- Recipe: Brown Velvet Chocolate Cake (Arm & Hammer, 1940's)
- ARM & HAMMER BROWN VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon Arm & Hammer Brand or Cow Brand Baking Soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: No Knead Bread - Basic Recipe (makes 3 loaves, Pillsbury, 1940's)
- NO KNEAD BREAD - BASIC RECIPE "Here's a new-fashioned, nutritious, easy-to-make bread that's good today, better tomorrow! Makes excellent toast, superior sandwiches! Its delicious flavor will make it your family's fav...
- Breads - Yeast Breads
- Recipe: No Knead Nut Bread with Raisin, Cheese, and Cinnamon Variations (Pillsbury, 1940's)
- NO KNEAD NUT BREAD "Here are deliciously different No-Knead breads! Quick to make ... a short three hours turns the trick! Warm cinnamon loaf disappears like lightning! Raisin and nut breads make excellent lunch b...
- Breads - Yeast Breads
- Recipe: No Knead English Muffins (Pillsbury, 1940's)
- NO KNEAD ENGLISH MUFFINS "Looking for something different? Why not toasted English Muffins? Perfect served on the breakfast menu with marmalade, proper for an afternoon tea, excellent salad accompaniment! You'll proba...
- Breads - Yeast Breads
- Recipe: Crusty Salad Rolls and Bread Sticks (Pillsbury, 1940's)
- CRUSTY SALAD ROLLS "Salad for lunch? Make it a complete meal by serving with it crusty hard roll tidbits. They're tasty, filling, satisfying! Keep them dainty and small-more crunchy crust that way ... and plan ple...
- Breads - Yeast Breads
- Recipe: Recipes from the booklet: Bake the No-Knead Way, Pillsbury, 1940's
- RECIPES FROM THE BOOKLET: BAKE THE NO-KNEAD WAY - Ann Pillsbury's Amazing Discovery Saves Up to 1/2 Your Baking Time, Pillsbury Mills, Inc., 1945 and 1946 Recipes from this booklet are posted as replies below thi...
- Recipe Collections
- Recipe: Homemade Melba Toast (Pillsbury, 1940's)
- HOMEMADE MELBA TOAST "When you've tasted No-Knead Bread ( recipe ), toasted, you'll plan to keep a loaf on hand always for just such a purpose. And when you've toasted it, Melba style, you'll want it handy for those ti...
- Breads - Assorted
ADVERTISEMENT
- Recipe: No Bake Drop Cookies/Candies -2 (using cereal and chocolate, 1940's, repost)
- Here are a couple of recipes to experiment with: No Bake Cereal Chocolate Drop Cakes (The Joy of Cooking, 1943) Board: Cooking Club at Recipelink.com From: Peggy,WA 10-31-1997 Msg ID: 0014842 Msg URL: /recipes/no-bak...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: de Jonghe's Restaurant's Shrimp de Jonghe (1940's)
- This should be close: SHRIMP DE JONGHE From: de Jonghe's Restaurant, Chicago, Ill., 1940's "Created at de Jonghe's restaurant in Chicago, this dish is a memorial to a time when we were afraid of garlic but not of but...
- Main Dishes - Fish, Shellfish
- Recipe: Pillsbury's Strawberry Shortcake (1940's)
- PILLSBURY'S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE Sift together: 2 cups sifted all purpose flour 3 teaspoons double-acting baking power (or 4 1/2 tsp single acting baking power) 1 teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar Add:...
- Desserts - Fruit
- Recipe: Henry's Honey Cookies by Florida's first lady Spessard Holland (1940's)
- HENRY'S HONEY COOKIES by Florida's first lady Spessard Holland 1 1/4 sticks butter 1 egg, unbeaten 2 1/2 cups old fashioned oatmeal, uncooked 1 cup honey 1/2 cup flour 1 teaspoon ground mace 1 cup pecan meats, broken...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Magic Quick Mix Cookies from Borden's (1940's)
- MAGIC QUICK MIX COOKIES FROM BORDEN'S 1 1/3 cups (one 15 oz can) Sweetened-Condensed-Milk 1/2 cup peanut butter Plus any ONE of these five ingredients: 1 cup chopped nut meats 3 cups shredded coconut 2 cups raisins...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Old Fashioned Pound Cake (1940's)
- OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE "Have you ever tasted real pound cake? Here's an old-fashioned recipe for good old-fashioned tasting pound cake. It's the kind that our grandmothers used to put on the table amid squeals of de...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: Pumpkin Cake with Seven Minute Brown Sugar Frosting (A&P, 1940's)
- PUMPKIN CAKE 2/3 cup solid vegetable shortening 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground...
ADVERTISEMENT
- Recipe: U.S. Army Chile Con Carne (quantity recipe, 1940's)
- U.S. ARMY CHILE CON CARNE, 1946 8 lbs dried small chili beans Cold water 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 lb fat 25 lbs ground meat (or 18 lbs ground meat, cooked)* 6 oz ground chili pepper 2 oz chili powder 6 oz salt 2 ...
