Brewster Book Of Recipes
by Woman’s Association of Brewster Congregational Church · 1921 · Detroit Michigan
Shelf note
A Detroit church cookbook from 1921, compiled from members’ recipes. Community cookbooks like this one raised money and recorded what a congregation actually cooked; this one runs from oyster cocktails to salmon loaf and beyond.
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Contents
The archive kept this book’s contents page but not its chapters. Each section is listed with the first lines it opened with.
- Easy First Course DishesFruit Cocktail One cup sugar, 2 cups water; boil 5 minutes; cool and add juice of 1/2 lemon or 2 tablespoons grape juice. Take 3 oranges, 3 bananas, 1 cup pineapple, 1 cup malaga grapes, 1/2 cup mara...
- Easy Recipes For Oysters On Half Shell Or Oyster CocktailOysters On Half Shell For each person take 6 opened and loosened oysters. Serve in shell on cracked ice, small ends to center of dish. Mix 6 teaspoons vinegar, 1 tablespoon catsup, 1/4 teaspoon salt,...
- Easy Recipes For Making CanapesCanapes Canapés are made from white, graham or brown bread, sliced very thin and cut in various shapes. They are dipped in melted butter and may be either toasted or fried. Anchovy Canapes Spread...
- Easy Recipes For Making SoupsPotato Soup 5 medium size potatoes. 2 onions. 1 stalk celery. Slice potatoes and onions, cut celery in small pieces, cover with water and boil 30 minutes. Then mash through a sieve and add: 1 1/2 pi...
- Easy Recipes For Making Oyster SoupDelicious Oyster Soup One pint oysters, 1 1/2 pints cold water; 1 pint sweet milk, butter, salt and pepper. Put oysters in cold water and boil well for 20 minutes; season and add milk. Let all become...
- Easy Recipes For Making Tomato SoupFrench Tomato Soup Take 1 quart of tomatoes, or 3 quarts of raw ones and place in an earthen vessel. Cut into this one small onion, boil 2 hours and strain into 1 quart of beef stock. Before sending ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Vegetable SoupStrained Vegetable Soup With Noodles Cover 1 veal and 1 beef bone with water and add 6 good sized onions, 5 good sized carrots, 1 stalk celery, 1 parsnip, 1 small or half a large head cabbage, 1 kern...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking FishFish Turbot Boil whitefish 20 minutes. When done, remove bones, pick in pieces and place in layers, alternating fish and dressing, bake in dish or small cups, sprinkle bread crumbs over top, bake bro...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking SalmonJellied Salmon Mix together 1/2 teaspoon mustard, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, yolks of 3 eggs, 1 cup rich milk, 1/2 cup vinegar. Cook in double boiler until thick. Remove from fire, add 2...
- Easy Recipes For Making Salmon TurbotSalmon Turbot One can of salmon broken fine, one onion cut fine. Sauce. Two tablespoons of flour, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 pint of milk, a little salt and pepper; when sauce cools, add 2 eggs. Put a ...
- Easy Recipe For Making Baked FishSprinkle the fish with salt and fill with stuffing, sew or skewer the edges together. Cut gashes on each side of fish and put strips of fat pork into them; dredge with flour, salt and pepper and place...
- Easy Recipe For Maing Broiled FishSear the fish first, then turn every 10 seconds. The length of time for cooking depends on the thickness of the fish. Season with butter, salt, pepper and garnish. Mrs. C. Westcott. Hollondaise Sauc...
- Easy Recipes For Making Salmon LoafSalmon Loaf One small can of salmon (not juice), 4 tablespoons melted butter, 4 eggs well beaten, 1/2 cup fine bread crumbs, pepper and salt. Add bread crumbs to eggs, then add salmon and seasoning a...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking OystersCreamed Oysters Make a rich cream sauce with 1 pint milk, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 saltspoon salt and a little red pepper. Put the butter in a saucepan over the fire, and when it ...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking Meats and PoultryBeef Balls One lb. beef; 1/2 lb. pork; 1 onion. Put through food chopper. Add 1/2 cup cracker crumbs, 1 egg, season with salt, pepper and pinch of nutmeg. Make into small balls. Have ready gravy mad...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking Meats and Poultry. Part 2Corned Beef Cover 5 lbs. beef (brisket with bone removed) with water to which add 5 teaspoons sugar, 5 tablespoons salt and saltpeter size of a large pea; let stand 24 hours. Cook 5 hours in this bri...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking Meats and Poultry. Part 3Baked Tenderloin Of Pork Take 2 strips of tenderloin of pork and wipe clean with a damp cloth. Make a stuffing of stale bread crumbs, highly seasoned with onion, sage, pepper, salt and melted butter....
- Easy Recipes For Cooking VealDelicious Veal Take a veal steak about 1 inch thick, cut in pieces just large enough for one service. If parts seem stringy, fasten together with toothpicks. Dip veal first in beaten egg, then in wel...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking HamBaked Fresh Ham Take a 10-lb. fresh ham; have all the bone taken out and make a dressing of bread crumbs, little onion, pinch of sage and a little salt. Put in place of bone; cut the rind in dice. Ba...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking ChickenCreamed Chicken One chicken, cooked until tender. Cut fine, pour over 1/2 cup of broth. Make sauce of 1 pint cream, 1 egg, 3 teaspoons cornstarch. Cook same as custard. Chop 1 thin slice of onion, 3 ...
