Joanne Fluke's Lake Eden Cookbook Part 76

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You can use almost any dried fruit in this candy. Lisa tried it with dried sweetened pineapple and pineapple extract, and it was delicious. If there's an extract that matches your fruit, you can use it instead of the vanilla.

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There are three packets in a 16-ounce box of Club Crackers. You'll use only one packet. You can buy a smaller box if you can find it, but you can always use extra crackers, right? If you can't find Club Crackers at your store, you can use any brand of salted soda crackers. Your goal is to cover the bottom of the pan as completely as you can with something both crispy and salty.

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"Top milk" is Great-Grandma Elsie's word for the cream that floated to the top of old-fas.h.i.+oned milk bottles.

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This is approximate because it all depends on your can of crushed pineapple. You're going to drain the crushed pineapple and save the liquid. Then you'll add the cold water to the juice until it makes a total of 2 cups.

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If you can't find lemon pie filling in a can (Andrea couldn't Florence didn't have it at the Red Owl), you can use a 3.4 ounce package of lemon pudding and pie filling. Just follow the directions for pie filling and add it to your Jell-O mixture at the proper time.

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I've used sliced strawberries, peaches, or chopped dark cherries.

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Milky Way, Snickers, Mars Bars, or Almond Joy work well. You can use regular size candy bars (approximately 2 ounces) or the miniatures you buy in a bag to give out at Halloween. Ruby uses the regular size. If you choose to use the miniatures, they won't take as long to fry as the larger size.

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