert.
Demshock's Rice Pudding
Serves 8
2 cups milk
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs beaten
1/3 cup plumped currants
1/2 cup pineapple preserves
2 1/2 cups cooked rice
1/4 cup slivered maraschino cherries
1/3 cup coconut
1/3 cup chopped nuts
Heat milk to boiling and remove from heat. Mix sugar, salt and flour and quickly stir into milk. Return to heat and bring to boil. Stir vanilla and cinnamon into eggs. Stir small amount of hot mixture into the egg mixture and pour into the pudding. Stir over heat until thickened. Blend in rest of ingredients and chill.
Young's Glorified Rice
2 cups cooked rice cooled
1 (16-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 pint whipping cream, seasoned with sugar and vanilla to taste
Fold pineapple into cooled rice. Beat cream until it holds a peak and add to rice. Mix well. Chill well.