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.

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.

A handwritten Banana Bread recipe for two loaves, made with mashed bananas and sour milk, with optional nuts and a handwritten suggestion to add raisins.

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.

Spiced Apple Sauce Cookies made with applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts, yielding about six dozen cookies.

A C&H Sugar applesauce cake made with brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, and warm spices.

A typed 1951 recipe for Marge’s Applesauce Drop Cookies, soft spiced cookies made with applesauce, raisins, bran, cinnamon, and cloves.