Havertown PA 1879 through 1948 A small handwritten cookbook and lots of additional clippings and loose pages. The name on the front of the red leatherbound book is Jonathan Holland and a few of the recipes have references to a Mrs. Holland and the Victoria Cake is dated 1885 for her. There is a Nut […]
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Wooster Ohio 1886 to 1929 a small leather cookbook with all kinds of newspaper clippings and loose pages. Friday March 6th 1914 Newspaper the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer This paper has a nice article for some fun on St. Patrick’s Day; I thought it might be nice to show you these. They are intertwined […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 28th 1912 Hermits 1 ½ cups of brown sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 3 tablespoon sour milk 1 tablespoon soda 1 cup currants 1 cup raisins ¾ nuts 3 cups flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon and a little nutmeg. Drop on greased pan. Bake in Moderate oven. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR […]
Tip Top Cake I have found these two recipes in the last two books I got. Interesting how sometimes things group together. The only info I have is from these two recipes; searching the internet all I get is a couple of bakeries named Tip top Cakes. I will keep looking but not a lot […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 1st 1875 Sweet Cake 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour cream 2 cups flour Teaspoon soda Usted (or Astrid) Burlington Vermont 1875 February 2nd 1875 Cracker Pies 3 crackers 3 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup vinegar ½ cup water 1 cup raisins ½ cup butter All kinds spice […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 29th 1875 Fruit Pudding To make a plain fruit pudding, take one cup of sugar, one half cup butter and two eggs. And beat together, then add a cup of sour milk and one tea-spoonful of soda, three cups of flour and one cup of chopped raisins; spices to taste. Put […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 9th 1875 PEACH CORDIAL Make a rich syrup of one quart of peach juice and one pound of white sugar; when cold add half a pint of the best brandy; for a drink dilute with water the same as any fruit shrub. Avondale Pennsylvania January 9th 1912 PORK CAKE 1 lb. […]
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 […]