December 12th Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s The Bellingham Herald, thurs., Dec. 12, 1946 Grandmother’s Plum Pudding Trinidad Hard Sauce Hot Lemon Sauce West Petersborough 1920’s – the 40’s Cake Christmas Mrs. Shaw Fruit Cake Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage […]
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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 […]
Holiday Baking #32 Riverside California 1935 Mock Mincemeat 4 qts. Green tomatoes – grind & draw off juice. Cover with cold water and let come to a boil and simmer ½ hour. Draw off the water and add 2 lbs. brown sugar – 1 lb. raisins (ground), 1 lb. currants, ½ cup butter, 1 scant […]
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 […]
Newington NH 1940’s through the 1960’s November 1957 Squash Pie Soft Gingerbread Oct 1923 newspaper 1880s Franklinville NY Thanksgiving mincemeat pie and crust (newspaper articles). This article says it could have come from the Custis family which is the same family name that Mrs. Martha Washington, wife of General George Washington, got several of her […]
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 […]
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 Cooking #19 Austin Texas 1970’s through 2000 Herb Roasted Turkey with Citrus Glaze Holiday Baking #19 This is a nice handwritten cookbook from Sheffield England and is dated between 1903 through 1928. Mince Pies One pound of suet, one pound of currants, one pound of sugar, three quarter’s of a pound of raisins, one […]
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 #12 Casper Wyoming 1900 through 1920’s Mince Meat 4# lean meat chopped fine 3# suet, 8# apples chopped fine 2# currants, 2# raisins, 1# citron 6# brown sugar, 1pt. Molasses 1 lemon chopped fine 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon allspice ½ tablespoon cloves 2 tablespoons salt Wet with qt. cider or vinegar Cook […]