Avondale Pennsylvania 1912

May 30th 1912

Raisin Pie                                                      Miss Gelsbaufer

1 lb of seeded raisins, boil in 1 qt. water.  Grate the rind of 1 lemon and use the juice of 1 lemon with ¾ cup of sugar.  Then add 1 tbs. of flour and 1 tbs. of cornstarch and 1 egg.  Mix all together.  Sprinkle the top with crumbs and cinnamon.  Bake.

Crumbs Recipe

4 cups sifted flour or 1 lb. 

1 cup gran. Sugar or ½ lb.

Pinch of salt

½ cup butter and Crisco mixed.  Rub to-gether fine.  This is moist to may crumbs.

Lb. = pound; qt. = quart; tbs. = tablespoons;

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

I have three right off the bat that are calendars, one from 1875, one from the early 1900’s and one from the 1930’s to 40’s. 

A small leather covered calendar book from Burlington Vermont dated 1875.  It has all kinds of lovely handwritten dessert recipes; the front of the book has an overview of each month and a predictive weather chart, the difference of tie between Boston and New York, the value of gold and silver at the time and other interesting things like rates of postage. 

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