- Easy Recipe For Making Jellied Tongue And VealSoak a pickled ox tongue in water for 12 hours, then boil until tender. Remove the skin and cut off all root and tip. Bone a breast of veal and spread it very flat and rub with salt and pepper. Lay th...
- Easy Recipe For Making Curried Veal Steak With RiceCut 3 lbs. veal in small pieces, free from skin, sprinkle with salt, pepper and flour and fry in butter, slowly, until a nice brown. Put into another pan a piece of butter size of an egg, slice in a s...
- Easy Recipe For Making Roast TurkeySelect turkey weighing from 12 to 14 lbs. Thoroughly clean it, removing oil-bag, all glands and pipes in neck and extra leaves of fat. Singe and wipe inside and out with damp cloth. Dredge inside with...
- Easy Recipe For Making Roast Goose Or DuckIf a wild duck, first parboil for 15 minutes after cleaning. Otherwise proceed as for roasting a chicken. Singe, clean (and remove some of the pieces of fat from a goose). Make a dressing of bread, ap...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking Beef LoafBeef Loaf Two and 1/4 lbs. chopped beef; 1/4 lb. chopped pork; 1/3 loaf bread; 1/2 cup milk; 2 eggs; 1 small stalk celery; 1 onion, salt and pepper. Mix well, meat, soaked bread, chopped celery, and ...
- Easy Recipe For Making Beefsteak PuddingOne lb. round steak; 1/2 pint water; 1/2 lb. suet pastry; 1 tablespoon flour, salt and pepper. Line a deep bowl, well buttered with suet paste, rolled 1/3 inch thick. Put the flour with salt and peppe...
- Easy Recipe For Making Irish Stew With DumplingsCut 1 1/2 lbs. beef or mutton (or both) in cubes. Try out suet in frying pan and saute meat, which has been dredged in flour, until it is well seared. Cover meat with boiling water and boil fast 3 min...
- Easy Recipe For Making Veal BirdsCut veal steak into oblongs 2 inches wide and about 4 inches long. On each oblong lay a small piece of sliced bacon. Soak some white bread in cold water, squeeze dry and add a piece of butter, a littl...
- Easy Recipes For Making StuffingsDry Stuffing For Poultry Two cups soft bread crumbs, 1/4 cup melted butter, 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix ingredients in order given If a moist stuffing is desired, add suffic...
- Meats and their Relishes- Roast beef, grated horse-radish. - Roast veal, tomato or mushroom sauce. - Boiled mutton, caper sauce. - Roast lamb, mint sauce. - Boiled bluefish, white cream sauce. - Fresh salmon, green peas...
- Easy Recipes For Making Meat and Fish SaucesWhite Or Cream Sauce Put 1 tablespoon each of butter and flour in saucepan over fire. When mixed without browning add 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, then gradually 1 cup milk. Stir ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Apple, Corn And Orange FrittersApple Fritters One and one-third cups Henkel's flour; 2/3 cup milk; 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder; 1 egg; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 2 medium sized apples. Mix and sift dry ingredients, stir in milk slowly...
- Easy Recipes For Making Waffles And PancakesWaffles Two cups Henkel's flour, 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons butter, 3 eggs, 1 1/2 cups milk. Mix dry ingredients and sift 3 times. Cut in butter. Separate the y...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking With VegetablesLuncheon Dish One can kidney beans, 1 lb. cheese, 7 green peppers chopped, 5 or 6 chili peppers, salt. Fry green peppers in a little butter. Put beans in double boiler; add green peppers and seeds of...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking With Vegetables. Part 2Green Corn Pudding Cut kernels from 4 large ears of corn, add 1 cup milk, 2 eggs, well beaten, 1 tablespoon of sugar; season with salt and pepper; bake 3/4 hour. Will serve four. Mrs. T. H. S. Schoo...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking With Vegetables. Part 3Spinach Pick over carefully and wash in several waters. Put in a large kettle without water. Cook slowly until the juice is drawn, out, then boil until tender. Drain and chop fine, season with butter...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking With TomatoesFried Green Tomatoes Slice tomatoes about 1/2 inch thick. Dip in beaten egg, then in cracker or bread crumbs and fry in plenty of hot butter and lard. Mrs. A. Montgomery. Fried Ripe Tomatoes Cut ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Italian SpagehettiItalian Spaghetti One lb. veal off end of leg; 1/2 package spaghetti; 1 can mushrooms; 1 green pepper; 1 can tomatoes. Cut veal into small pieces and boil until tender, add green pepper cut small and...
- Easy Recipes For Making Stuffed Green PeppersStuffed Green Peppers Cut a slice from the stem end of each pepper and carefully remove all seeds and white lining. Parboil with a pinch of soda, rinse and fill with boiled rice mixed with bits of on...
- Easy Recipe For Making Rice And CabbageOne cup rice, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1 small chopped onion, salt, pepper and paprika to taste, 1 cabbage, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Boil rice until tender, drain and mix with melted butter, onion an...
- Easy Recipes For Cooking PotatoesSweet Potato Balls Two cups cooked mashed sweet potato, 1 egg, 1/2 cup blanched almonds (chopped), salt, melted butter and a little cream. Mix potato, almonds, butter and seasoning, shape in balls; d...
