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) […]
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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 […]
I have this wonderful recipe for lobster from England and then found two others from a different book. So, I figured this would be a good place to add a few seafood recipes together; these would be a nice way to celebrate the Holidays with a special dish. Wimbledon/London 1860’s thru 1928 November 21st 1901 […]
Holiday Baking #20 Debenham UK in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s Tested Christmas Cake Festive; Delicious; Uses No Dried Fruit. Decatur Georgia 1920’s Springerle Cookies Sugar Cookies (springerle) Springerle Springerle X-mas Honey Cookies 0385 Stollen and Gugelhupf Strudel Dough Apple Strudel Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables […]
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 treats #16 Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s November 16th 1931 Plum Pudding 1 lb. currants, 1 lb. raisins, ”I use the big sticky raisins.” ¾ lb. mixed peel, 1 lb. ground suet, 1 lb. bread crumbs. Take the loaf and dry and don’t (?) it. ½ lb. flour, 8 or 10 eggs, 1 […]
Holiday Baking #15 Chico California 1900 through the 1940’s Cheap Fruit Cake 1 cup brown sug, ½ cup butter, 1 cup each raisins, nuts, currants and citron; orange & lemon peel if liked, 1 table spn. Mixed spices, ½ tea spn. Salt. Stir all together and let boil one min. Set off to cool and […]
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 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 […]
Holiday Cookies #10 Buriens Washington 1920’s through the 50’s Holiday Fruit Cookies Mix together Thoroughly 1 c. soft shortening 2 c. brown sugar (packed in cup) 2 eggs Stir in ½ c. sour or buttermilk Sift together & stir in; 3 ½ c. sifted Gold medal flour 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt Mix in […]