Le Habra California 1930 – 1960’s January 1940 Apple Crisp 6 apples 1 c brown sugar ¼ lb. butter 1 c flour Peel and slice apples Cream butter, flour and sugar. Sprinkle aver apples – Bake ½ hour in moderate oven. Serve with cream. Jan 1940 – Mrs. Rightmire Oven temperatures are seldom given in […]
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Buriens, Washington 1920 – 1950 Brown Sugar Hard Sauce ¼ cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 3=2 T. cream Cream butter – add sugar then cream, add nuts – & dates if wanted. Boiled Raisin Cake 4 c. seedless raisins ½ tsp. ground nutmeg 1 c. brown sugar ¼ tsp. ground cloves 1 c. hot […]
Buriens, Washington 1920 – 1950 Potato Candy ½ c mashed Pot (potatoes) 1/8 t. salt 1 lb. sifted P. Sugar (powdered sugar) ½ t. vanilla 1 c pnut butter (peanut butter) Mash potatoes, add P. sugar & salt. Roll out on board sprinkled with powd. Sugar, spread with pnut butter. Roll up like cinnamon rolls […]
Buriens, Washington 1920 – 1950 Sour Cream Cookies 2 cups sugar 1 cup shortening 1 cup sour cream 5 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons B.Powder Lemon extract 2 eggs From Mrs. Hammer Sugar Cookies Josephine’s Sugar Cookies Taken from Tom Tinker school book 1 ½ cups sugar ½ cup butter or Crisco 2 […]
Le Habra California 1930’s through 1960’s Dream Bars Part 1: ½ c. of butter ½ c. brown sugar 1 c. flour Mix together and pat in flat pan. Bake in moderate oven until medium brown; about 10 minutes. 400degree oven. Part 2: 2 eggs 1 c. brown sugar 1 t. vanilla ½ t. salt 1 […]
Willmington North Carolina 1880 – 1928 Thanksgiving Cookies Four eggs – well-beaten, 2 cup sugar, 1 cup butter. Cream all together. Flavor with lemon. 4 cups flour, 2 heaping teaspoons Royal Baking Powder. Fruit Cookies One-half pint brown sugar, 1 pint lard, ½ pint molasses, 1 cup sour milk, 1 heaping tablespoon soda, 2 heaping […]
Greenwood Indiana Nov. 24th 1937 My Favorite Recipe Date Pudding 1 cup chopped Dates 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup boiling water Mix and let cool 1 ¼ cups flour 1 cup nuts 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. baking powder Pinch salt 2 beaten eggs. Add eggs after mixtures are combined. Bake in moderate […]
November 15 Litchfield, Staffordshire UK 1928 – 1944 Syrup Scones Ingredients: – 8 ozs. Plain flour 1 oz. brown sugar Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon syrup 4 teasp. Baking powder A little sour milk Method: – Mix flour, salt and baking powder, then sieve into a basin. Melt the syrup and mix with milk, stir […]
November 5, Debenham UK 1800’s to 1950’s Emily Moore Bonfire and Parkin November Andover Hampshire UK 1800’s Parkin is traditionally served on Guy Fawkes Day in November; it is a spicy, gooey gingerbread type of cake but made with oatmeal instead of flour. I am told this is specifically a Yorkshire Parkin recipe. Parkin 1 […]
October 1905 Albany New York 1902 – 1940 Cousin Libbie Cole Spanish Relish 6 large cucumbers 2 large onions 4 quarts green tomatoes 2 heads cabbage 6 green peppers 2 red peppers, chop, add 1 cup salt; let stand over night, drain. 1 large bunch celery, then add; 1 oz. white mustard seed ½ oz. […]