- Easy Recipes For Making SaladsBanana Salad Peel one banana for each person; leave whole or cut in halves lengthwise; roll in salad dressing, place on lettuce; sprinkle with chopped nut meats and garnish with cherries. Mrs. E. Ch...
- Easy Recipes For Making Salads. Part 2Easter Salad Boil eggs 10 minutes; drop into cold water; shell; cut while still warm with silver knife, in strips from small end nearly to base; carefully lay back these lily petals on a lettuce leaf...
- Easy Recipes For Making Salads. Part 3Prune Salad Boil large prunes in sweetened water to which has been added a little lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Remove stones and fill with cream cheese or nuts, or both combined. Serve four or fi...
- Easy Recipes For Making Tomato SaladTomato Salad Take medium sized tomatoes, remove skins and seeds. Fill tomatoes with mixture of Philadelphia cream cheese, moisten with cream or salad dressing, to which has been added chopped nuts an...
- Easy Recipes For Making Grapefruit SaladGrapefruit Salad 2 tablespoons Knox gelatine. 3/4 cup sugar. 1/2 cup boiling water. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1/2 cup lemon juice. 3 cups grapefruit pulp. Mix lemon juice, salt, boiling water and sugar and...
- Easy Recipe For Making Ice Cream Salad1 envelope Knox gelatine. 1 teaspoon salt. 2 tablespoons cold water. 1 cup cream, whipped. 1 tablespoon butter. 2/3 cup milk. 3 tablespoons sugar. 1/3 cup vinegar. yolks 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons pineappl...
- Easy Recipe For Making Perfection Salad1 envelope Knox Sparkling Gelatine. 1 teaspoonful salt. 1 cup cabbage, finely shredded. 1/2 cup cold water. 1/2 cup mild vinegar. 2 cups celery, cut in small pieces. 2 tablespoons lemon juice. 2 cups ...
- Easy Salad Dressing RecipesAlmond Dressing For Fruit 1/4 lb. almonds (ground fine). 1 1/2 cups boiling water. 1/2 cup sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. 3 tablespoons cream. Juice of 1/2 orange. Pour water on almonds; cook 10 minute...
- Easy Recipes For Making Mayonnaise DressingSuccess in making a Mayonnaise Dressing generally depends upon all the ingredients being of the same temperature. Mayonnaise Dressing For Blue Monday Salad Cut up some lively capers, add to them ...
- How To Make Thousand Island Salad DressingThousand Island Salad Dressing 2 eggs. 1/2 teaspoon mustard. 1 cup olive oil. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 2 teaspoons lemon juice. Dash of paprika. Add lemon juice to beaten yolks, then mustard, salt and pap...
- Desserts - Recipes For Various DessertsShort Cake 2 cups Henkel's flour. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1/4 cup butter. 2 teaspoons sugar. 1/2 cup milk. 3 level teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1 egg beaten into the milk. Mrs. S. Simmons. Short Cak...
- Desserts - Recipes For Various Desserts. ContinuedBavarian Cream 1/2 pint whipping cream. 1/2 pint milk. 1/4 cup sugar. Yolks of 2 eggs. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 1/4 box Knox gelatine. Soak gelatine in 1/4 cup cold water 20 minutes. Scald milk, turn slow...
- Desserts - Recipes For Whip DessertsPeach Whip Put 2 cups fresh or canned peaches through a sieve and sweeten; beat whites of 3 eggs until stiff; add gradually the fruit pulp; turn into buttered mold; set in pan of hot water (or in slo...
- Desserts - Recipes For PiesPastry. Plain Pastry 1 1/4 cups Henkel's pastry flour. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder (if used). 1/2 cup shortening (scant). Ice water. This amount is enough to cover 2 ordinary p...
- How To Make Pineapple PiePineapple Pie Three-quarters cup grated pineapple, 3/4 cup sugar, heat together until sugar is melted. Put in double boiler two beaten eggs, 1 1/2 cups milk. When hot add pineapple, sugar and 1 table...
- How To Make Chocolate PieChocolate Pie 1/4 cup grated chocolate. 2 eggs. 1 cup boiling water. 2 tablespoons sugar. 1 tablespoon butter. 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Salt. 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix cornstarch in tablespoon cold w...
- Easy Recipes For Making Lemon And Lemon Cream PiesLemon Pie 1 lemon. 2/3 cup sugar. 2 tablespoons flour. Little butter. 2 eggs. 1 cup boiling water. Mix sugar, flour and butter together. Pour on boiling water, add the yolks of the eggs and the lemo...
- Desserts - Recipes For Making PuddingsBread Pudding - Lemon Sauce 1 pint milk. salt. 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 lb. nut meats (or more). Use required amount of bread to soak up 1 pint of milk. Sauce. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 to 2/3 cups water. ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Sago Or Tapioca PuddingSago Pudding 1/2 cup sago. 1 pint milk. 1/2 cup sugar. Pinch salt. 2 eggs. Butter and raisins. Cook milk and sago in double boiler until thick; add eggs, small lump butter and raisins and bake. Har...
- Easy Recipes For Making Lemon Or Orange PuddingLemon Pudding 1 cup sugar. 2 tablespoons cornstarch. Juice of 1 lemon. Whites of 3 eggs. 2 1/2 cups boiling water. Stir sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch together. Add water arid cook until clear. W...
