Aunt Harriet’s Soft Gingerbread 6 tea cups flour, 3 of molasses, 1 of butter, 1 of cream, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 large spoon ginger, put all together, beat them well, bake a common sized loaf a half hour in an oven suitable for bread. Mrs. C.J.L. soft Gingerbread ½ cup of shortening, melted […]
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November 21 Sheffield UK 1899 – 1928 Curled Gingerbread One pound of treacle, one pound of raw sugar, one pound of flower (flour), half a pound of butter and a little ginger. Why this is called Curled, I am not sure? Brown Gingerbread 1 ½ lb. flour, 1 lb. treacle, 1 lb. sugar (course), ¼ […]
November 5, Debenham UK 1800’s to 1950’s Emily Moore Bonfire and Parkin November Andover Hampshire UK 1800’s Parkin is traditionally served on Guy Fawkes Day in November; it is a spicy, gooey gingerbread type of cake but made with oatmeal instead of flour. I am told this is specifically a Yorkshire Parkin recipe. Parkin 1 […]
Newington NH 1940 – 1960 Nov. 1957 Squash Pie 1 egg, 2/3 cup of sugar, 2/3 cup of squash, ½ tsp. salt, ¼ tsp. ginger and cinnamon, 2 tbl. Of flour not level more rounded, 2 cups of milk and as much more as necessary for plate size, probably ½ to 1 cup more. Small […]
August 28th, 1923 Bethel Maine 1917 – 1980’s Gingerbread Big ¾ cup sugar ½ cup molasses Put this into 2 teas. Soda 1 egg About ¾ cup sour milk Little ginger, cinnamon Flour. Beat well. Last put in ½ cup melted butter. Oven temperatures are seldom given in the old books and recipes; most times […]
July 14th 1903 Pasadena California 1900- 1910 Gingerbread 1 egg, ¾ cup molasses, ¼ cup sugar, ½ cup butter, ½ cup boiling water, 2 teaspoons ginger, 1 teaspoon soda sifted in 2 cups flour, Beat all together for a few minutes and bake in quick oven 20 minutes. Molasses Cookies July 14, 1908 2 […]
Twinsburg Ohio 1900’s through the 1940’s Of Course You Can Bake How to Recipes, Make Your Own Basics…. In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their Parents and Grandparents ways of surviving and living through tough times; I am going to be posting recipes from the early 1900’s […]
April 1918 Some of the words are very difficult to read and I had to guess on some of them. If I could not read the words at all I put them in parentheses with a question mark. As with all recipes like these, use your own experience and knowledge to make them your interpretations […]
April 14th 1886 Wooster Ohio 1889 – 1929 Wyoming Family Recipes Soft Gingerbread Custard Cake To Preserve Ham for Summer Cake, with Maple Frosting Kisses Chocolate Sauce On the back of the article. How to Recipes, Make Your Own Basics…. In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their […]
Freedom New York 1960’s – 90’s Washington Pie Dubuque Iowa 1900 – 1957 From Martha’s recipe Book George Washington’s Favorite Cake Gingerbread Cream Pie Rum Cream Filling Fairbanks Alaska in the early 1900’s Martha Washington Pie Glenburn Maine 1880’s For Washington Pie Falling Waters west Virginia 1800’s Washington Cake This was set of very old, […]