Christmas Eve Dinner Recipe

4 or more Cornish hens, salt and pepper, 1 can apricot juice,1 cup melted butter, 1 cup chicken broth.

Season the hens inside and out, place hens in a shallow roasting pan, breast side up, brush hens half the melted butter, combine ½ cup of apricot juice with chicken broth and brush over the hens, bake at 350 for 1 hour, basting several times with remaining butter and pan drippings, cook until browned.

This dish is easy and attractive, makes a great Christmas Eve Dinner, can be served with rice or stuffing, also can decorate with apricots around the platter.

Ginger Snaps

¾ cup soft shortening, 1cup sugar, 1 egg, ¼ cup of molasses, 2 cups flour, 2 tsp. soda, ¼ tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, ¾ tsp. cloves, ¾ tsp. ginger.

Mix first four ingredients, sift all remaining ingredients together and add to first mixture, form into balls the size of walnuts, place 2 inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet, bake at 375 for 12 minutes, sprinkle with sugar while warm.