- Easy Recipe For Making Marshmallow Pudding1 quart milk. Whites of 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons cornstarch. 1/2 teaspoon butter. 3/4 cup sugar. 1/2 cup milk. Pinch of salt. 4 tablespoons melted chocolate. Boil 1 quart of milk, add cornstarch dissolv...
- Easy Recipes For Making Rice PuddingRice Pudding 1 cup rice. 3 cups water. 1/2 pint whipping cream. Maple sugar. Cook rice in a double boiler with water. When done spread out on large platter to cool. When cool add the cream whipped a...
- Easy Recipes For Making Kiss PuddingKiss Pudding 3 eggs. 1 pint milk. 1 cup sugar. 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch. Have milk boiling; add 1/2 cup sugar, yolks of eggs, well beaten, and cornstarch. Stir until thick, pour into pudding dis...
- Easy Recipe For Making Macaroon Pudding4 eggs. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup cracker crumbs. 1/2 cup grated chocolate. Flavoring. 1/2 cup milk. Separate eggs, add yolks to sugar, cracker crumbs, baking powder, chocola...
- Easy Recipes For Making Mince MeatMince Meat 2 lbs. cooked beef. 1/2 lb. chopped suet. 2 lbs. sugar. 1 cup molasses. 2 lbs. raisins. 1/2 lb. lemon peel. 2 lbs. currants. 1/2 lb. orange peel. 1 tablespoon salt. 1/2 tablespoon cloves. ...
- Easy Recipe For Making Peach Pudding2 cups Henkel's sifted flour. 2 tablespoons sugar. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 2 tablespoons butter (melted). 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 egg. Peaches. 3/4 cup sweet milk. Put flour, baking powder, salt...
- Easy Recipes For Making Snow PuddingSnow Pudding 1/4 box gelatine. 1 cup sugar. 1/4 cup cold water. 1/4 cup lemon juice. 1 cup boiling water. Whites of 3 eggs. Soak the gelatine in the cold water 15 minutes, or until soft. Then dissol...
- Easy Recipe For Making Chocolate Plum Pudding1 envelope Knox Sparkling Gelatine. 1/4 cup sliced citron or nuts, as preferred. 3/4 cup cold water. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup currants. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. 1 1/2 squares chocolate. 1 cup seeded raisins....
- Easy Recipes For Making Caramel PuddingCaramel Pudding 2 cups brown sugar. 2 tablespoons cornstarch (heaping). 1 quart sweet milk. 2 eggs. Melt sugar, being careful not to burn; add milk heated; then eggs and the cornstarch, dissolved in...
- Easy Recipes For Making Carrot PuddingCarrot Pudding 1 cup grated carrot. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 cup grated potato. 1 1/2 cups flour. 1 cup chopped suet. 2 teaspoons baking powder. 1 cup sugar. Cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg. 1 cup raisins. Stea...
- Easy Recipes For Making Chocolate Pudding Or Chocolate Bread PuddingChocolate Pudding 1 quart milk. 4 tablespoons cornstarch. 3 tablespoons sugar. 2 1/2 tablespoons chocolate. Scald milk in double boiler. Dissolve the cornstarch in a little scalded milk and before i...
- How To Make Fig PuddingsFig Pudding 1 lb. figs. 1 cup bread crumbs. 1/2 cup sugar. 1/2 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1/2 cup butter. 2 eggs. 4 large teaspoons Henkel's flour. Pinch of salt. 1 cup milk. Cream sugar and butt...
- Easy Recipes For Making Suet PuddingSuet Pudding 1 cup milk. 1 cup molasses. Salt. 1 cup suet. 2 teaspoons soda. 1 cup seeded raisins (chopped). 3 cups Henkel's flour. Chop suet fine, add molasses, soda, milk, raisins, salt and flour....
- Easy Recipe To Make Chocolate Ice-Box Cake30 Lady fingers. 1/2 lb. sweet chocolate. 1/2 pt. cream, whipped. 2 1/2 tablespoons water. 4 eggs (separated). 3 tablespoons sugar. Line the sides and bottom of small form with lady fingers. For fill...
- Easy Recipes For Making Apple Or Almond CharlotteApple Charlotte 1 tablespoon Knox gelatine. 3 tablespoons cold water. 1/4 cup honey. 1/2 cup strained apple sauce. 3 tablespoons boiling water. 1 cup whipped cream. 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Soak ge...
- Easy Recipes For Making Custard Or Macaroon CustardCustard 1 pint milk. 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons sugar. Nutmeg. Pinch of salt. Beat whites, but not too stiff. Add yolks and beat a little more. Add milk and nutmeg. Put in custard cups. Grate nutmeg on t...
- Easy Recipes For Making Lemon Souffle Or Lemon CreamLemon Souffle Whites of 4 eggs. 1 tablespoon sugar. Yolks of 3 eggs. 1 lemon. Beat whites of eggs stiff and set aside. Beat yolks, add sugar, juice of lemon and some of the rind; then add the whites...
