Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 27th 1912 Cookies Sarah Gordon (Good) ½ cup spry or Crisco ½ cup sugar Add 2 eggs well beaten 2 ½ cups flour 2 tsps. Baking powder ¼ tsps. salt 2 tsps. Vanilla Bake about 10 min. in a moderate oven Sand Tarts Mrs. Moist (Good) ½ cup butter 1 cup […]
Category: Daily Calendar Recipes
Recipes from several books that are almanacs, yearly calendars, daily ledgers, and note books with dates in them. Also holiday recipes and commentaries for those special days of the year.
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 26th 1875 Josie Mince Pies 1 quart meat 2 quarts apples 1 pint molasses 1 pint vinegar 4 cups sugar 1 pint butter or 2 cups chopped suet 1 tablespoon cassia – all spice cloves ½ nutmeg – she says its good. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 26th 1912 Peanut-Butter Cookies Gary […]
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 24th 1875 Cherry Pudding 1 egg ½ cup sugar 1 large spoon butter 1 teaspoon cream of tarter ½ teaspoon soda 1 cup cherries and flour enough for a batter, bake ½ hour. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 24th 1912 Dessert 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup sugar […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 23rd 1875 Egg Sauce – For Puddings Three eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch Pour on boiling water add wine, lemon or vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 23rd 1912 Fruit Cake Add 1 jar Mince Meat 1 cup of nutmeats 1 cup of raisins ½ […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 22nd 1912 Fudge Mrs. Allen, East Orange St. 2 cups of sugar 1 cup of milk, stir well until mixed, then put on a low fire and let boil about ½ hr., do not stir. When cooked to a soft ball, which has been tried in water, add lumps of butter […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 21st 1875 To cure Hams 50 lbs. meat 1 ½ gallon water 3 lbs. salt 3 oz salt peter ½ pt molasses boil & skim – pour on cold for four pails full or 12 gallons use 24 lbs salt 24 oz salt peter 4 pts (not sure what word this […]
Spring Chocolate Torte – party type 1 c. butter, creamed with 2 c. sugar; beat 4 egg whites stiff, 2 ½ c. cake flr. 1 t. soda, ½ t. salt. Pour ½ c. boiling water over 1 bar german sweet choc & heat til melted; add 4 egg yolks & 1 t. vanilla to creamed […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 20th 1875 Stuffing for Turkey Bread chopped to fill, salt pork size of an egg, butter size of an egg, pepper, salt to taste. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 20th 1912 Nut & Date Cookies (Arnaud’s friend) Good 1 ½ cups gran. Sugar ½ cup butter 3 cups flour 3 eggs 1 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 19th 1912 Scotch Cakes 1 pt. Duffs molasses (small can) 1 lb. gran. Sugar 1 lb. flour 6 oz. butter ½ tsp. baking soda 25cents grated coconut Bring molasses to boil, add soda then take from stove and pour over sugar and butter which has been creamed, add coconut and flour. […]