Oxford Michigan Cornish Pastry (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) Cool water for mixing the dough is used. This is important… For four persons, take a sieve full of flour and work into it at least two pieces of suet the size of an ordinary egg. (A sieve full of flour is equal to four cups.) Grind […]
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The front page has the name “Ada Augusta Warrington, March 20 1880 This is another handwritten recipe book from England, that is filled with all kinds of Puddings; 57 to be exact! I will be adding these to Our adventure of pudding around the UK in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. I got this […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 17th 1875 Mama’s Pie Crust 2 handfulls of flour, suet (scooped up) enough for 1 pie, rub in lard stir it with ice water, not moist, don’t mould but squeeze it up. Cream Pie Crust 1 cup sweet cream make’s two pies, pinch salt flour enough to mould out. I think […]
This is an unusual sounding dessert I found in this set of cookbooks. Doing some research, it seems this is a traditional Dutch recipe for an almond paste filled pastry called Banketstaaf; also spelled Banquette and Banket. Sounds very good. This is a traditional Christmas cake https://www.lavenderandmacarons.com/dutch-christmas-log-easy-delicious/ Bankette For ingredients you’ll need: 1 cup butter, […]
Cobbler Pastry 1942 Extra Good ¼ c. short 1/3 c sug Cream Add 2 eggs – cream again 1 c. flour ½ tsp B.P. ¼ tsp salt Sift together, add to above Alternate ½ c. milk with flour. Cut fruit – mix sugar – about 1 cup – (depends on sweetness of fruit you use) […]
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 […]
April 14 1923 From Morrison Illinois 1920’s to 1930’s Freda’s Pie Crust 1 cup flour. Sift 4 level tablespoon lard ½ teasp. Salt Mix with a fork. 4 tablespoon of cold water Enough for 1 pie; double crust Burlington Vermont 1875 April 14th 1875 Cake 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup […]
This March 14th is National pie day and I thought this would be a good time to write all about this lovely dessert. With further research, it seems that every August 15th is Lemon Meringue Pie Day, I did not know this until studying for this posting. I may repeat it in August and just […]
These are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated in the 1920’s. She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will need to find someone […]
A Cranberrie Meringue Pie This is a recipe found in a cook book I got from Morrison Illinois and written in the 1920’s and 30’s. I think the person who wrote this book was from Iowa; there are a lot of notations in the book with that state as a focus. The two cities listed […]