Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 30th 1912 Graham Bread Mrs. Cless 1 cup molasses, 1 pint Sw. milk 4 cups graham flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon soda Warm molasses till it foams, add one pound of raisins; sift soda, flour, and baking powder together, bake ¾ of hour. Sw. = sweet […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 April 24th 1875 Nut Cakes Jenny Merriam 2 cup sugar 1 cup butter 3 cups flour 1 cup cold water 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup raisins 4 eggs 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoon cream tarter Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 29th 1875 Banbury Pies 1 lemon 2 eggs 2 cups sugar ½ lbs. raisins chopped Grate lemon peel make rich crust cut small size fill with mixture. Bake in dripping pan. Edith Thomason Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 29th 1912 Aunt Hattie’s Peach Luscious Mrs. Lichly Batter ¼ cup sugar 2 eggs […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 28th 1875 Cranberry Pie 1 cup cranberry’s halved ½ cup raisins 1 cup sugar 1 cup cold water Bake slowly with two crusts Mrs. A DeNore Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 28th 1912 Cherry Snickerdoodle (Elsie) 1 egg ¾ cup of sour cream or milk 2 cups of flour ¼ tsp. of […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 25th 1912 Fruit Cake 1/3 cup Crisco 1 cup sugar 1 cup applesauce 1 tsp. soda 3 cups flour 1 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. cloves ¼ tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. ginger ¾ cup raisins ¼ cup currents ½ cup ground nuts ¼ cup fruit rinds Cream Crisco and […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 15th 1875 Pudding Crumbed Bread One pint 3 pints milk boiled poured onto bread when cool put in 8 eggs ½ lb. raisins little salt sauce for it – butter sugar & nutmeg rubbed together. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 15th 1912 Ginger Bread Mrs. A.S. Moyer 1 cup gran sugar 2 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 13th 1912 Molasses Nut Bars Mrs. A.S. Moyer Sift together’2 cups flour’1/4 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon soda 1 ½ teaspoon B.P. Cream ¼ cup butter ½ cup sugar, beat until light. Add 1 beaten egg. Mix well and add ½ cup baking molasses. To this mixture add the sifted dry ingredients […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 10th 1875 Custard for Cake 1 spoon starch wet 1 cup boiling water let boil 1 cup sugar little butter – Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 10th 1912 Sugar Biscuit Mrs. J. Bach (could also be Ibach) 1 lb. sugar 1 cup butter and lard mixed 1 cup sour milk 2 eggs […]
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, […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 9th 1875 Cup Cake 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 5 eggs ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream tarter ½ cup milk & flour alternately spice & put if you like. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 9th 1912 Oat Meal Cakes 1 1/3 cups sugar 2/3 cup shortening 2 […]