By ELLEN FOLKMAN, St. Petersburg Times

Amy Cacchillo of Dunedin, Fla., writes:

"I am looking for an oatmeal-raisin cookie recipe I had in the late 1960s or early 1970s. It started with a Duncan Hines spice-cake mix. Does anyone have this recipe?"

Richard Friss of Tampa, Fla., writes:

"I remember a treat my mother used to make, stuffed dates. They were dates stuffed with peanut butter and rolled in sugar. Is anyone else familiar with this treat?"

Yvette Hoffnagle of Largo, Fla., is "looking for a recipe for a peanut-butter cake with chocolate frosting that was published in the St. Petersburg Times back in the 1980s. Can anyone help?"

Barbara Sandmann of Tonawanda, N.Y., writes: "On a recent trip to Florida, my husband and I stopped at a few Cracker Barrel restaurants along the way. We enjoyed the hash-brown casserole and would like to make it at home."

Joann Kordas of Largo, Fla., is looking for the recipe for Red Lobster's coleslaw.

Cindy Shea of Spring Hill, Fla., shares a Red Lobster-style coleslaw recipe she found on the Internet.

Mary Case of Clearwater, Fla., is "looking for a butterscotch cake. I had a delicious butterscotch cake at the Spring Creek Tea Room in Ozark, Mo., and would love a recipe."

Trish Hogenson of Hudson, Fla., "would like a recipe I remember as one of my grandmother's favorites. It's for glazed orange gems from an old Florida Citrus Growers booklet."

Pamela Fuller of Clearwater, Fla., writes:

"Years ago I lost my recipe collection and a favorite recipe. It was for Depression cake and came from the back of the Sun-Maid raisin box more than 25 years ago. Does anyone have the recipe?"

Dianne Brand of St. Petersburg, Fla., writes:

"I would like a dumpling recipe as in chicken and dumplings. I know how to prepare the chicken but have lost the dumpling recipe. Thank you."

Although Brand only requested a recipe for dumplings, Palm Harbor, Fla., resident Angela Foushee shares a delicious recipe for chicken fricassee with parsley dumplings.

Q: I'm looking for a recipe that I enjoyed at a party not long ago. It had a crumb crust on the bottom, a cake-like middle, layers of mini marshmallows and peanut butter topped with whole peanuts. Crunchy peanut butter may have been used. Does anyone know this recipe? -- Sally Miller, Largo, Fla.