Royal Fruit Lime Loaf
A colorful Royal lime gelatin dessert made with cream cheese, pineapple, and mandarin oranges, then chilled in a loaf mold.
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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.
Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing
A typewritten Devil's Food Cake recipe made with chocolate, buttermilk, and Swans Down cake flour, finished with a rich chocolate-orange filling and icing flavored with fresh orange juice and zest.
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 typewritten recipe for Tomato Aspic combines seasoned tomato juice, lemon Jell-O, shrimp, celery, and stuffed olives in a chilled ring mold. A handwritten note suggests serving it with cottage cheese in the center.
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.
Swedish Pudding
A typed recipe for Swedish Pudding with a handwritten addition—and the unforgettable promise, “After the war, serve with whipped cream!”
Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff
A handwritten recipe for Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff—budget-friendly, wonderfully simple, and featuring one mysterious “1 can” for good measure.
Peppernuts
A typed Peppernuts recipe from Christmas 1925—tiny spiced cookies and a century-old glimpse into holiday baking from the recipe box.
Hershey Bar Cornflakes Cookies
A typed recipe for Hershey Bar Cornflakes Cookies—melt a candy bar, add cornflakes, dates, and nuts, and suddenly not turning on the oven sounds delicious.
Patience or Burned Sugar Candy
A handwritten recipe for Patience or Burned Sugar Candy—caramelized sugar, butter, vanilla, nuts, and a name that doubles as very good advice.
Chocolate Indians With Frosting
A handwritten recipe for Chocolate Indians With Frosting—24 cocoa-and-nut squares, warm frosting, and one important instruction: “Eat same day!”
Billie’s Angel Food System
Handwritten angel food cake baking notes with mixing and baking instructions for a tall, light cake that “never fails.”