- Easy Recipe For Making Pineapple Sponge(Six to eight persons) 2 3/4 table spoons Knox Gelatine. Juice 1 lemon. 1 can sliced pineapple. 1/4 cup sugar. 1/2 pint (1 cup) whipped cream. A few preserved cherries. Chop finely about 1/3 of the ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Frozen DessertsMaple Mousse 1 cup maple syrup. Yolks of 5 eggs. 1 pint whipping cream. Boil syrup; beat yolks until light; stir into syrup. Cook thoroughly in double boiler. When cold beat in whipped cream. Put in...
- Frozen Desserts - Recipes For Making IcesLemon Ice 1 quart milk. Grated rind of 2 lemons and juice of 3. 1 pint cream. 2 cups sugar. Heat milk, sugar and rind until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Cool and add cream. When about half frozen ...
- Frozen Desserts - Recipes For Making SherbertsPineapple Sherbert 2 cups pineapple. 2 cups sugar. Juice of 1 lemon. 1 cup water. Whites of 2 eggs. Stir sugar and water until sugar is dissolved; add pineapple finely shredded and lemon juice and p...
- Frozen Desserts - Parfait RecipesAngel Parfait 1/2 cup sugar. 1/2 pint whipping cream. 1/2 cup water. Whites of 2 eggs. Boil sugar and water until it threads. Beat whites of eggs stiff and add the syrup. Whip the cream stiff and fo...
- Frozen Desserts - Ice Cream RecipesPlain Ice Cream 3 eggs. 2 cups sugar. 1 quart milk. 3 tablespoons flour. 1 quart cream. 1 tablespoon vanilla. Add the cream last. Mrs. Eveard G. Hartwell. Ice Cream 1 pint milk. 2 or 3 eggs. 2 t...
- Desserts - Easy Cake RecipesAngel Cake Whites of 8 large eggs. 1 cup sugar. 1 cup flour. 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Sift flour before measuring and then sift 3 times again: set aside. Add pinch of salt to eggs, whip to a fo...
- Desserts - Easy Cake Recipes. Part 2Butterless, Eggless, Milkless Cake 1 cup brown sugar. 1/4 nutmeg (grated). 1 cup water. 2 teaspoons cinnamon. 2 cups seeded raisins. 1 teaspoon cloves. 1/3 cup lard. 1 pinch salt. Boil all together ...
- Desserts - Easy Cake Recipes. Part 3Layer Cake 1 egg. Butter size of egg. 1 cup sugar. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour, unsifted. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. 1 pinch salt. 1 small teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1/2 cup cold water. Put all together...
- Desserts - Easy Cake Recipes. Part 4Quick Cake 1 1/3 cups brown sugar. 1/3 cup soft butter. 3/4 cup milk. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1 teaspoon each cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. 1 1/3 cups Henkel's flour. 1/4 lb. dates ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Nut CakeNut Cakes Four eggs and 2 cups brown sugar, beaten together. 1 cup Henkel's flour, 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1 cup pecans and little salt. No milk nor butter. Drop with teaspoon on buttered pan...
- Easy Recipes For Making Angel FoodAngel Food Whites of 8 eggs (9 if small). 1 cup flour. 1 1/4 cups sugar. 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Sift sugar and flour 4 or 5 times, measure and set aside. Add pinch of salt to eggs and whip to...
- Easy Recipes For Making Chocolate CakeChocolate Cake 2 cups brown sugar. 1 level cup grated chocolate. 1/2 level teaspoon salt. 1 cup milk. 1 level teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1/2 cup butter. Yolks of 3 eggs. 1/2 level teaspoon soda. 2...
- Easy Recipes For Making Chocolate NougatChocolate Nougat 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 teaspoon soda. 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup sweet milk. 3 eggs. 1 teaspoon cream tartar. 1/4 lb. Baker's chocolate. 5 tablespoons sugar. 1 1/2 cups unsifted Henkel's...
- Easy Recipes For Making Devils FoodDevil's Food Yolk of 4 eggs. 1 large cup sugar. 1 cup chopped raisins. 1 cup thick sour milk. 1 teaspoon soda. Some citron, cloves, nutmeg. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. Bake in 3 layers and put togeth...
- Easy Recipes For Making Sponge CakeSponge Cake 4 eggs. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 2 cups sugar. 2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 pinch salt. 1 cup boiling water. Beat eggs about 1/2 hour; add sugar gradually, beating light; next add fl...
- Easy Recipes For Making Sunshine CakeSunshine Cake Whites of 7 eggs. 1 cup Henkel's flour. 5 egg yolks. 1 pinch salt. 1 1/4 cups sugar. 1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar. Flavoring. Sift sugar and flour 5 times, measure and set aside. Sepa...
- Easy Recipes For Making Spice CakeSpice Cake 2/3 cup melted butter. 1 tablespoon mixed spices. 2/3 cup sugar. 1 egg. 2/3 cup molasses. 2 1/2 heaping cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup milk. 1 tablespoon lemon juice. 2 teaspoons Royal baking ...
- 5 Easy Fruit Cake RecipesFruit Cake 1 dozen eggs. 1 lb. sugar. 2 lbs. raisins. 1 tablespoon allspice. 2 lbs. currants. 1 tablespoon cinnamon. 1 lb. citron. 1 tablespoon cloves. 1 lb. almonds. 1 tablespoon mace. 1 lb. Henkel'...
