Swedish Pudding

A typed recipe for Swedish Pudding with a handwritten addition—and the unforgettable promise, “After the war, serve with whipped cream!”

A typed recipe for Swedish Pudding with a handwritten addition—and the unforgettable promise, “After the war, serve with whipped cream!”

A handwritten recipe for Poor Man’s Beef Stroganoff—budget-friendly, wonderfully simple, and featuring one mysterious “1 can” for good measure.

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.

A handwritten recipe for Patience or Burned Sugar Candy—caramelized sugar, butter, vanilla, nuts, and a name that doubles as very good advice.

A handwritten recipe for Chocolate Indians With Frosting—24 cocoa-and-nut squares, warm frosting, and one important instruction: “Eat same day!”

Handwritten angel food cake baking notes with mixing and baking instructions for a tall, light cake that “never fails.”