Buriens, Washington 1920 – 1950 Handy Pastry Mix Keep a batch on hand for emergencies 8 cups Kitchen Craft flour 4 tsp. salt 2 2/3 cups shortening or lard Sift flour, measure; sift again with salt. Cut shortening into flour with knives or pastry blender until particles are size of small peas. Store covered in […]
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Anne Wrens cookbook November 24th 1894 Ann Campbell Pie Crust (this is a Puff paste) Half pound lard Half pound butter 1 ¼ pound butter One kitchen coffee cup of water, not full to the brim, so far from top Work the lard & butter into the flour with a knife, salt, leaving out just […]
Freedom New York 1960’s – 90’s Friendship 4-1-77 April Fool Pie 2 cups milk ¾ cup sugar ½ cup bisquick 4 eggs ¼ cup butter or margarine 1 cup coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt Combine – eggs, sugar, butter, bisquick and vanilla. Beat with mixer or blender. Pour into 9 inch greased pan. […]
Ravenna Ohio 1880’s – 1940’s Pie Crust Coconut Pie Pumpkin or Squash Pie Chocolate Pie Lemon Pie Raisin Pie Franklin New York 1880 – 20’s Pie Crust 1880 pastry Bridgeton New Jersey 1970 – 1990 Pie crust vinegar Fool proof pie crust Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables […]
Holiday Baking #48 Pittsburg Pennsylvania 1900’s through the 30’s Down East Pumpkin Pie I learned from watching a television show (Murder, She Wrote) that Down East is a local way of describing the state of Maine. Pumpkin 1 ½ cups Brown sugar 2/3 cup (or 3 tbsps. Molasses) To give dark color or […]
Holiday Baking #37 Winfield Kansas in the 1950’s through 2011 No Bake Fruit Cake Almond Sherry Cake TV Mix (Chex Mix) Fruit Cake Fruit Cake Mom’s Old Fashioned Soft Sugar Cookies Sugar Cookies Egg Yolk Cookies Never Fail Pie Crust Raisin Pie Sugarless Brownies Ice Box Fruit Cake Holiday Cookies Snickerdoodles 12-71 […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 24th 1912 Apple Relish Ruth Mertz 2 doz. Ripe tomatoes 10 onions 1 doz apples 6 green mangoes 1 red mango 1 stalk celery 3 cups sugar 2 cups vinegar 3 tbsp. salt Cook 1 hr. Put through coarse grinder, makes 8 pts. Cook in salt water all except mangoes and […]
I am posting this recipe for a lady who has asked me for pot pie recipes, this is another one for her. (Also see June 6th) June 6th 1875 Steam Pudding & 1912 Pot Pie I got these from Carmichael California, but the location places in the notebook, several say Oxford Michigan (Mildred Sternberg, 1940 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 June 6th 1875 Steam Pudding 1/3 cup butter ½ cup milk 2/3 cup raisins 1 cup sour milk 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda, spice Steam 2 hours J.C.P. For more puddings see the posting from June 3rd and 5th and the other posting of pudding from all around England in the […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 11th 1912 Montgomery Pie (Under part) 1 cup molasses 1 cup sugar 1 cup cold water 1 egg 2 lemons grated 2 tablespoons flour (Top Part) 2 cups sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 2 ½ cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup thick milk Pastry (good) 2 cups of pastry […]