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 As I reminisced about the square dancing of my youth and it’s connection to quilting bees in Square Dancing and Quilting Bees, I recalled some of the recipes of my youth. I also have two cookbooks that the ladies of my childhood community put together as church fundraisers.
Here’s a recipe they might have made to sell at the community square dance refreshment table.  Just going through the names of the contributors brought back memories of my growing up years.
Louise’s Chocolate Crackles would have been a hit with chocolate lovers.  Here is my variation upon Louise’s theme.
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As I watched the first and second graders learning to square dance in music class, at the school where I was substitute teaching, I recalled my younger years in a farming community. Our 4-H leader taught my friends and me to square dance, waltz, and polka.
This prepared us for the monthly community square dances organized by the fire department and ladies auxiliary of firemen’s wives. Children and adults, whole families attended these social events in our town.
The ladies also served refreshments consisting of their home baked goodies. These they sold to raise money for the fire department.
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