- Easy Recipes For Making Dark CakeDark Cake 2 eggs. 1 cup molasses. 1 1/2 cups brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 tablespoon butter. 2 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 1/2 cups sour cream. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 1 1/2 teaspoons cinna...
- Easy Recipes For Making Apple Sauce CakeApple Sauce Cake Butter size of walnut. 1 cup apple sauce. 1 cup brown sugar. 2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 egg. 1 teaspoon soda. Spices to taste. Apple Sauce Cake. 2 2 1/2 cups apple sauce. 1 tables...
- Easy Recipes For Making Orange CakeOrange Cake 3 eggs. 1 pinch salt. 4 tablespoons milk. 1 cup sugar. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. Filling. Grate 1 whole orange; add yolk of 1 egg, 1 teaspoon cornstarch...
- Easy Recipe For Making French Cream Cake3 eggs. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 2 tablespoons cold water. Beat eggs and sugar together; add water; then flour and baking powder. Bake in 2 tins and sp...
- Easy Recipe For Making Lord Baltimore Cake1/2 cup butter, creamed. 3 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1 cup sugar. Yolks of 8 eggs. 1/2 cup milk. 1 3/4 cups Henkel's bread flour. 2 teaspoons vanilla. Add sugar to creamed butter gradually while...
- Easy Recipes For Making Lady Baltimore CakeLady Baltimore Cake 1 cup butter. Whites of 6 eggs. 2 cups sugar. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 3 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. 1 cup milk. 1 teaspoon rose water. Cream butter, add sugar, sift flour a...
- Easy Recipes For Making White CakeWhite Cake 1/2 cup butter. 1 pint Henkel's flour. 1/2 pint water. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. Whites of five eggs. 1 1/2 cups sugar. Measure and mix baking powder and flour and sift. Cream butt...
- Easy Recipes For Making Cup CakesCup Cakes 2 eggs. 1 cup sugar. Butter size of egg. 3/4 cup milk. 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 2 level cups unsifted Henkel's flour. Flavoring. Beat whites and yolks separately...
- Easy Hints On Cake Making- Do not have your oven too hot when you put your cake in. - Keep the fire low until the cake raises, then increase the heat and bake. - If the cake comes up high in the center, it is because the ov...
- Easy Fillings and Frostings RecipesSour Cream Frosting 1 cup sugar. 1 cup sour cream. 1 cup chopped nuts. Cook until it threads; beat until a little cool and spread quickly. Mrs. M. B. Moon. Sour Cream Frosting. 2 1 cup sugar. 1/...
- Cookies, Marquerites And More RecipesCookies 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon baking soda. 2 cups butter. Small cup sour milk or cream. 2 cups brown sugar. Vanilla. Add enough Henkel's flour to handle (thin). Mrs Stephens. Cookies. 2 1 cup white...
- Cookies, Marquerites And More Recipes. Part 2Fruit Cookies. 2 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1 cup raisins, seeded (chopped). 1 cup butter Work to a cream. 1 cup currants. 1/2 cup molasses. 1 teaspoon allspice. 3 eggs well beaten. 1 teaspoon soda dissolved ...
- Cookies, Marquerites And More Recipes. Part 3Molasses Cookies 1 cup molasses. 2 teaspoons ginger. 1 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons soda in 1 cup hot water. 1 cup lard. 2 eggs well beaten. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder in the flour. 1 large teaspoon sa...
- Easy Recipes For Making Sugar CookiesSugar Cookies 1 cup sugar. 1 teaspoon vinegar. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 5 tablespoons milk. 1 cup butter. 1 pinch salt. 1/2 teaspoon soda. Mix in Henkel's flour enough to drop from sp...
- Easy Recipes For Making Ginger CookiesGinger Cookies 1 cup molasses. 1/2 cup sugar. 2 teaspoons soda dissolved in 1/2 cup water. 1/2 cup lard or drippings. 2 teaspoons ginger or 1 teaspoon ginger and 1 of cinnamon. 1 teaspoon salt. Put...
- Easy Recipes For Making HermitsHermits 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1 cup nuts. 1 scant cup butter. 1 cup raisins. 1/2 cup milk. 1 teaspoon Royal baking powder. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon all kinds of spice. 1/2 teaspoon soda. Mix in order. Make st...
- Easy Recipes For Making Date CookiesDate Cookies 2 cups brown sugar. 1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in 1 cup sour cream or buttermilk. 1 cup each butter and lard. 4 cups Henkel's flour. 4 cups rolled oats. Filling. 1 lb. dates. 1/2 cup b...
- Easy Recipes For Making Ginger BreadGinger Bread 1/2 cup sugar. 1 egg. 1/4 cup butter. 1 teaspoon ginger. 1/2 cup molasses. 1 teaspoon cinnamon. 1/2 cup sour milk. 1 teaspoon soda. 1 1/2 cups Henkel's flour. Mrs. E. B. Pentz. Ginge...
- Easy Recipes For Making Fried CakesFried Cakes 1 cup sugar. A little grated nutmeg. 1 cup milk. Pinch salt. 3 eggs. 2 heaping teaspoons Royal baking powder. 2 scant tablespoonsful melted butter. Henkel's flour enough to stiffen. Hav...
