Burlington Vermont 1875 March 26th 1875 Josie Mince Pies 1 quart meat 2 quarts apples 1 pint molasses 1 pint vinegar 4 cups sugar 1 pint butter or 2 cups chopped suet 1 tablespoon cassia – all spice cloves ½ nutmeg – she says its good. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 26th 1912 Peanut-Butter Cookies Gary […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 March 24th 1875 Cherry Pudding 1 egg ½ cup sugar 1 large spoon butter 1 teaspoon cream of tarter ½ teaspoon soda 1 cup cherries and flour enough for a batter, bake ½ hour. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 24th 1912 Dessert 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup sugar […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 21st 1875 To cure Hams 50 lbs. meat 1 ½ gallon water 3 lbs. salt 3 oz salt peter ½ pt molasses boil & skim – pour on cold for four pails full or 12 gallons use 24 lbs salt 24 oz salt peter 4 pts (not sure what word this […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 20th 1875 Stuffing for Turkey Bread chopped to fill, salt pork size of an egg, butter size of an egg, pepper, salt to taste. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 20th 1912 Nut & Date Cookies (Arnaud’s friend) Good 1 ½ cups gran. Sugar ½ cup butter 3 cups flour 3 eggs 1 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 19th 1912 Scotch Cakes 1 pt. Duffs molasses (small can) 1 lb. gran. Sugar 1 lb. flour 6 oz. butter ½ tsp. baking soda 25cents grated coconut Bring molasses to boil, add soda then take from stove and pour over sugar and butter which has been creamed, add coconut and flour. […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 18th 1912 Sugar Cakes Mrs. Wagner (Silver Springs) 1 ½ lbs. brown sugar 2 or 3 eggs ½ pint of melted lard 1 pint sour milk 2 tsp. B.P. 2 tsp. B.soda ¼ tsp. salt Flour to make stiff enough to drop. Nut Cakes Mrs. Fickes Good 1 lb. nut meats […]
St Patrick’s Day Martha Crane (Saint Patrick’s) Blarney Stones 2 egg cake – 2 c cake flr, 3 t. B.P., ½ t. salt, ½ c short, 1 ¼ c sugar, 2 eggs, 2/3 c milk, 1 t. vanilla – 8×12” greased pan. 350degrees 30 – 35 min. Sift dry ingreds, cream sugar & short, add […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 17th 1875 Puff Pudding 1 pint milk 4 eggs 2 cups flour salt & soda. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 17th 1912 Butter Scotch Cookies Ruth Mertz Cream: 4 cups of brown sugar ½ cup of butter ½ cup lard Ingredients; 4 eggs well beaten 1 level tsp. – soda 1 level […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 14th 1875 Frosting White of one egg 1 teaspoon starch 9 heaping teaspoons pulverized sugar Lemon juice to whiten Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 14th 1912 Ice Cream Cookies Mrs. A.S. Moyer ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup lard and butter 1 egg not beaten ¾ cup flour – bread flour or […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 13th 1912 Molasses Nut Bars Mrs. A.S. Moyer Sift together’2 cups flour’1/4 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon soda 1 ½ teaspoon B.P. Cream ¼ cup butter ½ cup sugar, beat until light. Add 1 beaten egg. Mix well and add ½ cup baking molasses. To this mixture add the sifted dry ingredients […]