Almond Wafers 4 doz. 1 ½ cup fine granulated sugar ¾ cup shortening ¾ cup margarine or butter Pinch salt Dash vanilla 3 egg whites. 1 1/3 cups sifted flour 1 2/3 cups ground blanched almonds Preheat oven to 385. F. Cream sugar, shortening and butter together until light, about 7 minutes at medium speed. […]
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Yesterday I posted a Victoria Cake in the calendar section for the day March 22nd 1885; these cakes celebrated the Queen of England, Victoria, who up to that time was the longest Reigning Monarch in England. (Next to Queen Elizabeth) Of course now, the currant Queen Elizabeth has outdone her by several years. The Victoria […]
Feb 17th This series of recipes are from two little books that have 365 recipes, one for every day of the year, from 1900 and 1903. The first is; 365 Dinner Dishes: A Dinner Dish for Every Day of the Year. Selected from Table Talk, Good Housekeeping, Boston Cooking School Cook Book, and Others, 1903. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 3rd 1875 Apple Short Cake To one quart of sifted flour add two teaspoons cream of tarter and one of soda, half a teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a pound of butter, sweet milk to mix it. Have a dough rather stiff, roll and bake in a sheet. As soon as […]