Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s Jelly Roll 3 eggs 1 tsp. baking powder 1 cup sugar ¼ tsp. salt 1 tsp. milk 1 cup flour Jelly 1 tbsp. melted butter Beat egg whites until light, and gradually add the sugar and then the milk, flour, salt, baking powder, and melted butter. Line a dripping […]
Category: Olson Family Cookbook
Sarius North Dakota Olson Family Front of book has Mrs. K. Olson in a lovely Gothic Script and August 1925. There is a signature of J.L. Olson, E. M. Olson, Mrs. Knute Olson, Sarius North Dakota Box 363, N. Emelie Olson January 1932. On another page; May 26, 1932 Mrs. Knute Olson Sauris, North Dakota, […]
Sarius North Dakota Jan 11 1926 Chocolate Cake (Cocoa) 1 ½ c. sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 2 tbsps. Cocoa 1 tsp. soda Put the soda in the cocoa and pour ½ cup boiling water over the soda and cocoa, let it cool off. Take 2 cups pastry flour. Beat the sugar […]
12-16-30 Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s Reliable White Cookies 6226 2 cups sugar 1 cup milk 2 tbsp. (heaping) baking powder ½ cup butter 2 eggs Flour 2 cups sweet cream These cookies are very easy to make, and, as is stated above, very reliable. I am going to try putting in some salt […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 19th 1912 Stuffed Turkey 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 names for the people who contributed recipes for these books are listed here; […]
Holiday Baking #17 Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s November 17th 1930 (Monday) Boston cookies and Coconut Drop Cookies Dahlen Harm Just finished baking a double portion of Boston Cookies, and, because Ingwall gobbled down a few for lunch, I feel that they turned out good. Now I have just mixed up a portion (double […]
Holiday Baking #7 Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s From the Olson Family Cookbook 11-8-1928 A Good Economical Layer Cake 1 ½ cups flour 1 cup sugar 3 tsp. baking powder 2 eggs Milk 5 tbsp. melted butter Flavor to taste. Put flour in mixing bowl, with sugar and baking powder. Take measuring cup and […]
Boston Cookies 1 cup butter 3 ¼ cups flour 1 ½ cup sugar ½ tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. 1 cup chopped nuts 1 ½ tbsp. hot water 1 cup raisins (Dough must be quite soft) Note: 2 tsp. baking powder to 1 cup flour when no eggs are used. Nut […]
The Olson’s from Sauris, North Dakota, are the family that wrote this cookbook. It obviously has several people who added recipes, commentaries, snippets of weather, saucy comments and overall a wonderful sense of humor from several of them. From a description of the harvest and the people who helped, to a Ode to the Stove; […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 40’s October 10, 1930 This morning Millie went to help Alma prepare for the Ladies Aid Sale which will take place at A. Berg’s tomorrow. Mother, Chris & Elisa are at home. We are going to bake pumpkin pie, burnt-sugar cake, etc. The clothes did not get dry that were […]