Le Habra California from the 1930’s through 1966 Dec 1953 Betsy Retsies Sunset Magazine December 1954 Brown Cookies White Cookies Date Almond Kisses Rice Krispies Cookies Date Cookies Bourbon Balls Pineapple Diamonds Pecan Dreams Hard Boiled Egg Cookies Glazed Yule Cookies 1934 Springerle Spritz Cookies Pfeffernusse Cinnamon Stars Spicy Cinnamon Rolls Cinnamon Stars Christmas Cookies […]
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Holiday Baking #33 Mansfield MO 1970’s – 1990’s. All kinds of recipes for Holiday Candies, Snack Treats and more! My Mother used to make this special and easy treat; it is really good. Soda Cracker Candy Party Mixer’s Vinegar Taffy Butterless, Milkless, Eggless Cake Christmas Coffee Cake from Frozen bread Dough Apple Kuchen […]
Holiday Baking #29 Litchfield, Staffordshire, UK 1928 – 1944 Marzipan Sandwich ¾ short pastry 4 oz. soya flour 3 oz. sugar 2 ozs. Margarine 2 lbs. water 2 small tsps. almond essence Jam. Method:- Roll out the pastry fairly thinly, cut into 2 oblongs or squares. Then make the marzipan. Put the margarine into a […]
Holiday Baking #28 Cambridge Minnesota 1930’s And now, just to prove than (that?) a man may know how to cook, let me suggest this by way of variety. Sour Cream Raisin Pie 1 cup raisins 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour cream 2 eggs 1 tablespoonful vinegar 1 teaspoonful cinnamon ½ teaspoonful cloves 1/3 teaspoonful […]
Holiday baking #26 Get those baking sheets ready for the Cookie Cooking Marathon that leads up to all those treats for gifts, parties and cookie trading parties. Starting off, this is a recipe from one of the oldest cookbooks in America; One of the first cook books published in America is “American Cookery by Amelia […]
Holiday Baking #25 Largo Florida in the 1960’s through 1990’s Cherry Christmas Tree Cake Serves 30. Kringlors ½ lb. butter ½ lb. Crisco – melted 1 egg 1 c. sugar 1 pt. milk (2 cups) 4 tsp. baking powder Flour enough so you can roll out dough. Bake 375 Dip in sugar before […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 25th 1912 Cranberry Sauces add Holiday Touch Turkey and cranberry sauce – an American double that can’t be beat. You’ll want to make plenty of sauce to serve with that last smidgen of precious turkey, so here are three fresh cranberry favorites for your selection. (They only cut out one of […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 24th 1912 Ham with Ketchup Sauce Fry 1 thick slice of ham slowly till brown. Combine ¼ cup Heinz Ketchup, ¾ cup cold water, 1 tbs. Heinz Cider vinegar, 2 tsp. flour, 1 tsp. sugar, ½ tsp. Heinz Prepared Brown or Yellow Mustard. Pour over ham. Simmer on top of stove […]
Holiday Baking #23, continued Grand Rapids Michigan 1930’s Crisp Sugar Cookies ½ cup shortening 1 ¼ cup sugar 1 egg 3 ¼ cup flour 4 tea. B.P. ¾ tea. Salt ¼ cup milk Cream shortening & sugar, add the egg and beat well, add sifted dry ingredients with the milk & flavor as you like. […]
Holiday Cooking and Baking #23 Thanksgiving Glenburn Maine 1880’s How to make a Thanksgiving Pudding Just shelve yours for a season while you try this one: Pour four cupfuls of hot scalding milk over one and one-fourth cupfuls of rolled common cracker and let stand until cool, says the Woman’s Home Companion. Add one cupful […]