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 […]
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Holiday Cookies #14 Coos Bay Oregon 1925 through the 1940’s Here are a couple of recipes to use the mincemeat recipes from yesterday’s holiday recipes. Mincemeat Fruit Cake 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 2 eggs, 1 pkg. mincemeat, 1 cup nuts, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons vanilla. Cream butter & sugar, adding the eggs […]
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 […]