Holiday Baking A lot of fruit cakes are better if made in advance and stored in an air tight container for a while (sometimes for months ahead). I will be adding recipes all through the next two months, I have a lot of them! Albany New York 1902 through 1940’s Heinze Mincemeat Fruit Cake ½ […]
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Holiday Treats Albany New York 1902 through 1940’s Christmas Fudge 3 cups gran. Sugar ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup thin cream 1 tablespoon butter 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ cup chopped nut meats ¼ cup chopped dates ¼ cup candied cherries Place sugar, cream of tartar, salt and cream […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 14th 1875 English Monkey 1 cup bread crumbs – (soaked in hot water) 2 cups finely broken cheese – stirred into crumbs – after cheese is melted; add beaten yolks of two eggs – after adding seasoning. (1/2 teaspoon mustard, ¼ teaspoon cayenne) Thin with milk to desired consistency. Also see […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 3rd 1875 Maple Sugar Cookies 1 cup maple sugar 1 egg 2/3 cup sour cream filled up with sour milk (to make a full cup, so 1/3 cup of the milk) 1 small teasp. soda Flour enough to mould, little nutmeg Mrs. H. Fuller Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 3rd 1912 Colonial […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 17th 1875 Macaroni & cheese 1 ½ cup macaroni, boil 20 minutes – salt 1 egg ½ t mustard ¼ cup cream or milk Butter size of egg ½ lb. cheese – in double boiler, pour over macaroni & bake 20 minutes or even 10 will do. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 14th 1875 Orange Pudding 1 pt. milk in double boiler, add 1 egg and yolk of another, heaping dessert spoon flour. Slice oranges and let stand with sugar, add juice of 1 small lemon (about 2 tablespoons lemon) salt. Frost with white egg & brown. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 14th 1912 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 August 23rd 1875 Apple Cake 1 cup sugar ½ cup shortening 1 cup sour apple sauce 1 teaspoon soda dissolved and stirred into sauce ½ teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon Nutmeg, salt DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 30th 1875 Pies (Rena’s) 5 tablespoons grated chocolate Yolks of 2 eggs Pinch of salt ½ cup sugar 2 teaspoons flour Mix thoroughly, pour on 1 cup boiling water, cook, stirring constantly. Flavor with one teaspoon vanilla. Line a pie plate with crust and bake. When done fill with the mixture. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 16th 1875 Mama’s Custard Pie 2 eggs 3 tablespoons sugar 1 pint milk DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have that are dated or from calendar books A small leather covered calendar book from […]
Scotch Shortbread From Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from the 1900’s through the 30’s, a cook book owned by Myrtle A. Byrd. A newspaper cut out for Scotch Shortbread. This is in comparison to the post for Grandma McLeod’s Scotch Bread (from the 19th of June), during the same time period. Grandma McLeod Scotch Bread recipe is here; […]