Gizdich Ranch

Ollalie Berry Special
¼ cup soft butter
½ cup sugar	4 cups mashed Ollalies
1 cup sifted flour	¾ cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder	1 cup Gizdich Apple Juice
¼ tsp. salt	or Apple/Ollalie Juice
½ cup milk
Heat oven @ 375°. Cream butter and ½ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat until smooth. Pour batter onto a greased 11x7x2" baking dish. Combine berries, ¾ cup sugar and juice. Spoon over batter. Bake 45-50 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Easy Strawberry Pie

2/3 cup boiling water

1 Pkg (4 oz.) strawberry flavor gelatin

1 cup cold water

1 (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided

1 cup chopped strawberries

1 prepared graham cracker crumb crust (9 in.)

5 whole strawberries, halved

Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl until dissolved. Stir in cold water.
Whisk in 2 ½ cups of whipped topping until smooth. Mix in chopped strawberries. Refrigerate 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture is very thick. Spoon into crust.
Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Garnish with remaining whipped topping and strawberry halves. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

Applesauce

5 lbs. choice apples (Newton Pippin, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Winesap Gravenstein or Granny Smith)

½ cup Gizdich Apple Juice

½ cup sugar (or to taste)

Peel, core and slice washed apples. Place in large cooking pot with apple juice to start cooking process. Mix in sugar for desired sweetness.
Cook slowly until tender and apples break down to desired consistency. Add more sugar if needed.

Variations:
Sweeten with brown sugar or honey.
Add cinnamon, nutmeg or cloves.
Add raisins during the cooking time.
For color and spice, drop in a few Red Hots candy.

For Your Health

Antioxidants

Did you know apples are a great source of natural antioxidants called procyanidins? The antioxidants benefit vascular function and have anticoagulant activity similar to that of aspirin and the natural pectin in apples tends to lower bad LDL cholesterol (Finland's National Public Health Institute). More concentrated in the skin than the pulp, so eat the skin. *1 ½ cups of 100% pure apple juice or 2 fresh apples a day slows the oxidation process of the "bad" LDL cholesterol* Also contains phytonutrients (active plant components).

BERRIES are also very high in antioxidants and four of the top 10 fruits and vegetables are blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Antioxidants also help reduce inflammation, keep arteries flexible, and preserve the genetic material every cell contains to prevent mutation.
Cancer cells forget how to die; they just continue to grow (American Health Foundation). Raspberries and strawberries have a chemical called ellagic acid that kills cancer cells by reinstituting their ability to die.