Burlington Vermont 1875 May 17th 1875 Chocolate Cake 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ½ cup melted butter ½ cup grated chocolate ½ cup milk 1 ½ flour Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 17th 1912 “Waffles” (Herman Rec) 2 cups flour (bread) 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs (beaten separately) 2 cups milk 4 […]
Category: Daily Calendar Recipes
Recipes from several books that are almanacs, yearly calendars, daily ledgers, and note books with dates in them. Also holiday recipes and commentaries for those special days of the year.
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 16th 1875 Lemon Snaps 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon essence lemon ¼ teaspoon soda in 1 teaspoon milk Flour to make very stiff – roll thin. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 16th 1912 Cream Pie Crumb First part 1-pound seeded raisins stewed with one cup of sugar […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 15th 1875 Chocolate Cake 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup melted Chocolate ½ cup milk 1 ¼ cup flour ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tartar Scant measure for butter & chocolate Mrs. E.S.C. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 15th 1912 Peach Cake ½ cup sugar ½ cup milk 1 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 14th 1912 Lemon Sponge Pie Mrs. Percy Smith 1 grated lemon 1 cup sugar 2 eggs (whites separate) 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 ¼ cups milk DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 13th 1912 Apple Custard Bake crust first, cook the apples but not mushy, drain and put into the baked shell. Custard 1 egg 1 ½ cups of milk 2 tablespoons corn starch Sugar to taste. Pour over the apples, Make a meringue of the white of egg. Brown in the oven. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 12th 1875 Fruit Cookies 1 egg 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ cup sour cream 2/3 cup raisins chopped All kinds spice’1 even teaspoon soda Mrs. C. E. Moses Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 12th 1912 Caramel Pie Mrs. Metz Bake crust first Mix together 1 cup brown sugar 5 tablespoons […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 11th 1912 Montgomery Pie (Under part) 1 cup molasses 1 cup sugar 1 cup cold water 1 egg 2 lemons grated 2 tablespoons flour (Top Part) 2 cups sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 2 ½ cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup thick milk Pastry (good) 2 cups of pastry […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 May 10th 1875 Cream Puffs ½ cup butter 1 cup cold water or hot, boil together 1 cup flour simmer a short time, when partly cool add 3 eggs. Drop in a pan a dissert spoonful, bake in a hot oven. When cool fill with cream made as follows; 1 cup sweet […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 9th 1912 Fat Cakes 1 qt milk 4 eggs 1 pt melted butter 1 pound sugar, (none if you choose) 1 pint sots (see quote below) or (1 yeast cake) Qt = quart; pt = pint From the Encyclopedia of Kitchen History, page 1065; “For risen dough, some American bakers fermented […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 8th 1912 Nut Bread Linette Sift together 3 ½ cups of flour 3 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar 1 cup chopped nuts 1 beaten egg ½ cup sweet milk Let stand 10 minutes. Bake 45 minutes in slow oven DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing […]