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 […]
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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 […]
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; […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 10th 1875 Maud’s Cake ½ cup chocolate ½ cup butter Melted ½ cup sweet milk 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup flour ½ spoon soda 1 cream tartat Flavor with vanilla Very nice Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 10th 1912 Bread & Butter Pickles Slice med pickles without peeling. 5 qts. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 1st 1875 Dark Chocolate Cake Over 2 oz. of chocolate cut in small pieces, (?) ½ cup boiling water. Stir into this ¼ cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar. Add 1 cup flour (little more) dissolve 1 teasp. Soda in ¼ cup sour milk and mix with other ingredients. Add […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Norma Buel Sept. 25th 1926 Rochester Chocolate Cookies ½ c. melted butter 1 c. brown sugar 1 egg ½ c. milk -sweet 1 ½ c. flour ½ tsp. soda 1 c. nutmeats 2 squares melted chocolate 1 t. vanilla ½ t. B.P. Frosting 1 egg white […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 23rd 1875 Hot Chocolate 1 ½ sq. chocolate 3 tablespoons sugar Melt over steam and stir smooth. Heat 3 cups of milk and pour on chocolate and sugar after 1 cup boiling water has been poured on them. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 23rd 1912 Corn Pudding 1 can crushed corn 2 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 13th 1912 Grape-Nut Salad 1 cup grape-nuts 1 pack lemon Jell-O 1 cup raisins ½ cup dates ½ cup English walnuts 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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 7th 1875 Rhubarb Marmalade Ella Rovell’s 2 lbs. rhubarb cut up 3 lbs. sugar 2 lemons, juice and grated rind ½ lb. eng. Walnuts, chopped (English Walnuts) Boil 20 minutes, or until thick. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes […]