- Recipe: Raisin Filled Cookies (1920's)
- RAISIN FILLED COOKIES (1923) FOR THE COOKIES: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 2 cups sifted flour 2 level teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon orange juice Grated rind (zest) of 1 orange Crea...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Cottage Cheese Salad Dressing (1920's)
- COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD DRESSING 8 teaspoons olive oil 1 teaspoon vinegar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons cottage cheese "I have been asked for a...
- Salads - Salad Dressings
- Recipe: Pound Cake Waffles (1920's)
- POUND CAKE WAFFLES 3/4 cup (12 Tbsp or 1 1/2 cubes) butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 4 eggs, separated, yolks beaten, whites stiffly beaten 1/3 cup milk 1 tsp lemon or vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups bread flour 2 ...
- Breakfast and Brunch
- Recipe: Dolly Madison's Cake (1920's)
- DOLLY MADISON'S CAKE "First Lady Dolly Madison was another of the good cooks of Revolutionary days. Her cake recipe she recommended above all others." 1 pound butter 6 egg yolks, well beaten 1 pound sugar 6 egg white...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: Rich Black Cake by Martha Washington (1920's)
- RICH BLACK CAKE by Martha Washington "The rich black cake was one of Martha Washington's favorite recipes and is the cake served at the wedding of Nellie Custis, which was solemnized at Mount Vernon on February 22, 17...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: Oldtime Quaker Oatmeal Almond Cookies (1920's)
- OLDTIME QUAKER OATMEAL ALMOND COOKIES 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 cup granulated sugar 1 egg, beaten lightly 1/3 cup almonds, blanched & finely chopped 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup Old Fashioned Quaker Oatmeal, uncook...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Sunmaid Raisin Filled Cookies (1920's) and Sunmaid Recipe Booklets
- RAISIN FILLED COOKIES FOR THE FILLING: 1 cup raisins 1/4 cup orange juice 2 teaspoons finely cut fresh orange peel (zest) 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup finely cut walnut kernels ...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
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- Recipe: White House Coffee Souffle by first lady Grace Coolidge (1920's)
- WHITE HOUSE COFFEE SOUFFLE by first lady Grace Coolidge 1 1/3 cups brewed coffee 1 tablespoon plain gelatin powder 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup milk 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 egg whites, bea...
- Desserts - Puddings, Gelatin
- Recipe: Chocolate Oatmeal (Quaker Oats, 1920's)
- CHOCOLATE OATMEAL 2 cups uncooked Quick Quaker Oats (not instant) 4 cups water 1 teaspoon salt 4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 4 Tablespoons white granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Bring water to a b...
- Breakfast and Brunch
- Recipe: Honey Lebkuchen (cookies, make ahead, 1920's)
- HONEY LEBKUCHEN "These are best baked early for the holiday season and kept in a tight container to develop the flavors." 1 pint honey (2 cups) 1/2 lb. sugar (1 cup) 1 tablespoon ground cardamom 1 tablespoon ground n...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Mary Dunbar Waterless Cooker Manual and Recipes (1920's)
- My mother used one for decades. She made a steamed carrot cake. I think that was the only thing she used it for. I discovered a link where you can download a PDF of the manual... Hope this helps. Mary Dunbar Waterless ...
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- Recipe: Original Girl Scout Cookies (sugar cookies, 1920's, 1930's, 3 recipes)
- ORIGINAL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES "In the 1920's when Girl Scout cookies were first thought up, a general recipe was handed out to each troop and each girl made her own and sold them. Original recipe was submitted for publi...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe(tried): Granny Church's Scalloped Tomatoes
- Hello Friends, Now, Granny Church was somewhat of an institution in Hinton, West Virginia. True southern cooking was nothin short of what that little lady was all about! I have a big ole mess of recipes from her cookbo...
- Side Dishes - Vegetables
- Recipe: Molded Waldorf Salad - 2 recipes (Knox Gelatine, 1960's and 80's)
- Hi Ineca! I looked through all of my Knox Gelatine recipe booklets (the oldest dating back to the 1920's!) and found these 2 recipes for Waldorf Salad. I hope one is "it"! - Betsy MOLDED WALDORF SALAD 1 envelo...
- Desserts - Puddings, Gelatin
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- Recipe: Mary Ellen's White Fruitcake (just candied cherries and nuts, 1920's) (repost)
- Recipe(tried): Mary Ellen's White [not really a] Fruitcake Board: Holiday Cooking and Baking at Recipelink.com From: Mary Ellen 12-4-1998 Description: "The fruitcake for those who hate fruitcake--and don't we ...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: George Eastman's Lemon Meringue Pie (1920's)
- GEORGE EASTMAN'S LEMON MERINGUE PIE Eastman once interrupted several times a conversation with Dr. Robert A. Millikan, the Nobel laureate, while he hurried to the kitchen to see "if my meringue was browning nicely." ...