- Main Dishes - Chilis, Stews
- Recipe: Ann Pillsbury Potato Puff Rolls (Dormeyer Mixer recipe, 1940's)
- ANN PILLSBURY'S POTATO PUFF ROLLS 1 cup scalded milk 3 tbsp. shortening 1 tbsp. sugar 2 tsp. salt 1 pkg. yeast (compressed or active dry granular) 2 eggs 1 cup cooked, mashed potatoes 4 cups sifted Pillsbury's Best En...
- Breads - Yeast Breads
- Recipe: Chocolate Fudge (Dormeyer Mixer recipe, 1940's)
- CHOCOLATE FUDGE 2 cups sugar 1 level tablespoon bread flour 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tablespoon corn syrup 1 cup milk 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook over low heat, sugar, flour, cocoa pow...
- Desserts - Candy, Chocolate
- Recipe(tried): Betty's Old Fashion Three Layer Chocolate Cake (1940's)
- Here's one out of my gramma's recipies. This is how she had it written down. I think Betty might be Betty Crocker, maybe? BETTY'S OLD FASHION THREE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE (1949) Oven 350 degrees F. 3 cake rounds greas...
- Desserts - Cakes
- Recipe: Raisin Roughs (cookies using peanut butter and oats, Sun-Maid, 1940's)
- RAISIN ROUGHS "Peanut butter and raisins make these cookies two-way favorites." 2 cups raisins Boiling water (to cover raisins) 1 cup vegetable shortening 1/2 cup peanut butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1/4 cup milk 2 tsp....
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Raisin Roughs (cookies using peanut butter and oats, 1940's)
- RAISIN ROUGHS "Peanut butter and raisins make these cookies two-way favorites." 2 cups raisins Boiling water (to cover raisins) 1 cup vegetable shortening 1/2 cup peanut butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup mil...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
- Recipe: Hermits (cookies with raisins and nuts, using coffee, 1940's)
- HERMITS "You'll like the rich flavor, chewy texture of these drop cookies." 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1 egg, beaten 1/4 cup cold coffee 1 3/4 cups sifted flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 ts...
- Desserts - Cookies, Brownies, Bars
ADVERTISEMENT
- Recipe: Fried Liver Sausage (Crisco recipe, 1940's)
- FRIED LIVER SAUSAGE "Dip thick slices of liver sausage in seasoned flour. Fry quickly until brown in hot skillet containing enough Crisco (solid vegetable shortening) to cover bottom. Remove and fry tomato slices. Ar...
- Main Dishes - Assorted
- Recipe: Fried Liver Sausage with Onions (1940's)
- FRIED LIVER SAUSAGE 1 pound liver sausage 2 large sweet onions 3 Tablespoons butter "Fried liver and onions make a good dish for luncheon at noon. To serve four, slice one pound of sausage into 1/4-inch thick slices ...
- Main Dishes - Assorted
- Recipe: Ozark Pudding by first lady Bess Truman (1940's)
- OZARK PUDDING by first lady Bess Truman 1 egg 3/4 cups sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder 1/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/2 cup chopped apples 1 teaspoon vanilla One egg and three-fourth...
- Desserts - Puddings, Gelatin
- Recipe: Orange Meringue Pie (Duncan Hines, 1940's)
- ORANGE MERINGUE PIE 2 cups fresh orange juice 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar 5 tbsp cornstarch 1/2 cup cold water 3 egg yolks 1/2 tsp salt 1 tbsp butter Zest from 3 oranges 1 (9-inch) baked single pastry pie shel...
- Desserts - Pies and Tarts
- Recipe: Sour Cream Raisin Pie (Duncan Hines, 1940's)
- SOUR CREAM RAISIN PIE 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup nut meats 1 cup white granulated sugar 2 1/2 tbsp flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1 1/2 cups sour cream 3 egg yolks 1 (10 inch) single pastry pie crust, baked 3...
- Desserts - Pies and Tarts
- Recipe: Burl Ives Barbecue Sauce (1940's)
- BURL IVES BARBECUE SAUCE 1/4 cup olive oil 1 clove garlic, grated 1 medium onion, grated 1 tsp dry mustard 1 tsp salt 1 tsp paprika chili powder to taste 1/2 tsp black pepper (freshly ground from peppercorns) 1 cup br...
- Toppings - Sauces and Gravies
- Recipe: Campbell's Tomato Soup Aspic Salad (1940's)
- CAMPBELL'S TOMATO SOUP ASPIC SALAD 2 Tbsp Knox Unflavored Gelatin 3/4 cup water, divided use 1 (10 oz) can Campbell's Condensed Cream of Tomato Soup 6 oz cream cheese, softened 1 cup mayonnaise 1 Tbsp lemon juice GAR...
- Salads - Fruit, Gelatin
ADVERTISEMENT
- Recipe: Apples and Cranberries (1940's)
- APPLES AND CRANBERRIES 1 pint cranberries (turns out to be exactly a 12 ounce bag) 1 1/2 cups water 1 cup sugar 4 or 5 apples Cook cranberries in the 1 1/2 cup water until cranberries are done (they pop when they are...
- Side Dishes - Assorted
- Recipe: Apple and Bacon Muffins (Royal Baking Powder, 1940's)
- APPLE AND BACON MUFFINS 2 cups all purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 cup milk 2 Tablespoons shortening, melted 10 Tablespoons sweetened apple sauce 3...
- Breads - Muffins, Quick Breads