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CELEBRITY RECIPES

Barbara Bush's Lemon Bars

SERVING SIZE: 36

CRUST
1	cup	margarine
2	cups	powdered sugar
2	cups	flour
FILLING
4	tsp.	lemon juice
2		lemon	rinds grated
4		eggs	well beaten
2	cups	sugar
1	tsp.	baking powder
4	tbls.	flour
1	cup	shredded coconut

Mix margarine, powdered sugar and flour. Spread in 15x10" jelly roll pan. Bake at 350~ for 15 minutes until pale tan. Cool. Mix remaining ingredients. Pour over crust. Bake for 25 minutes at 350~. Cut into bars.

Dan Rather's World Class Tacos Serving Size : 4

11/2	lb..	ground beef
1	cup	green pepper	chopped
1	cup	onion	chopped
2	tbls.	chile powder
		cumin	to taste
		salt & pepper	to taste
1	lb	Velveeta cheese	cubed
1/2	can	Rotel tomatoes
1	head	iceberg lettuce	cut up
2		tomatoes	chopped
8	oz	Dorito chips	crumbled

Brown beef well. Add green pepper and onion; sauté until done. Season with salt, pepper, chili powder and cumin. Meanwhile, in double boiler, over simmering water, melt Velveeta with Rotel tomatoes. To serve, place a layer of lettuce and tomatoes on individual serving plates. Cover with hot meat mix. Sprinkle with Doritos. Ladle over hot cheese sauce.

Dom Deluise's - You'll Just Love Mama's Chicken

2		chickens	cut up and skinned
1	cup	lemon juice
1		onion	chopped
2	cups	seasoned bread crumbs
2	tsp.	cheese	grated
		olive oil
		parsley

Place chicken pieces in a bowl with the lemon juice. In a medium brown paper bag, put in flavored bread crumbs, grated cheese and parsley. Shake slightly to mix. Put three pieces of chicken into the bag at a time and shake to coat thoroughly. Put the chicken pieces in a baking pan with the onion. Sprinkle with pepper and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake at 350 degree for 1 hour. To serve, squeeze a little lemon juice over chicken and garnish with lemon slice, parsley, and a little grated cheese.

Dr. Ruth's Almost As Good As Sex Cheesecake

Serving Size : 8

CRUST
5	oz	graham cracker crumbs
3	tbls.	sugar
5	tbls.	butter	melted
FILLING
16	oz	cream cheese	softened
1/2	cup	sugar
1/2	tsp.	vanilla
	pinch	salt
2	lg.	eggs
3	tbls.	Chambord liqueur
TOPPING
8	oz	sour cream
1	tbls.	sugar
1/2	tsp.	vanilla
1	tbls.	Chambord liqueur
1	cup	raspberries	fresh

Preheat oven to 350~. To prepare crust, mix graham

cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press mixture firmly

into bottom of 9" spring form pan. To make filling, mix

cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and salt at medium speed

with electric mixer. Add eggs, and mix until well

blended. Using a fork, gently fold Chambord into

batter. Pour mixture into crust. Bake for

approximately 40 minutes or until golden brown. Loosen

cake from rim of pan. Let cool and remove rim of pan.

To prepare topping, mix sour cream, sugar, vanilla,

and Chambord and spread evenly over cheesecake.

Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm. Top with fresh

raspberries just before serving.

Tony Bennett's Scaloppine Marsala

1/2	cup	flour
1	tsp.	salt
		freshly ground pepper	to taste
1	tsp.	lemon rind	grated
1	lb.	veal	thinly sliced, but into 2 1/2" pieces
1/4	lb	butter or margarine
4	tbls..	marsala wine
4	tbls..	chicken broth

Combine flour, salt, ground pepper, grated lemon rind in a mixing bowl. Meanwhile pound flat thinly sliced veal and cut into 2 1/2 inch pieces. Coat with flour and lemon rind mixture. Melt butter or margarine in a skillet over low heat and brown the veal about 2 1/2 to 3 minutes on each side. Meanwhile, heat Marsala wine and chicken broth in a saucepan over low heat. When veal is browned, spoon the Marsala-chicken broth mixture over veal. Serves 4

Pat Nixon's White House Cookies

1	cup	sugar
2	cups	butter	room temperature
1	tsp.	vanilla extract
1/2	tbls.	lemon rind	grated
2		eggs
6	cups	cake flour

Cream together sugar and butter in an electric mixer. When fluffy, add vanilla and lemon rind. Blend well. Add eggs, one at a time; mix well. Remove from mixer. Add cake flour; blend with a heavy mixing spoon. Chill dough in refrigerator 1 hour or overnight. Roll dough to 1/8" thickness and cut out with cookie cutters. Bake in preheated 375~ oven until brown, about 7-8 minutes.

NOTE: If colored granulated sugar is used for decoration, prepare an egg wash (1 well beaten egg with 1 tbls milk) and brush over the cut-out dough. Sprinkle with sugar and bake. Makes 10 dozen cookies.