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.
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Apple Butter Made Vermont Way
An old-fashioned apple butter made with cider, dark brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves, then cooked slowly until thick.
Lincoln’s Birthday Cake
A 1969 newspaper recipe for a gingerbread cake roll filled with pineapple whipped cream and made in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
Krumkager (Krumkaker)
A handwritten recipe for traditional Krumkager flavored with cardamom and baked in a stovetop iron, complete with a practical note about the butter.
Ever Ready Frosting and Chocolate Sauce
A chocolate frosting made with Nestlé’s Ever Ready cocoa mix that can easily be thinned into chocolate sauce.
Sot Suppe (Norwegian Fruit Soup)
A cold Norwegian fruit soup filled with apricots, raisins, prunes, and tapioca, preserved here as the closest version I’ve found to the Sot Suppe my grandfather made.
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.
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.
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.
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
Pumpkin pie filling baked in custard cups and served warm or chilled.
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.
Royal Fruit Lime Loaf
A colorful Royal lime gelatin dessert made with cream cheese, pineapple, and mandarin oranges, then chilled in a loaf mold.
Knox Deep Sea Mold
Chilled seafood gelatin mold made with tuna, shrimp, and vegetables in a creamy base.
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.
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.
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.
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.