With love...

Mix in small bowl:

1 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
2 tbsp. salad oil

Spread in 7x12-inch pan (it will be thin.)

In same mixing bowl place:

1 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. cocoa
1 3/4 c. hot water

Pour over batter.

Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes.

With love...

...love doesn't seek merit or worth or beauty, skill or talents. It doesn't see warts, freckles, blemishes or scars.

Bob Benson

Make crust of:

2 c. graham crumbs
1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. brown sugar

Pat into large pan.

Beat together:

8 oz. cream cheese
1 c. icing sugar

Beat gradually into:

1 pkg. dessert whip, prepared

Spread over crust.

Top with canned pie filling-cherry, strawberry, blueberry, etc.

Chill.

With love...

Anyone who can show genuine love has some conscious or unconscious contact with God.

Eugenia Price

Bring to boil:

Juice from 1 can crushed pineapple
1 beaten egg
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. sugar

Cool.

Prepare 1 envelope dessert whip.

Gradually add to first mixture along with crushed pineapple.

Serve in dessert dishes.

For pie:

Melt together, cool and add to above:

1/2 c. marshmallows
1/2 c. milk

With love...

Real love loves for Love's sake and not because the loved one is lovable.

Eugenia Price

Make crust of:

1 c. graham crumbs
1/4 c. melted butter or margarine
1 tbsp. sugar

Bake until brown.

Prepare:

One 3-oz. pkg. strawberry jelly powder
1 c. boiling water
1 pkg. frozen strawberries

Chill until partly set.

Melt in double boiler:

1/2 pound marshmallows
1/2 c. milk

Cool and add:

1 pkg. prepared dessert whip

Marble with strawberry mixture and pour over crust.

Chill and serve with a dab of whipped cream, if desired.

With love...

People are loveable when vulnerable. People are believeable when vulnerable. People come to life as real, living, breathing, hurting, feeling, laughing, singing, growing beings when they are vulnerable.

David W. Augsburger in The Love-Fight

In greased casserole place:

Approx. 3 c. milk .
1/4 c. rice
1/4 c. sugar
Vanilla

Bake at 325 degrees.

Stir occasionally.

Remove from oven when it begins to get creamy - about 2 hours.

Raisins may be added during baking.

Recipe may be adjusted for larger quantity - good warm, sprinkled with brown sugar and cinnamon.

With love...

...love is the way to run a business...love is the way to raise a family...people respond best always to love.

Bob Benson

Place in large bowl:

4 c. chopped apples

Add and mix:

2 eggs

Then add:

1 1/2 to 1 3/4 c. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
Nuts, if desired
2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda

Mix well. The mixture will be quite dry and hard to stir.

Spread in large ungreased pan.

Bake at 350 degrees about 40 minutes.

This makes a lovely, moist dessert - just as good warm, with cream or ice cream, as cold.

With love...

Love just loves, warm, redeeming, forgiving, life-changing love.

Bob Benson

Mix:

2 small (1 large) pkg. lemon jelly powder
2 c. boiling water .
'/2 c. sugar
1 c. cold water
1 c. orange juice
Orange rind

Cool until partially set.

Prepare 1 pkg. dessert whip or 1/2 pint whipping cream and fold into jelly.

Dice 1 sponge cake and fold pieces into jelly mixture

Pack into pan and cool.

Serve with a dollop of whipped cream or dessert whip.

With love...

To be criticized is often to be truly appreciated. To be criticized by a real friend is to be loved.

David W. Augsburger in The Love Fight

Mix:

1 c. canned pumpkin
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Sprinkle of cloves
1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened

Stir together until well blended.

Pour into individual molds or oblong pan.

Freeze at least 24 hours and serve with hot mincemeat sauce.

Sauce:

Mix together:

Approximately 2 c. mincemeat
Grated orange rind
1/2 c. apricot nectar

Lovely for Thanksgiving dinner or other special occasions.

With love...

Love is always active.

Eugenia Price

Stir together till somewhat thickened:

1 can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 c. lemon juice

Beat:

8 oz. cream cheese

Blend into milk and lemon mixture.

Pour into graham wafer-lined pan.

Chill. Cover with canned pie filling (cherry, blueberry, strawberry, etc.)

Delicious!

With love...

The capacity to repent determines our capacity to love and forgive, and our ability to receive love and accept forgiveness.

David W. Augsburger in The Love-Fight

Place in buttered casserole:

3 c. soft bread cubes

Pour over:

2 c., milk, scalded
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg

Place in pan of hot water and bake at 350 degrees about 45 minutes.

With love...

I am free to react in concerned, understanding ways if I choose to see the other person as precious, as valuable, as worthy of love because he or she is equally loved of God.

David W. Augsburger in The Love-Fight

For leftover white cake crumbs:

Make Chocolate Sauce recipe (elsewhere in this book), thickening a little extra.

For chocolate cake crumbs, make the following

Vanilla Pudding:

Heat to boiling:

1 3/4 c. milk

In large measuring cup, mix and add to boiling milk:

1/4 c. milk
2 egg yolks, beaten in the milk
3 tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt

Stir and cook till thickened.

Remove from heat and add:

1 tsp. butter
1/2 tsp. vanilla

In casserole dish, place a layer of hot pudding, then crumbs, pudding, etc., ending with pudding.

Make a meringue of the egg whites. Put on pudding and bake at 375 degrees till golden. Serve warm or cold.

Vanilla Pudding may be used as a cream pie filling.

With love...

The freedom of love is the freedom to love.

Eugenia Price