June Dairy Month Recipes, June 29, 2024 | Seasonal Food and Country Style Recipes

Through the month of June, we rejoice Dairy Month by inviting Lancaster Farming readers to submit beloved recipes that includes dairy components. Here is a batch from our June 29, 2024 subject. 

Easy Iced Espresso Focus

• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup instantaneous espresso
• 1-1/4 cups sugar or 1-1/2 teaspoon liquid stevia
• 2 tablespoons vanilla (optionally available)
• Milk
• Ice

Deliver water and low to a boil. Add sugar or stevia. Take off warmth and add vanilla. Cool and retailer in fridge.

To make drink: Pour 1/4 cup focus (I typically want rather less) over ice in a 16 ounce glass. Fill with milk.

Elective: High with whipped cream and sprinkle with cinnamon

Be aware: I want the stevia sweetened model — much less sugar and energy — nevertheless it’s scrumptious sweetened with sugar as nicely.

Fast and simple to make. Get pleasure from!

Jennifer Shirk, Denver, Pennsylvania

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Strawberry Dumplings

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon minute tapioca
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 quart strawberries, washed and stems eliminated
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Preheat the oven to 425 F. In a saucepan, mix 1/3 sugar, water and tapioca. Deliver to a boil.

Scale back warmth and simmer for 1 minute. Stir in vanilla. In a bowl, sift flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder and salt. Lower chilly butter into flour combination till crumbly. Add milk. Stir till simply blended.

Place berries in a 9×9-inch pan. Pour scorching water combination over berries. Drop batter by spoonfuls on the berries. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar on dropped batter. Bake for 25-28 minutes or till golden. Serve heat or chilly; plain or scrumptious with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream on prime.

Good day from Glen Rock Pa. Farming is a household affair for us at Baer’s Angus Farm. The summer time months deliver loads of work for the household. We increase corn, soybeans, hay and Black Angus cattle.

Finest needs for a secure and joyful summer time.

Brian and Ruth Ann Baer, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

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Strawberry Shortcake

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Combine all collectively and bake in 9-inch spherical pan at 350 F for half-hour. Slice one quart ripe strawberries, add 1 tablespoon sugar and three tablespoons Amaretto liqueur (optionally available). Whipped cream for topping.

There are lots of recipes for “brief” cake, that is our favourite. It’s a light-weight buttery cake however takes solely a short while to make. Put native ripe strawberries on it with whipped cream and it’s a fantastic seasonal deal with in June. We will’t get sufficient of it! Thanks to all our farmers.

Dianne Cram, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

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Sausage Stuffed Banana Peppers

• 6 or 7 banana peppers, giant
• 1/2 pound scorching Italian sausage
• 1/2 pound candy Italian sausage
• 1/2 of a small onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 ounces softened cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed crimson pepper flakes
• 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 24-ounce jar marinara sauce

Preheat oven to 350 F. Wash and slice the banana peppers in half and clear out the ribs and seeds. Put aside.

Soften 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium warmth; add diced onions and minced garlic and prepare dinner for 3-5 minutes. Mix, in a bowl each scorching and delicate sausage together with the cream cheese, Italian seasoning, Parmesan cheese, crushed crimson pepper flakes, and egg. Then add the butter, onion, and garlic and blend completely.

Add the marinara sauce to the underside of a 9×13-inch casserole dish. Add the sausage combination to the tops of the banana peppers and place the sausage facet up within the dish. If there are additional peppers, cube and add them to the highest of the dish. Cowl tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 55 minutes.

Take away foil and test for softened peppers. Add Mozzarella cheese to the highest of the peppers and place again within the oven until melted about 5 minutes. Might be served by itself or over rice.

My household raises Holsteins, Jerseys and Brown Swiss on our farm in Evans Metropolis, Pa. I by no means knew a lot in regards to the dairy business earlier than I married my husband, Charles. When our two daughters, Sydney and Maggie, bought concerned in displaying cows and selling with the native dairy promotion group, I knew I ought to be taught extra in regards to the life my husband and children grew up with! I really like being part of a dairy farm household and with the ability to share my household’s ardour! My recipe is a tacky deal with to feed my hungry household after a protracted day of working with the cows!

Carin Rasp, Evans Metropolis, Pennsylvania

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Turkey or Rooster Lasagna

• 8 ounces cooked lasagna noodles
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cream of hen soup
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup bitter cream
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2-3 cups turkey or hen
• 2 cups American cheese, shredded

Prepare dinner noodles. Mix within the soups, Parmesan cheese, bitter cream and onions; stir in hen or turkey. In a 9×13-inch pan, Alternate layers of noodles hen/turkey combine and cheese thrice ending with cheese. Bake at 350 F for 40-50 minutes.

This can be a casserole all of us like. We stay on a dairy farm, which is sweet since we use plenty of milk. We even have a lime and fertilizer enterprise. Our 4 boys work with us. We’ve 4 grown boys, one is married. We’ve three valuable grandchildren — Ellian, virtually 10, Kyla, 8, and Grayson, 4. We’ve 3 expensive angel grand infants in heaven — Landon, Isaiah and Shalom. I’m saved busy with serving to within the barn some, family work, additionally e-book work. My hobbies and likes are flowers, animals, cooking and studying. Have a very good summer time.

Linda Zimmerman, Lititz, Pennsylvania

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Straightforward Tacky Potato Casserole

• 1 (30-ounce) package deal shredded potatoes, thawed
• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of hen soup
• 1 pint bitter cream
• 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• Salt and pepper to style

Preheat oven to 350 F. In a big mixing bowl, mix thawed shredded potatoes, butter, cream of hen soup, bitter cream, Cheddar cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Combine nicely and unfold evenly into greased 9×13-inch baking dish. Bake for 45-50 minutes.

Serves 8.

Our menagerie consists of beef cattle, horses, cats, canines and 6 nixie egg layers that like to roam the property. We harvest hay for the cattle and horses. My husband is a truck driver for Big Meals and I’m a caregiver. We stay up for studying the Lancaster Farming and attempting new recipes. This recipe is a household favourite, and I hope your loved ones enjoys it as nicely.

God bless you all!

Janice Stoltzfus, Mount Nice Mills, Pennsylvania

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Mini Cheesecakes

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 cups blueberries
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest

Warmth oven to 325 F. Combine graham crumbs, 2 tablespoons sugar and butter; press onto bottoms of 18 paper-lined muffin cups. Beat cream cheese, vanilla and remaining sugar with mixer till blended. Add eggs, mixing on low velocity after every simply till blended. Spoon over crusts. Bake 25 to half-hour or till facilities are virtually set. Cool fully. Beat whipping cream with mixer on excessive velocity till stiff peaks type; unfold onto cheesecakes. Both prime with blueberries and zest or strawberry jam with contemporary strawberries.

The Hess Household