French Salad Dressing
A sweet-and-tangy handwritten French salad dressing made with vinegar, catsup, white Karo, oil, and a handful of pantry seasonings.
Category Handwritten
Recipes preserved in their original handwriting, from well-used recipe cards, scraps of paper, notebooks, and other keepsakes saved through the years.
Delicious Soft Raisin Cookies
Soft raisin cookies made with brown sugar, warm spices, nuts, and raisins simmered until tender. A simple handwritten recipe with a homey feel.
Cool Aide Punch
Handwritten Kool-Aid punch recipe with raspberry, frozen lemonade, ginger ale, and two flavors left open to choose.
Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding
A handwritten recipe for Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding, made with brown sugar, butter, cream, eggs, and tapioca, preserved on a well-worn folded scrap of paper.
Bertha’s Cucumber Pickles
A handwritten recipe for Bertha’s Cucumber Pickles, made with cider vinegar, mustard seed, mixed spices, onion, and a sweet-tart syrup before being packed into jars.
Apple Sauce Cake
A handwritten recipe for Apple Sauce Cake made with applesauce, warm spices and chopped fruit, with no baking directions written down — it was a given the cook would know the rest.
Almond Roca
A handwritten double-batch recipe for homemade Almond Roca with butter, almonds, and semi-sweet chocolate, finished with nuts on both sides.
Special K Cookies
A handwritten recipe for easy no-bake Special K Cookies made with butterscotch chips, peanut butter, and crunchy cereal.
Vera’s Date Cake
A handwritten recipe for a dark, moist date cake filled with sweet dates and crunchy nuts.
Applesauce Cookies
A simple old-fashioned applesauce cookie recipe with raisins and nuts, saved on a well-worn handwritten scrap from the recipe box.
Andrine’s Banana Cream Cake
Written on a torn little scrap of paper, Andrine’s Banana Cream Cake promises a moist, tender cake rich with ripe banana and vanilla—and only 25 minutes in the oven.
Sweet Potatoes
A handwritten Sweet Potatoes recipe that turns six simple spuds into buttery, brown-sugar-glazed slices—with a charming little question about whether “candying” is quite the right word for it.
Katie’s Dessert Salad
A handwritten recipe for Katie’s Dessert Salad, a fluffy mix of strawberry Jell-O, crushed pineapple, cream cheese and Cool Whip, with a little family trail stretching all the way to Ohio.
Shortbread Lemon Squares
Buttery shortbread topped with a bright, lemony almost-custard layer—this handwritten Lemon Squares recipe turns a handful of simple ingredients into something worth waiting to cool before cutting.
Milk Sponge Cake
A handwritten recipe for a light, tender Milk Sponge Cake made with beaten eggs and hot milk, with your choice of vanilla or lemon for flavor—and it bakes in just 25 minutes.
Pat’s No Cook Marshmallow Frosting
A fluffy marshmallow frosting without the cooking—just egg whites, sugar, white Karo syrup and vanilla whipped into glossy peaks.
Banana Bread
A handwritten Banana Bread recipe for two loaves, made with mashed bananas and sour milk, with optional nuts and a handwritten suggestion to add raisins.
Jelly Roll
A handwritten Jelly Roll recipe with lemon and Crisco that gives directions for mixing the batter but leaves the baking, filling and rolling instructions a mystery.
Andrine’s Simple Date Cake
A handwritten recipe for Andrine’s Simple Date Cake, made with dates and nuts, baked in a loaf pan and served plain or topped with whipping cream or hard sauce.
Mrs. T’s Oatmeal Cookies
A handwritten recipe for Mrs. T’s Oatmeal Cookies, with quick oats and chopped nuts, formed into rolls, chilled, sliced and baked.
Boiled Dressing
A handwritten recipe for a sweet and tangy boiled dressing made with vinegar, sugar, mustard, butter and egg, with cream or vinegar added to thin it.
Eagle Brand Recipe Fragment
A mysterious handwritten Eagle Brand recipe fragment with crackers, chocolate chips and nuts—and only part of the original directions still intact.
Kitchen Faucet Assembly
Handwritten instructions for reassembling a kitchen faucet, saved right alongside the recipes.
Olave Pickles
A sweet green tomato and onion pickle seasoned with mustard, pepper, allspice and cloves.