Holiday Treats #9 From a cookbook I got from Oxford Michigan, with dates of 1918 through the 60’s. Sugared Walnuts and Pecans Popcorn Nosegays Honey Fruit Conserve Pattern Cookies California Rum Balls Coconut Candy Cones Los Angeles Times Home Magazine, November 11th, 1956 Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to […]
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Holiday Cookies #10 Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s Holiday Fruit Cookies Mix together Thoroughly 1 c. soft shortening 2 c. brown sugar (packed in cup) 2 eggs Stir in ½ c. sour or buttermilk Sift together & stir in; 3 ½ c. sifted Gold medal flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt Mix in […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 June 1st 1912 Apple Candy Cake Vera Hayes Butter a baking dish. Pare and slice apples, count on 2 cups or more of them measured after slicing. Put them in a baking dish with ½ cup water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and ¼ cup white sugar. Take ½ to 1 cup brown sugar, […]
There are a lot of recipes that fit this Holiday from this set of cook books, and several decoration ideas as well. These first recipes are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated […]
Havertown PA 1879 through 1948 A small handwritten cookbook and lots of additional clippings and loose pages. The name on the front of the red leatherbound book is Jonathan Holland and a few of the recipes have references to a Mrs. Holland and the Victoria Cake is dated 1885 for her. There is a Nut […]
Wooster Ohio 1886 to 1929 a small leather cookbook with all kinds of newspaper clippings and loose pages. Friday March 6th 1914 Newspaper the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer This paper has a nice article for some fun on St. Patrick’s Day; I thought it might be nice to show you these. They are intertwined […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 19th 1875 Lemon Pie 1 lemon – Yolks of two eggs & one whole one – 1 cup sugar ½ cup sweet milk blended with – 1 teaspoonful of corn starch. Use the whites of the other two eggs for frosting allow 3 tablespoonsful of sugar for one egg. Check out […]