Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Our Wedding Cake. Sept 24, 1913 Fruit Cake 1 lb. sugar (add about 1 cup more of sugar) 1 lb. butter 1 lb. flour 12 eggs 2 lbs. currants 2 lbs. raisins 1 large spoon cinnamon 4 whole nutmeg – grated 3 glass sherry wine 2 […]
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Almond Wafers 4 doz. 1 ½ cup fine granulated sugar ¾ cup shortening ¾ cup margarine or butter Pinch salt Dash vanilla 3 egg whites. 1 1/3 cups sifted flour 1 2/3 cups ground blanched almonds Preheat oven to 385. F. Cream sugar, shortening and butter together until light, about 7 minutes at medium speed. […]
#6 Turkish Fig Pudding Ingredients. 1 lb. of best figs finely chopped, 1 lb. breadcrumbs, ½ lb. suet finely shred, ¼ lb. moist sugar, 2 oz. candied peel, 1 oz. ground almonds, ½ a nutmeg grated, 3 well beaten eggs. Mode. Boil or steam for 2 ½ hours & serve with sweet sauce. Candied Peel […]
There are a lot of recipes that fit this Holiday from this set of cook books, and several decoration ideas as well. These first recipes are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated […]
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, […]