Holiday Baking #21 Dubuque Iowa dated 1900 through 1957 Fruit Cake Mock Mince Pie Fairbanks Alaska from the early 1900’s Green Tomato Mincemeat Cranberry Pie Suet – It is the hard, raw fat from beef or mutton found around the kidneys and loins. The high smoke point and fast melting temperature makes it perfect […]
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Holiday Cookies #14 Coos Bay Oregon 1925 through the 1940’s Here are a couple of recipes to use the mincemeat recipes from yesterday’s holiday recipes. Mincemeat Fruit Cake 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 pkg. mincemeat, 1 cup nuts, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons vanilla. Cream butter & sugar, adding the eggs […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 November 12th 1875 Fruit Mince Meat 15 apples – 2 qts 15 green tomatoes 2 qts. 1 pound raisins 4 ½ cups sugar 1 teaspoon salt ½ pound suet 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 6 tablespoons vinegar Simmer on stove, Seal hot. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 12th 1912 Pop-overs 1 c. […]
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 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 11th 1912 Quince Honey Mrs. Holland Good 1 pt quince 2 pt. sugar 1 pt. water Enough powdered alum that lays on the point of a knife. Alum can be found in the spice section of most grocery stores. It is used as a preservative and sometimes as a mordant when […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 9th 1912 Quince Honey 2 lbs. sugar 1 lb. quince (grate) ½ pt. water Boil 20 minutes 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 The list of […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 27th 1875 Soft Gingerbread ½ cup milk ½ cup sugar ½ cup shortening ½ water Egg – soda- ginger 1 ½ cups flour 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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 24th 1875 Kate’s Cake Cup sugar Cup malt Cup shortening 2 cups sour milk 2 teaspoons soda All kinds spice & fruit 4 big cups flour 2 loaves DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I […]
Cobbler Pastry 1942 Extra Good ¼ c. short 1/3 c sug Cream Add 2 eggs – cream again 1 c. flour ½ tsp B.P. ¼ tsp salt Sift together, add to above Alternate ½ c. milk with flour. Cut fruit – mix sugar – about 1 cup – (depends on sweetness of fruit you use) […]
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 […]