Simple Date Cake
A typed recipe for Simple Date Cake—rich with chopped dates and nuts, with whipped cream or hard sauce waiting to dress it up.
Category All Recipes
This is where all the recipes come together—from breads and breakfast to main dishes, preserves, desserts, and plenty of good things tucked in between.
Sour Dough Hot Cakes
A typed recipe for Sour Dough Hot Cakes—start them tonight, fire up the griddle tomorrow, and save a little starter to do it all over again.
Stuffed Date Drops With Frosting
A typed recipe for Stuffed Date Drops—pecan-stuffed dates wrapped in sour cream cookie batter and topped with glorious browned-butter golden frosting.
Swedish Pudding
A typed recipe for Swedish Pudding with a handwritten addition—and the unforgettable promise, “After the war, serve with whipped cream!”
Pumpkin Cake
A 1969 typed recipe for Pumpkin Cake—three warmly spiced little loaves, plenty of pumpkin, and your choice of nuts or raisins.
Easy Prawn Supper Casserole
Easy Prawn Supper Casserole brings prawns, ham, mushrooms, tomatoes, and rice together for an easy supper that’s far more interesting than the name lets on.
Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff
A handwritten recipe for Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff—budget-friendly, wonderfully simple, and featuring one mysterious “1 can” for good measure.
Sauce for Plum Pudding
A typed recipe for Sauce for Plum Pudding—a sweet finishing touch with your choice of brandy, lemon, nutmeg, or vanilla to make it your own.
Pineapple and Cottage Cheese Salad
A typed recipe for Pineapple and Cottage Cheese Salad—lime and lemon Jell-O, pineapple, cottage cheese, and enough to feed a crowd at the potluck table.
Pineapple and Cheese Salad
A handwritten Pineapple and Cheese Salad recipe where sweet meets savory—and whipped cream, cheese, and lemon gelatin all somehow end up at the same table.
Lila’s Pie Crust
A handwritten 1969 recipe for Lila’s Pie Crust—with an unusual chilled flour-and-water mixture that makes this simple crust worth a closer look.
Peppernuts
A typed Peppernuts recipe from Christmas 1925—tiny spiced cookies and a century-old glimpse into holiday baking from the recipe box.
Laurene’s Oatmeal Crispies
A typed recipe for Laurene’s Oatmeal Crispies—chill the dough overnight, then slice and bake for crisp oatmeal cookies filled with chopped walnuts.
Myrtle’s Ice Cream
A typed recipe for Myrtle’s Ice Cream—with melted marshmallows standing in for the usual custard, this is homemade ice cream with a sweet little trick up its sleeve.
Meat Balls
A handwritten recipe for Meat Balls—with uncooked rice mixed right in and tomato soup poured over the top, these aren’t your everyday meatballs.
Macaroni Salad
A typed Macaroni Salad recipe submitted as someone’s favorite—with shrimp, crab, or cabbage among the optional ways to make it your own.
Lillian’s Stir and Roll Bread
Handwritten across a piece of 1959 mail, Lillian’s Stir and Roll Bread pairs a clever roll-and-fold method with a 4¢ little piece of history.
Lemon Filling
A typed recipe for Lemon Filling—fresh lemon, a double boiler, and everything you need to give a lemon meringue pie its sunny center.
Hershey Bar Cornflakes Cookies
A typed recipe for Hershey Bar Cornflakes Cookies—melt a candy bar, add cornflakes, dates, and nuts, and suddenly not turning on the oven sounds delicious.
Hawaiian Style Spareribs
Typed on a personalized recipe card, Hawaiian Style Spareribs bring pineapple, brown sugar, and soy sauce together for one sweet-and-tangy dinner worth saving.
Frosted Fruit Drink
A typed recipe for Frosted Fruit Drink that blurs the line between punch and dessert—orange, ice cream, and enough frosty goodness to keep a crowd coming back for another glass.
Susie’s Chocolate Oatmeal Cake
A handwritten recipe for Susie’s Chocolate Oatmeal Cake brings cocoa, oats, and coconut frosting together in one pan—proof that oatmeal knows how to have a good time.
Miriam’s Cherry Pie
A handwritten cherry pie recipe with a surprising layer of grated American cheese tucked beneath the fruit filling.
Bran Muffins
Raisin bran, buttermilk, and a curious six-week keeping claim give these Bran Muffins a little more story than you’d expect.