Dear Sun Spots: Channel 6 had a recipe for Twinkies which aired Feb. 7, 2005. I wasn’t fast enough to write it down. I hope you will be able to get it for me. You are so helpful for everyone. Thank you. – J.B., Minot.

Answer: Sun Spots located the following recipe for “Amy’s Twinkles” online at www.wcsh6.com: Items you will need: one spice bottle about the size of a Twinkie aluminum foil (10″ x 14″ rectangles 10-12 pieces), Ziploc bag or pastry bag, a tooth pick or straw. Creating the mold: Fold each piece of aluminum foil in half so it’s about 5″ wide. Place spice bottle in the center and wrap foil around spice bottle and fold the ends up to create your mold. It will look like a boat. Don’t worry if they are not perfect (remember, these are homemade Twinkies, not commercially made). Place the boats on a cookie sheet and spray the inside with baking spray and set aside. Cake Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 3 eggs, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup cold water, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Method: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar and continue beating until thick and lemon colored. Add flour mixture, water, and vanilla all at once. Mix until well blended for about one minute. Fill each boat 3/4 full. This will make 10-12 Twinkies. Bake for 28-30 minutes until light golden brown on top.

Filling: 2 teaspoons hot water, 2 cups fluff (one 7 ounce jar), 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Method: Combine fluff, shortening, sugar and vanilla into a mixing bowl. Mix on high until fluffy for about 2 minutes. Add hot water and mix a gain on high for about 1 minute. When cakes are cooled peel off foil and use a straw or a toothpick to make three small holes on the bottom of each cake. Place your filling in the pastry bag. Inject the filling into each hole. You can use a ziplock bag for filling also ( just snip the corner of the bag after you have filled it with the filling). Amy says this is WICKED yummy for your tummy! Ziplock bag for filling also ( just snip the corner of the bag after you have filled it with the filling).

Dear Sun Spots: I am doing a family tree and need some help with contact addresses.

Who do I write to for information concerning people who entered the U.S. via Boston in the late 1880s or early 1900s?

Also, what is the address of the New Calvery Cemetery in Dorchester, Mass., and the Cedar Grove Cemetery also in Dorchester. I do not have a computer and will be using the U.S. Mail for correspondence. Thank you. – No Name, No Town.

Answer: Hopefully the following list will be a good start for your research:

The Bostonian Society, Old State House, 206 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02109-1713.

Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215-3695.

The Irish Ancestral Research Association, Dept. W, 2120 Commonwealth Ave. Auburndale, MA 02466-1909.

The Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts, P. O. Box 381, Northampton, MA 01061-0381.

Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, Inc. P.O. Box 610366, Newton, MA 02461-0366.

In addition, contact New Calvary Cemetery at 800 Harvard St, Mattapan, MA, 02126, (617) 296-2339 and Cedar Grove Cemetery at 920 Adams Street, Dorchester Center, MA 02124-5208, (617) 325-6110.

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