Holiday Baking #7 Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s From the Olson Family Cookbook 11-8-1928 A Good Economical Layer Cake 1 ½ cups flour 1 cup sugar 3 tsp. baking powder 2 eggs Milk 5 tbsp. melted butter Flavor to taste. Put flour in mixing bowl, with sugar and baking powder. Take measuring cup and […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Well, the holidays are just around the corner and we all need to think about gifts, cookies giveaway circles, parties, and just general having something on hand for those drop in guests; I will be posting Christmas Cookie Recipes in the weeks leading up to December. Mostly because when I started saving recipes for a […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 November 4th 1875 Kate Armstrong Dark Sour Milk Cake 2 egg – 1 cup sugar ½ cup mollasses – ½ cup butter & lard – salt 1 cup sour milk 1 cup raisins cut fine 2 ½ cup flour – all kinds spice. Teaspoon soda Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 4th 1912 Ring […]
Berwin Illinois 1950’s though the 80’s Jack-O-Lantern Cookies Wilmington NC 1880’s through the 1930’s. Handwritten Book with lots of cutout recipes from other cookbooks. October 31st 1920’s or 30’s Halloween Cookies Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies Book 1932 Brer Rabbit Molasses Rockport Maine 1930’s through the 50’s. (pics in 2020 July) Pumpkin faced sandwhiches Oxford Michigan […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 28th 1875 Chocolate custard Scald 1 pint sweet milk with 1 square chocolate and pinch of salt. Add ½ Tb. Corn starch mixed with ½ cup sugar & yolks of two eggs, cook until it thickens, add vanilla, when cool cover with meringue. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 16th 1875 Mrs. Stevens Gingerbread 1/3 cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup molasses 2 cups flour – ginger 2 eggs ½ cup (scant) sour milk Teaspoon soda in cold water DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 40’s October 10, 1930 This morning Millie went to help Alma prepare for the Ladies Aid Sale which will take place at A. Berg’s tomorrow. Mother, Chris & Elisa are at home. We are going to bake pumpkin pie, burnt-sugar cake, etc. The clothes did not get dry that were […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 4th 1875 Cocoanut Cookies 1 egg 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 2 tb. Sweet milk (tablespoons) 1 cup cocoanut. Let stand in milk for 30 mins. 1 teasp. Cream tartar ½ teasp. soda Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 4th 1912 Grape Juice 10 lbs. grapes, mash & pick from stones, weigh, […]