Fruit Cake
Forget the fruit cake that has to sit around for weeks—this typed recipe says to dig in while it’s still new, with raisins, dates, figs, citron and plenty of nuts packed into every slice.
Category Typed
Recipes preserved on typed cards, sheets of paper, and other pages, reflecting the way family favorites and everyday dishes were recorded and shared through the years.
Elise’s Molasses Cookies
Molasses cookies made with coffee and spices, shaped into balls and pressed with sugar before baking.
Walnuts Treats
An old-fashioned layered bar with a brown sugar crust and a chewy walnut-coconut topping.
Butter Milk Soup & Lemon Soup
Two sweet soup recipes on one old recipe sheet: Butter Milk Soup with oatmeal and raisins, and Lemon Soup with tapioca, raisins, and fresh lemon.
Apple Sauce Cookies
Spiced Apple Sauce Cookies made with applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts, yielding about six dozen cookies.
Norwegian Pie
Apple pie made with a simple batter that creates its own crust.
Eagle Cookie Bars
Rich and sweet cookie bars made with chocolate chips, graham cracker crumbs, and condensed milk.
Molasses Cookies
Soft and spiced molasses cookies made with ginger, cinnamon, and cloves.
Drop Sugar Cookies
Classic drop sugar cookies flattened with a sugared glass and baked until lightly golden.
Grandma’s Oatmeal Bread
A typed recipe for Grandma’s Oatmeal Bread, an overnight yeast bread made with oats and molasses for hearty homemade loaves.
Irma’s Lemon Jello Cake
A typed recipe for Irma’s Lemon Jello Cake, a cake-mix dessert made with lemon gelatin and finished with a fresh lemon glaze.
Marge’s Applesauce Drop Cookies
A typed 1951 recipe for Marge’s Applesauce Drop Cookies, soft spiced cookies made with applesauce, raisins, bran, cinnamon, and cloves.
Vera’s Lemon Velvet Cake with Glaze
A typed recipe for Vera’s Lemon Velvet Cake with Glaze, made with Betty Crocker Lemon-Velvet Cake Mix and lemon Jell-O, then finished with a fresh lemon glaze.
Cheese Dip
A typed recipe for Cheese Dip that keeps things wonderfully simple—cottage cheese, cream cheese, parsley, and Worcestershire sauce, chilled and ready for the chip bowl.
Butterscotch Pudding Cookies
A typed recipe for Butterscotch Pudding Cookies, made with pudding mix and rolled oats, with raisins, dates, or nuts added however the baker pleased.
Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing
A typed recipe for Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing—rich buttermilk chocolate cake paired with an unexpected orange-flavored filling and frosting.
Tomato Aspic
A typed recipe for Tomato Aspic, a savory gelatin salad with tomato juice, lemon Jell-O, vegetables, and shrimp—a wonderfully unmistakable taste of its time.
Pumpkin Pie
A typed recipe for Pumpkin Pie—warm spices, brown sugar, creamy pumpkin filling, and one very good reason to save room for dessert.
Ranger Cookies
Ranger Cookies don’t travel light—oats, coconut, and Rice Krispies pack every batch with plenty of crunch and old-school cookie goodness.
Rhubarb Conserve
A typed recipe for Rhubarb Conserve—rhubarb, citrus, raisins, and almonds come together in a preserve that’s anything but ordinary.
Rhubarb Jam
A 1956 rhubarb jam recipe made with raspberry Jell-O, using just three simple ingredients.
Russian Fluff
A typed recipe with handwritten notes for Russian Fluff—a wonderfully misleading name for a hearty hamburger casserole crowned with cracker crumbs and bacon.
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.
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.