Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 June 7th 1912 Bread Ann Moore’s Aunt 3 Sieves of Flour ¾ cup of sugar 2 yeast cakes Large tablespoon of lard Large tablespoon of salt 1 qt. warm of water or more. Mix dry ingredients, stir in the water. Mix about ½ sieve of flour after the water has been put […]
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Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 9th 1912 Fat Cakes 1 qt milk 4 eggs 1 pt melted butter 1 pound sugar, (none if you choose) 1 pint sots (see quote below) or (1 yeast cake) Qt = quart; pt = pint From the Encyclopedia of Kitchen History, page 1065; “For risen dough, some American bakers fermented […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 8th 1912 Nut Bread Linette Sift together 3 ½ cups of flour 3 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar 1 cup chopped nuts 1 beaten egg ½ cup sweet milk Let stand 10 minutes. Bake 45 minutes in slow oven DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing […]
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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 15th 1875 Sponge Cake 3 eggs 1 ½ cups sugar 1 teaspoon cream tarter 1 cup flour * dissolve ½ teaspoon soda in ½ cup cold water then another cup flour Tested Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 15th 1912 Nut Bread 1 egg, ½ cup sugar 1 cup milk 3 cups […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 9th 1875 Brown Bread 1 cup corn meal 1 cup rye 1 cup graham 1 cup molasses 1 cup sour milk 1 teas soda 1 cup sweet milk (Ethels) Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 9th 1912 Sugar Cookies Mrs. Minich 3 cups of sugar 3 eggs 2 cups of sour milk 2 […]
January 2021 I have had an interest in old recipes and cooking for many years, for various reasons. The first one is trying to find some recipes that my Mother used to make and in later years, she threw away the recipe cards when paring down her stuff. I have been looking for a replacement […]