Well, the holidays are just around the corner and we all need to think about gifts, cookies giveaway circles, parties, and just general having something on hand for those drop in guests; I will be posting Christmas Cookie Recipes in the weeks leading up to December. Mostly because when I started saving recipes for a […]
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This is an unusual sounding dessert I found in this set of cookbooks. Doing some research, it seems this is a traditional Dutch recipe for an almond paste filled pastry called Banketstaaf; also spelled Banquette and Banket. Sounds very good. This is a traditional Christmas cake https://www.lavenderandmacarons.com/dutch-christmas-log-easy-delicious/ Bankette For ingredients you’ll need: 1 cup butter, […]
#5 The Lumberman’s X-mas Pudding Ingredients. ¼ lb. beef suet, ¼ lb. flour, ¼ lb. bread crumbs, 6 oz. currants, 6 oz raisins, 2 tablespoons demerara sugar, a tablespoonful of treacle, ¼ lb. mashed carrot, ¼ lb. mashed potato, 1 oz. each of candied orange & citron peel, the grated juice and rind of 1 […]
I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that have a sense of humor with them. These stuck out to me in this book from Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911. It is the first recipe in this book, “Old Lady Biscuits”, that just sets the whole thing as a fun read, […]