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Recipes from Martha Ruth Leonard
Beyond Grits and Gravy
Gwen McKee and Barbara Moseley

Sweet Potato Biscuits

1 egg, slightly beaten
1/4-1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsps. butter or margarine softened

1 cup cooked, mashed sweet potatoes
3 tbsps. shortening
2 cups self-rising flour (approximately)

Combine egg, sweet potatoes, sugar, butter and shortening in a mixing bowl; mix well. Stir in enough flour to make a soft dough. (Dough will be softer than regular biscuit dough.) Turn out onto floured surface; knead lightly a few times. Roll to an inch thickness. Cut with a 2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Yields 10 2-inch biscuits.

Chicken Puffs

2 cups cooked, cubed chicken
3-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 tbsp. pimiento
1 tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 can cream of chicken or celery soup

1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 tbsps. milk
1 tbsp. minced onion
8-oz. can crescent rolls
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese or crushed, seasoned croutons

Blend chicken, salt, pepper, cream cheese, milk, onion, and pimiento. Separate rolls into 4 rectangles and seal perforations. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture into center of each rectangle. Pull up corners and seal. Brush tops with melted butter. Dip in croutons or sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 degrees on ungreased cookie sheet, 20-25 minutes, or until golden brown. Heat soup, undiluted or thinned with a little milk, and spoon over top of each puff. Serves 4.

Praline Brownies

2 sticks margarine
2 eggs
2 tsps. baking powder
2 cups chopped pecans
powdered sugar

1 lb. pkg. brown sugar
1-1/2 cup flour
dash salt
2 tsps. vanilla

Melt margarine and sugar over low heat (or in microwave). Cool mixture and add eggs. Add flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Pour into greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.

The Holly Springs High School Knowledge Bowl team traveled to Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 18 to take on Lausanne High School on the Channel 3 Knowledge Bowl tournament. The show will be broadcast Dec. 4. The Holly High team is captain Michael Muruako, Jerwarn LeSueur, A Stovall and Akee Mosley.

Cpl. Darryl Bowens was named Officer of the Year, Most Outstanding Officer and Most Dedicated Officer by fellow members of the Holly Springs Police Dept. Cpl. Bowens currently serves as DUI officer for the second shift. He is a 1985 graduate of Holly Springs High School and served three years in the Army at Ft. Knox.

Al Klomps was elected president of the Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce Monday. Also elected were Bill Fitch, vice president; Walter Webb, second vice president; and Bill Moore, treasurer. Claiborne Thompson is secretary-manager of the chamber.

Dr. A.J. Stovall, coach of the NCAA Division III National Champion Rust College Lady Bearcats, presented the championship banner to athletic director Ishmell Edwards and fans at the opening game of the season. A portrait of the athletes was unveiled and presented to the college, along with a championship plaque.

Mrs. Russell Gray Houston of Red Banks is the outgoing Farm Bureau and Home Demonstration Farm Coordinator for Marshall County. She has served in this capacity for ten years.

Peroxide, used by women for more than 140 years to lighten or color their hair, soon will be old-fashioned. A new white creme lotion has been introduced by Clairol. Pure White Creme Developer conditions the hair at the same time that it colors. It makes all hair colorings and lighteners easier to apply and leaves the hair in better condition.


Thursday, November 12, 2009
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