Rockport Maine 1930’s through the 50’s. Crisp almond cookies Xmas stocking cookies Canton CT from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Sweetest gift Frosted Almond squares A cookbook from Towanda PA from the Swoope family; several generations of them are present in these recipes, dated from the early 1900’s through the 1980’s. Springerli Peffernuss Grandmother’s Sugar […]
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Holiday baking #26 Get those baking sheets ready for the Cookie Cooking Marathon that leads up to all those treats for gifts, parties and cookie trading parties. Starting off, this is a recipe from one of the oldest cookbooks in America; One of the first cook books published in America is “American Cookery by Amelia […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 24th 1912 Ham with Ketchup Sauce Fry 1 thick slice of ham slowly till brown. Combine ¼ cup Heinz Ketchup, ¾ cup cold water, 1 tbs. Heinz Cider vinegar, 2 tsp. flour, 1 tsp. sugar, ½ tsp. Heinz Prepared Brown or Yellow Mustard. Pour over ham. Simmer on top of stove […]
Holiday Baking #21 Dubuque Iowa dated 1900 through 1957 Fruit Cake Mock Mince Pie Fairbanks Alaska from the early 1900’s Green Tomato Mincemeat Cranberry Pie Suet – It is the hard, raw fat from beef or mutton found around the kidneys and loins. The high smoke point and fast melting temperature makes it perfect […]
Holiday Baking #20 Debenham UK in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s Tested Christmas Cake Festive; Delicious; Uses No Dried Fruit. Decatur Georgia 1920’s Springerle Cookies Sugar Cookies (springerle) Springerle Springerle X-mas Honey Cookies 0385 Stollen and Gugelhupf Strudel Dough Apple Strudel Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables […]
Holiday Treats #18 New Berlin Ohio in the early 1900’s Cinnamon Stars 4 whites egg beaten hard 2 cups sugar beaten again 1 lemon rind 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 lb. ground almond Chocolate Cookies 3 whites beaten stiff 1 c. sugar ½ lb. ground almonds 1 bar sweet chocolate 1 tsp. vanilla Butter Cookies […]
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 treats #16 Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s November 16th 1931 Plum Pudding 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. raisins, ”I use the big sticky raisins.” ¾ lb. mixed peel, 1 lb. ground suet, 1 lb. bread crumbs. Take the loaf and dry and don’t (?) it. ½ lb. flour, 8 or 10 eggs, 1 […]
Holiday Baking #15 Chico California 1900 through the 1940’s Cheap Fruit Cake 1 cup brown sug, ½ cup butter, 1 cup each raisins, nuts, currants and citron; orange & lemon peel if liked, 1 table spn. Mixed spices, ½ tea spn. Salt. Stir all together and let boil one min. Set off to cool and […]
Holiday Cookies #13 A handwritten cookbook from Chico California 1900 through the 1940’s Eggless Cookies 2 cups sugar, 1 of butter, 1 sweet milk, 1 tea sp. soda, 1 tea sp. nutmeg, flour to roll. Bake quickly. Mapleine Nut Bars ¾ cup flour, ½ cup chopped nuts, 1 cup sliced dates, 1 tea sp. mapleine, […]