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Looking for a simple, straight forward caramel candy – but richly flavored? These caramels are flavored with molasses and brown sugar, and the recipe comes from the Rumford Complete Cookbook by Lily Haxworth Wallace, 1927. The recipe is missing from the updated 1929 version of …
The Girl Scouts didn’t always have boxes or bags of cookies to sell to people – they mixed up the cookies themselves. Before 1936 when commercial bakeries got involved baking and packaging, Girl Scouts baked their own cookies. The recipe below is for sugar cookies, …
My girls are going away to camp this summer, which typically inspires s’mores at home before and after the trip. There is something about the crisp graham cracker, caramelized marshmallow, and softly melted chocolate that makes you want more than one. The original recipe for …
Fun little recipe from a 10 cent find at a used bookstore: Fudge Four O’Clocks from The Cookie Book. It uses unsweetened chocolate squares and bakes up similar to brownies. Top with a fluffy vanilla frosting and lightly toasted mammoth pecan halves for full retro …
Apparently in 1927, whale was still eaten because in Recipes for Fish and Seafood by the United States Fisheries Association (recipes ‘approved by Good Housekeeping Institute) there are recipes for whale. This unusual recipe for Foodie Fried is below, a simmered whale steak dish. I …