Holiday Baking A lot of fruit cakes are better if made in advance and stored in an air tight container for a while (sometimes for months ahead). I will be adding recipes all through the next two months, I have a lot of them! Albany New York 1902 through 1940’s Heinze Mincemeat Fruit Cake ½ […]
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Holiday Treats Albany New York 1902 through 1940’s Christmas Fudge 3 cups gran. Sugar ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup thin cream 1 tablespoon butter 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla ½ cup chopped nut meats ¼ cup chopped dates ¼ cup candied cherries Place sugar, cream of tartar, salt and cream […]
Boston Cookies 1 cup butter 3 ¼ cups flour 1 ½ cup sugar ½ tsp. salt 3 eggs 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. 1 cup chopped nuts 1 ½ tbsp. hot water 1 cup raisins (Dough must be quite soft) Note: 2 tsp. baking powder to 1 cup flour when no eggs are used. Nut […]
The Olson’s from Sauris, North Dakota, are the family that wrote this cookbook. It obviously has several people who added recipes, commentaries, snippets of weather, saucy comments and overall a wonderful sense of humor from several of them. From a description of the harvest and the people who helped, to a Ode to the Stove; […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 23rd 1875 Nut Cakes 2 eggs beaten slightly with spoon 1 cup brown sugar ½ cup pastry flour ½ teaspoon baking powder Salt 1 cup pecan nuts chopped coarse (one on top) Bake 15 minutes in moderate oven. There are no baking temperatures listed in these recipes; during this time, it […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 15th 1912 Canned Corn Mrs. Dolson Middletown 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons lemon juice 1 qt. corn Cut corn from the ear (raw); pack loosely in jars. Put lemon juice and salt on top and fill the jar with cold water. Boil 2 ½ hours. Very good and keeps fine. […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Norma Buel Sept. 25th 1926 Rochester Chocolate Cookies ½ c. melted butter 1 c. brown sugar 1 egg ½ c. milk -sweet 1 ½ c. flour ½ tsp. soda 1 c. nutmeats 2 squares melted chocolate 1 t. vanilla ½ t. B.P. Frosting 1 egg white […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 19th 1875 Delicious Nut bread Ella Romell 4 cups flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup sugar 1 cup chopped nuts, not too fine 4 good teaspoons baking powder 2 cups milk 1 egg well beaten Raise 20 min. and bake in moderate oven 1 hour. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 19th 1912 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 7th 1875 Rhubarb Marmalade Ella Rovell’s 2 lbs. rhubarb cut up 3 lbs. sugar 2 lemons, juice and grated rind ½ lb. eng. Walnuts, chopped (English Walnuts) Boil 20 minutes, or until thick. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 2nd 1875 Cup Custards: One quart of Milk, four eggs, one cup of sugar, a salt-spoonful of salt. Boil the milk, beat the eggs with the sugar and salt till very light and add hot milk slowly. Pour into small cups which have been set in a dripping pan, the rule […]