- Desserts - Pies and Tarts
- Recipe: 100 Years of Coleslaw Recipes
- 100 YEARS OF COLESLAW 1890's Coleslaw Cole Slaw. Remove the hard centre from half a head of cabbage and slice very fine (there should be one pint of cabbage), set aside in a vessel of cold water, to which a slice of...
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- Recipe: Our Best Bran Muffins (All-Bran cereal box, 1926)
- OUR BEST BRAN MUFFINS 1 1/4 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 cups Kellogg's All-Bran cereal 1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 1/3 cup shortening or vegetable oil Preheat oven to 400 degr...
- Breads - Muffins, Quick Breads
- Recipe: Bread Pudding (Modern Priscilla Cook Book, 1924)
- Since cooking in schools has been abandoned for many years, I figure its an older recipe. (Like you said Its a long shot) Here is one from the Modern Priscilla Cook Book Copyright 1924 BREAD PUDDING 2 cups stale bre...
- Desserts - Puddings, Gelatin
- Recipe: Penny Wafers (cookies) from 1924
- I know it's been a long time, but I found this in an old newspaper article, from 1924. Hope it does the trick. PENNY WAFERS 2 tbsp currants or chopped raisins 1 tbsp hot water 2 tsp rum, almond, or vanilla extract 1/...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Lobster Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Fruit Sauce
- This is a recipe from an Inn near Manchester, England. Although it does not have prawns in it, they certainly could be added. Let me know what you think: Lobster Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Fruit Sauce Source: Moorc...
- Main Dishes - Chicken, Poultry
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- Recipe(tried): The Story of Crisco (1920, complete recipe booklet)
- I don't have a link to the 1945 edition, but here's are online links to the 1920 "The Story of Crisco" recipe booklet: Read booklet online Read or download in various ...
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- Recipe: Lindy's Cheesecake with Strawberry Sauce (Baking in America version)
- LINDY'S CHEESECAKE "This is perhaps the most famous and imitated cheesecake of all. Dense and creamy, it is what has become known as New York-style cheesecake. The recipe is linked to the original Lindy's restaurant...
- Desserts - Cheesecakes
- Recipe: Almost Like Leonard's Onion Rings
- ALMOST LIKE LEONARD'S ONION RINGS "Leonard Heuberger is generally credited with creating Memphis-style barbecue sandwiches at this tiny restaurant on South Bellevue Boulevard. Leonard's opened in 1922 and immediately ...
- Side Dishes - Vegetables
- Recipe: Louis Pappas Famous Greek Salad...I think it's just a poorly written recipe.
- My booklet is the 12th edition. Cost a whole $1.25, lol! It calls for salad dressing and no vinegar. I also would think that would be like Miracle Whip. I have always used mayo and like to sub sour cream for part of ...
- Salads - Assorted
- Recipe: Ethel's Nice Tomato Cookies
- ETHEL'S NICE TOMATO COOKIES From: Rural New- Yorker October, 1926 Source: Old-Time Farmhouse Cooking: Rural American Recipes and Farm Lore by Barbara Swell I taste-tested this recipe on 15 friends and family and not o...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Julia's Caesar Salad
- Hi Linda, This isn't the exact recipe you're looking for but according to the note at the end of the recipe it's very close to the McCall's version. Hopefully it will help you recreate the recipe you remember if it doe...
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- Recipe(tried): Revisiting Henry Corona's Cooking
- There was a Chef in Puerto Rico, Mr. Henry Corona, who distinguished himself for his mixture of classic and Creole cooking. He was born in 1918, in New York City, and in 1928, his family moved to Cuba. In 1936, he mov...
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- Recipe: Poor Man's Pudding - Betty: I am afraid your pudding recipe contains more
- ingredients, & perhaps quite expensive, than the recipes I found. For example, dates are imported goods, etc....Anyway here is the recipe. Poor Man's Pudding 1 c flour 2 ts baking powder 1/4 ts salt 2 tb white sugar ...
- Desserts - Puddings, Gelatin
- Recipe: Grandma Simone's Caesar Salad (using lemon, anchovies and Parmesan)
- GRANDMA SIMONE'S CAESAR SALAD "The Casillo family version of the famous salad created in 1924 at Caesar's Place in Tijuana, Mexico, by Italian immigrant and restaurant owner, Caesar Cardini. Grandma's is better." FO...
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