Debenham UK 1800’s through the 1950’s; Miss Emily Moore (Three generations in these cookbooks) Home Cookery Sweets for the Christmas Party, by Madge Charlotte Russe Orange and Pineapple Cream Chartreuse of Oranges Banana Trifle Maids of Honor Christmas Pudding Without Eggs Sauces For Christmas With Turkey With Roast Beef With Goose With Christmas Pudding A […]
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Buriens Washington 1920 – 1950 Sept. 25 ‘46 Mrs. Gimbill’s Christmas Pudding 2 cups suet 2 cups bread crumbs 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 lb. raisins 1 lb. currants 2 oz peel (optional) A few almonds 1 grated apple 1 t. nutmeg 1 t. cinnamon ½ t. mace Rind & juice of […]
December 6th Holiday Baking #36 Maple Lane Minnesota 1931 Honey Pie Mock Apple Strudel (Austrian) Marcellus New York 1880 Baking Powder Cookbook Eggless Fruit Cake Wedding or Christmas Cake Marion Arkansas 1858 Wedding Cake Almond Icing Applesauce Fruit Cake Sugar Cookies Sugar Cookies Nut Cookies Mince Meat Visit my ebay store to find some great […]
December 5th From Albany New York in 1902 through the 1940’s Christmas Fudge Greenwood Indiana 1937 Christmas Candies 1195 + Peanut Brittle Penouchi Chocolate Fudge Taffy Fondant Caramel Rockport Maine 1930’s through the 50’s. Orange Cereal Trees Xmas stocking cookies Nesselrode Pie Thanks to Roberta Belviy for finding this information; “This famous—and briefly lost—18th-century pie […]
Holiday Baking #28 Cambridge Minnesota 1930’s And now, just to prove than (that?) a man may know how to cook, let me suggest this by way of variety. Sour Cream Raisin Pie 1 cup raisins 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour cream 2 eggs 1 tablespoonful vinegar 1 teaspoonful cinnamon ½ teaspoonful cloves 1/3 teaspoonful […]
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 […]
Holiday Baking #22 Fairbury Nebraska 1930’s through 1955 X-mas Cooking Genoa Cake 1 lb. butter, butter soft 1 lb. sugar Creamed together 8 eggs, beaten 1 at a time 1 ½ lbs. flour 2 small teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon cream of tartar 2 lbs. sultana raisins ½ lb. mix peal, (lemon, orange& citron) […]
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, […]
Holiday Baking A lot of fruit cakes are better if made in advance and stored in an air tight container for a while (sometimes for months ahead). I will be adding recipes all through the next two months, I have a lot of them! Albany New York 1902 through 1940’s Heinze Mincemeat Fruit Cake ½ […]
Well, the holidays are just around the corner and we all need to think about gifts, cookies giveaway circles, parties, and just general having something on hand for those drop in guests; I will be posting Christmas Cookie Recipes in the weeks leading up to December. Mostly because when I started saving recipes for a […]