Category: vintage recipes
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Vintage Recipe~1903 Finger Rolls
This was the first vintage recipe I’ve made in a while, from this particular book. It’s always an adventure trying to decipher what they mean. The lack of directions are alway a challenge. Here is the recipe as written in the book. The biggest challenge with this recipe was the ingredient “liquid yeast”. I used…
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Daily Traditional Cooking Tip: Make your own butter in 5 minutes or less
Have you ever bought a pint of cream for a recipe, and have a bunch left over? Make your own butter with the left overs. With our modern appliances, it’s so easy. Of course you can also make it by shaking cream in a mason jar, for about 10-15 minutes. A bit of a work…
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5 Recipes From My Mother’s Kitchen
My Mom is an absolutely AMAZING cook! I’d like to think my love of cooking came from watching her work magic in the kitchen. Like my Grandmother before her, it seemed that Mom didn’t measure anything or directly follow any recipe. She could take any recipe, change amounts, or remove/change ingredients entirely and come up…
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1940’s Banana Bread ~ The Settlement Cookbook
Over the weekend, I had at some really sad looking bananas on my counter and decided to make a vintage banana bread recipe. I chose a recipe from the Settlement Cookbook copyright – 1940: Inside the cover of the book, was a bit of history of the book’s past. The book was initially given as…
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20 LOST RECIPES FROM THE PIONEERS: WHAT THEY COOKED IN THEIR JOURNEY WESTWARD
Today’s post is quick, but very cool, at least to me. 😊 Below is a link to an article which highlights 20 actual pioneer recipes, which were used during their journey to begin a new life. You have everything from “mud apples” and “chuckwagon beans”, to “vinegar lemonade” and “dutch oven trout”. I hope you…
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25 Vintage Recipes Just Like Grandma Used to Make | EatingWell
“Go back in time with these vintage recipes featuring classics your grandma grew up with. Whether you’re looking for an easy appetizer, main dish or dessert, we take a vintage recipe and put a fun, modern twist on it like stuffing chicken salad in avocados or making an everything bagel flavored cheese ball. Recipes like…
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10 ‘Depression Era’ Recipes to Make if your Pantry is Bare
One of my favorite things to do is look for vintage and old timey recipes. I decided to scour the internet for depression era recipes for today’s article. I thought it fitting since many items are scarce in grocery stores today. My grocery store is almost always out of flour. Eggs are a hit and…
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