- Easy Recipes For Making BreadBread One cake compressed yeast, 3 potatoes boiled, 1 quart lukewarm water. Soak yeast cake in 1 cup of lukewarm water, add to this 1 tablespoon of lard, sugar and salt, then add enough Henkel's brea...
- Easy Recipes For Making Nut BreadsNut Bread Into a dish put 3 cups Henkel's flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup sugar, 4 even teaspoons Royal baking powder. In another dish beat 1 egg with 1 1/2 cups milk, add this to dry ingredients, ad...
- Easy Recipes For Making Brown BreadBrown Bread Two cups graham flour, sifted, 2 cups Henkel's white flour, 1 scant tablespoon soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Sift all together, add 1/2 cup syrup or molasses, 2 cups thick sour milk. Bake 1 ho...
- Easy Recipes For Making Coffee CakeCoffee Cake Two cups brown sugar, 1 cup molasses, 3/4 cup butter, 2 or 3 eggs, 1 cup cold coffee, 1 teaspoon soda, 5 cups Henkel's flour, 1 cup dried currants, 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 t...
- Easy Recipes For Making BunsBuns Dissolve 1 yeast cake and 1 tablespoon sugar in 1 cup luke warm milk, add 3 cups Henkel's flour and 2 tablespoons melted butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Knead lightly, keeping soft dough, cover and s...
- Easy Recipes For Making Johnny CakeJohnny Cake Beat 2 eggs, add 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, beat thoroughly. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup milk, stir in 1 cup cornmeal, 2 heaping teaspoons Royal baking powder and enough white f...
- Easy Recipes For Making MuffinsBreakfast Muffins Two tablespoons sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 eggs beaten, 2 tablespoons butter (scant), 2 cups Henkel's flour, 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder. Heat and grease pans before putting in batter...
- Easy Recipes For Making Huckleberry MuffinsHuckleberry Muffins Cream 1/4 cup butter and 2 tablespoons sugar, add yolks of 2 eggs, pinch of salt and alternately 2 cups Henkel's flour sifted with 2 teaspoons Royal baking powder and 1 cup milk. ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Rice MuffinsRice Muffins Two tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, salt, 1 cup milk, 3/4 cup boiled rice, 2 1/4 cups Henkel's flour, 5 1/2 level teaspoons Royal baking powder in flour. Mrs. M. B. Moon....
- Easy Recipes For Cooking EggsEggs For Breakfast Butter 6 small cups, dust them with bread crumbs. Put in each cup 1 raw egg, sprinkle with salt. Set cups in a pan of hot water until the whites are firm. Have ready, round pieces ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Stuffed EggsStuffed Eggs With Cheese Four hard boiled eggs. Remove yolks, mash and add 2 tablespoons grated cheese, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1/4 teaspoon mustard, salt and a little cayenne. Add sufficient melted butt...
- Easy Recipe For Making Egg Timbales With Tomato Sauce1 tablespoon butter. 1 tablespoon chopped parsley. 1 tablespoon Henkel's flour. 2/3 cup milk. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 3 eggs. 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Mix butter, flour and milk, add yolks of eggs beaten well...
- Easy Recipes For Making Spanish Omelet Or Baked OmeletSpanish Omelet Yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons Henkel's flour; season with salt and pepper. Fold the beaten whites in the above and turn into a warm, buttered pan. Cook, covered, ov...
- Easy Recipes For Making Cheese DishesCheese Fondue One cup scalded milk, 1 cup soft, stale bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 cup grated cheese, a dash of cayenne, 3 eggs. Mix milk, bread crumbs, butter, salt, cayen...
- Easy Recipes For Making PicklesCucumber Pickles To each gallon jar of small cucumbers, add 2 cups of salt, then fill up with boiling water and let stand 24 hours. Drain in colander. Take 2 quarts vinegar, add 2 cups sugar, 1 red p...
- Easy Recipes For Making RelishPepper Relish Twelve each of red and green peppers, 12 onions, medium size. Put through food chopper. (If hot peppers are used take out seeds.) Pour boiling water over all; let stand 12 minutes. Drai...
- Easy Recipes For Making Dill PicklesDill Cucumber Pickles Pack small cucumbers and a few sprigs of dill into a quart jar. To each quart add 1 tablespoon salt, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon mustard. Cover with vinegar (not too stron...
- Easy Recipes For Making Chili SauceChili Sauce One peck tomatoes, peeled and chopped fine, 1 large red pepper, chopped fine, 4 cups cider vinegar, 6 onions, chopped fine, 2 heaping cups brown sugar, 4 level tablespoons salt, 1 tablesp...
- Easy Recipes For Making Tomato Catsup Or SauceTomato Catsup To 1 gallon of juice, take 2 tablespoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1 1/4 tablespoons of ginger, 1 tablespoon of mustard, 8 drops of oil of cin...
- Easy Recipes For Making Green Tomato Pickles Or Green Tomato SoyGreen Tomato Pickles One peck green tomatoes, 2 quarts onions, 3/4 cup salt. Let the above stand over night; in morning drain; then add 1 quart vinegar, 2 quarts water. Boil slowly 20 minutes; drain ...
- Easy Recipes For Making Sliced PicklesSliced Olive Oil Pickles Place sliced cucumbers, sweet red peppers, whole silver onions in strong brine over night. In morning drain, let come to a boil in weak vinegar with alum size of a walnut. Dr...
