Radiant Mix Old Fashioned Dark Cake (5 lb)
A rich, dark old-fashioned fruitcake packed with raisins, dates, nuts, and candied fruit, with a family tradition of keeping it moist with currant wine.
Category Handwritten
Recipes preserved in their original handwriting, from well-used recipe cards, scraps of paper, notebooks, and other keepsakes saved through the years.
Casserole of Ham
A classic ham and pea casserole with cheese, bread crumbs, pimentos, and a mushroom soup topping.
Marinated Broiled Halibut Steaks
Broiled halibut steaks marinated in a distinctive sauce made with instant coffee, lemon, butter, and seasonings.
Apple Butter
A simple Apple Butter recipe flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice.
Alice’s Apple Nut Bread
An easy Apple Nut Bread made with freshly grated apple and chopped nuts.
Stir-N-Roll Biscuits
A worn handwritten biscuit recipe card filled with faded pencil notes, baking reminders, and handwritten variations added over time.
Tom’s Lamb Loaf
Tom’s Lamb Loaf combines ground lamb with crackers, eggs and a flavorful mix of ketchup, cumin, garlic and soy sauce.
Quick Beef Stroganoff
A handwritten recipe for Quick Beef Stroganoff with sirloin, mushrooms, brown gravy and sour cream, served over hot rice or noodles.
Olga’s Molasses Cookies
An old fashioned handwritten molasses cookie recipe flavored with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, with part of the baking instructions missing.
Myrtle’s Tea Wafers
A handwritten recipe for delicate butter tea wafers made with vanilla and nuts.
Katherine’s Bread & Butter Pickles
Sweet and spiced bread and butter pickles made with cucumbers, onions, and peppers.
Lillian’s Casserole
A handwritten 1960s recipe for Lillian’s Casserole, made with shrimp, crab, rice, mushroom soup, vegetables, and hard-boiled eggs.
Lillian’s Hot Crab Salad
A handwritten recipe for Lillian’s Hot Crab Salad, a make-ahead casserole with crab or shrimp, bread, vegetables, eggs, mushroom soup, and cheese.
Betty’s Tuna With Cheese Swirl
A handwritten recipe for Betty’s Tuna With Cheese Swirl, a 1950s tuna casserole topped with biscuit-dough swirls filled with cheese and pimento.
Olga’s Four Bean Salad
A handwritten recipe for Olga’s Four Bean Salad, with four kinds of beans and onion marinated in a sweet-and-tangy oil and vinegar dressing.
Jean’s French Dressing
A handwritten recipe for Jean’s French Dressing, a sweet and tangy homemade dressing with Wesson oil, vinegar, paprika, and garlic.
Nora’s Lemon Fluff
A handwritten recipe for Nora’s Lemon Fluff, a light and airy dessert made with lemon Jell-O, evaporated milk, fresh lemon juice, and sugar.
Tillie’s Buttery Canapé Shells
A handwritten recipe for Tillie’s Buttery Canapé Shells, a rolled and folded pastry dough made with plenty of butter and chilled before slicing and baking.
Alice’s Rhubarb Custard Pie
A handwritten recipe for Alice’s Rhubarb Custard Pie, with fresh rhubarb baked in a sweet, nutmeg-spiced custard and measurements for both 8- and 9-inch pies.
Myrtle’s Tomato Aspic
A handwritten recipe for Myrtle’s Tomato Aspic, a molded tomato and lemon Jell-O salad with shrimp, stuffed olives, and a very mid-century flair.
Violet’s Coffee Cake
Violet’s old fashioned Coffee Cake made with brown sugar and nut meats, from a handwritten recipe with wonderfully brief directions.
Ruthie’s Sugar Cookies
A handwritten sugar cookie recipe made with buttermilk, shortening and a touch of nutmeg.
Ella’s Sponge Cake With Lemon Filling
A handwritten recipe for Ella’s Sponge Cake with Lemon Filling—six eggs, homemade lemon filling, and the wonderfully vague direction to simply “bake slowly.”
Nellie and Cressa’s Spice Cookies
A handwritten 1970 recipe for Nellie and Cressa’s Spice Cookies—with dark molasses, warm spices, and the choice to bake them now or chill the dough for tomorrow.