Marinated Broiled Halibut Steaks
Handwritten recipe for broiled halibut steaks marinated in a distinctive sauce made with instant coffee, lemon, butter, and seasonings.
The Collection
At Aunt Bertha’s Recipe Box, you’ll find handwritten recipes, typed pages, clippings and back-of-the-box finds saved through the years. Shared as originally written, they reflect the ingredients and methods of their time. Enjoy them with a smile and a sense of nostalgia.
Apple Sauce Cookies
A typed recipe for spiced Apple Sauce Cookies made with applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts, yielding about six dozen cookies.
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.
Double Chocolate Nuggets
Duncan Hines Double Chocolate Nuggets are easy cake-mix cookies packed with semisweet chocolate pieces and an optional pecan on top.
Glazed Apple Pie
Crisco’s Glazed Apple Pie combines a cinnamon-spiced apple filling with a double crust and a sweet orange glaze.
Devil’s Food Pound Cake
A rich Devil’s Food Pound Cake made with Duncan Hines cake mix, chocolate pudding, and Crisco Oil, finished with a simple chocolate glaze.
Crisco Single Crust
Crisco’s basic four-ingredient pastry makes one 9-inch pie crust, with directions for baking it with or without a filling.
Best Cherry Pie
Crisco’s Best Cherry Pie fills a double crust with red sour cherries, cherry juice, butter, and a hint of almond.
Basic Buttercream Frosting
C&H Sugar’s basic buttercream frosting is simple, versatile, and easily flavored with milk, fruit juice, coffee, or another liquid.
C&H Applesauce Cake
A C&H Sugar applesauce cake made with brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, and warm spices.
Lemon Meringue Pie
A classic lemon meringue pie with a tart lemon filling, fluffy golden meringue, and a baked pastry crust.
Stir-N-Roll Biscuits
A worn handwritten biscuit recipe card filled with faded pencil notes, baking reminders, and handwritten variations added over time.
Norwegian Pie
Apple pie made with a simple batter that creates its own crust.
Jell-O Pastel Dessert
A colorful Jell-O and Dream Whip dessert that can be molded, served in a pie shell, or frozen, with an easy fruit variation.
Libby’s Pumpkin Cups
All the creamy, spiced goodness of pumpkin pie without the crust. These individual Libby's pumpkin custards can be enjoyed warm or chilled, with your favorite garnish.
Libby’s Pumpkin Pie
A classic Libby’s pumpkin pie made with solid pack pumpkin, warm spices, and evaporated milk or light cream.
M&M’s Easy Party Cookies
A colorful 1960s M&M’s cookie recipe made with shortening and plenty of M&M’s, with extra candies pressed on top before baking.
Philly 3-Step Cheesecake Bars
Easy Philadelphia Cream Cheese cheesecake bars with a graham cracker crust and a rich, creamy filling in just three simple steps
Philly Marble Brownies
Easy chocolate brownies dressed up with a creamy Philadelphia Cream Cheese swirl and chocolate chips.
Philly No-Bake Cheesecake
A Philadelphia Cream Cheese recipe for an easy no-bake cheesecake with a graham cracker crust.
Stokely Choco-Moist Cake
Chocolate cake made with Stokely fruit cocktail and topped with chocolate pieces and nuts.
Vanilla Crunchies
Dainty vanilla cookies with a touch of nutmeg, rolled in granulated sugar and baked until lightly browned.
Royal Fruit Lime Loaf
A colorful Royal lime gelatin dessert made with cream cheese, pineapple, and mandarin oranges, then chilled in a loaf mold.