We’ve got some great summertime recipes from the Gooseberry Patch for you! These recipes will be great for that Fourth of July cookout or any summer get together!

German Potato Salad
Robyn Wright
GP In the Kitchen with Family and Friends
Pg. 93

4 to 5 lbs. potatoes
1 lb. bacon, diced
1 med. onion, diced
1 c. plus 1/4 water, divided
1 c. sugar
2/3 c. white vinegar
1 T. cornstarch

Boil potatoes until tender. Cool slightly, peel and slice into bite-size pieces. Fry bacon until nearly crisp, add onion and continue to cook until bacon is crisp and onion is tender; remove from saucepan. Drain all but 1/4 cup drippings from saucepan; set aside. In a small bowl, combine one-cup water, sugar and vinegar. Add reserved drippings in skillet; heat to boiling. Combine 1/4 cup water with cornstarch, mixing well, blend into sugar mixture. Cook until thick, stir in potatoes, bacon and onion; mix well.

Creamy Frozen Salad
Irene Robinson
Cincinnati, OH
GP In the Kitchen with Family and Friends
Pg. 72

2 c. sour cream
2 T. lemon juice
3/4 c. sugar
1 banana, mashed
1/2 t. salt
9-oz can crushed pineapple
1/4 c maraschino cherries, chopped and drained

Blend sour cream, lemon juice and sugar; add banana. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour into a mold or muffin tins for individual servings. Place in freezer until frozen. Dip mold in warm water to loosen salad.

Patriotic Bread
Michelle Campen
Peoria, IL
GP Blue Plate Specials
Pg. 32

3 c. all-purpose flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1 t. salt
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, softened
2 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
1 c. whole-berry cranberry sauce
1 c. blueberries

Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside. Cream sugar and butter together in a large mixing bowl; blend in eggs and buttermilk. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in cranberry sauce and blueberries; pour into a greased 9” x 5” loaf pan. Bake at 375 degrees for one hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from pan; cool on a wire rack. Makes eight servings.

I hope you all enjoy these great recipes. The Granary has a huge selection of Gooseberry Patch cookbooks available at all of our convenient locations. Do you have a recipe you’d like to share? If so, e-mail me at granarymike@yahoo.com.