- Easy Recipes For Making Corn RelishCorn Relish Eighteen ears corn, 1 large bunch celery, 1 small cabbage, 4 large onions, 2 green peppers, 2 red peppers, 4 cups sugar, 1 cup salt, 2 quarts vinegar, 4 tablespoons mustard. Cut corn from...
- Easy Recipes For Making Tomato Mustard Or RelishTomato Mustard One peck ripe tomatoes; wash and cut up with 2 red peppers; put in kettle and boil until soft enough to put through colander. Then put through strainer into kettle and add 1/4 lb. salt...
- Easy Recipes For Making Mustard PicklesMustard Pickles Slice, sprinkle with salt and let stand 3 hours 1 dozen medium-sized cucumbers and about the same amount of onions. Drain and boil in about 1 quart weak vinegar until nearly tender. T...
- Easy Recipes For Making MarmaladeAmber Marmalade Cut fine 1 orange, 1 lemon, 1 grapefruit; remove cores and seeds. Use all pulp and peel. Measure fruit and add 3 times amount of water. Let stand over night in earthen bowl. Boil 10 m...
- Easy Recipes For Making ConservesApricot Conserve One lb. apricots, 2 lbs. sugar, 1 one quart can grated pineapple. Cover the apricots with water and let soak overnight; in morning add sugar and pineapple, using water in which apric...
- Easy Recipe For Making Jellied PrunesOne-half lb. prunes, 1/2 box Knox's gelatine, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice. Wash prunes and soak for several hours in 2 cups of cold water; cook in same water until soft. Remove prunes, stone and ...
- Easy Recipes For Making JellyCrabapple Jelly Wash apples; remove stems and unsound spots. Nearly cover with cold water; boil slowly until well cooked. Put into a jelly bag and let drain over night. To each measure of fruit juice...
- Easy Chafing Dish RecipesCheese Mixture One lb. cheese grated, 1 egg well beaten, 1 can prepared tomato soup, butter size of walnut, 1/2 cup chopped olives, salt and pepper to taste. Melt butter in chafing dish and gradually...
- Easy Beverage RecipesGrape Juice Wash and pick grapes from stems. Cover with water, boil thoroughly; strain through colander and then through fine bag. Boil juice with 1 cup of sugar to 1 pint of juice. Seal air tight. M...
- Easy Cold Sandwich RecipesRibbon Sandwiches Remove crust from loaf of bread, cut loaf lengthwise in four, butter one section and spread with pimentos, drained, chopped and mixed with mayonnaise. Place next section on this and...
- Easy Recipes For Making Hot SandwichesCinnamon Sandwiches Make a paste of butter, sugar, cinnamon and spread on thin slices of hot toast. Margaret Ball. Chicken Finger Sandwiches Mince cold cooked chicken very fine; moisten with enou...
- Easy Recipes For Making CandiesRules For Candymaking 1. Never cook candy in tin. 2. Cool in a cool, dry place - not in the refrigerator. 3. Butter, when used, should be put in when candy is nearly done. 4. Flavors are more deli...
- Easy Recipes For Making FudgeDivinity Fudge Two cups sugar, 3/4 cup Karo, 1/4 cup water, whites of 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1/2 cup chopped nut meats, 1/2 lb. dates stoned and cut fine. Cook sugar, karo and water until crisp ...
- Easy Recipe For Making French Dainties2 envelopes Knox Acidulated Gelatine. 1 1/2 cups boiling water. 1 cup cold water. 4 cups granulated sugar. Soak the gelatine in the cold water five minutes. Add the boiling water. When dissolved add ...
- Household Hints- Put alternate layers of dried beef with escalloped potatoes. - Equal parts of currant and red raspberry juice make a delicious jelly. - Cracker and bread crumbs used in covering the tops of scallo...
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Capital City Recipes
Woman’s Auxiliary, First Presbyterian Church, Raleigh · 1908
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Cooking Hints and Helps to Reduce the Cost of Living
Cecilia K. Bradt · 1912
A bank’s budget cookbook from 1912: the housewife’s problem “in a nutshell”, cheap cuts of meat, meat substitutes, leftovers, milk and vegetables, and desserts and cakes at small cost. Fifteen sections…
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Dainties
Sarah Tyson Rorer · 1912
Dainties is Rorer’s party book: cocktails in the old sense (an appetizer of oysters, fruit or vegetables, not a mixed drink), punches and frappés, small cakes, creamed and stuffed candies, frozen puddings and…
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Every Woman's Cook Book, Recipes And Food Combinations For The Household
Helen M. Wells · 1922
A 1922 San Francisco cookbook from the National League for Woman’s Service. It is the newest book on the shelf, and it plans whole meals, “combinations of various foods”, rather than listing recipes alone.
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My Best 250 Recipes
Sarah Tyson Rorer · 1907
Rorer picked these 250 recipes herself in 1907, by then a quarter-century into teaching, and grouped them in tens and twenties: twenty soups, twenty fish, twenty breads and biscuits, fifteen ices, ten cold…
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One Hundred Meatless Dishes
Alice G. Schirmer · 1914
A slim 1914 book for people moving to a meatless diet: soups, nut and legume dishes, macaroni and rice, vegetables, eggs, sandwiches and salads. Schirmer says plainly that it is not meant as a general cookbook.
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