Recipes: Old and New

Ultramatic · Oct 13, 2011

I've noticed that recipes are scattered about all over the forum and thought it would be nice if there was a main thread where we can all post recipes, both vintage and new, requests for recipes, tips and so on. I've seen some really delicious recipes out there and want to thank everyone for posting them.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Apple-Pecan Coffee Cake (1971)

Apple Pecan Coffee Cake

375° for 25 to 35 min. or till tester comes out clean

Mix in a mixing bowl;

Cream 1/4 cup shortening with 3/4 c. sugar
 Add 1 egg and 1/2 cup milk

Add the following dry ingredients:

1 1/2 cup sifted flour
 2 tsp. baking powder
 1/2 tsp. salt
 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
 1/8 tsp. cloves

Spread 1/2 batter in 9″ sq. or 9″ round pan (sq. would be best)

Spread the following filling over this after it is mixed:

1/2 cup brown sugar and 2 Tbsp. melted butter
 2 Tbsp. flour and 2 tsp. cinnamon

Spread 1 cup canned apple slices over this.

Spread other half batter over this, then sprinkle following over top & bake:

3 Tbsp melted butter, 3 Tbsp. honey and 3/4 cup sliced pecans

Note: If you use fresh apples – slice and saute in 2 Tbsp. butter.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Honey-Orange-Almond Cake | Womans Day Magazine, 1968

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Various Muffins | The Settlement Cookbook 1901

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Chili-Burger Pies | Magazine clipping-Date Unknown

CHILI-BURGER PIES




1 lb. lean ground beef
 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
 2 tblsp. pure vegetable oil
 2 (8-oz.) cans tomato sauce with mushrooms
 1 (16-oz.) can red beans, drained
 1/2 to 1 teasp. chili powder
 1/2 teasp. salt
 1 3/4 cups biscuit mix
 1/3 cup evaporated milk
 1/4 cup water
 1/2 teasp. onion salt
 1/4 cup sesame seeds

Saute beef and onion in oil in skillet until meat is brown. Drain off excess fat. Stir in tomato sauce with mushrooms, chili beans, chili powder and salt. Simmer 15 minutes. Spoon chili mixture into four individual baking dishes. Mix together biscuit mix, evaporated milk, water and onion salt. Drop mixture in 12 heaping tablespoonfuls and roll in sesame seeds. Place three biscuit balls on each dish of chili. Bake at 350 degrees 20 to 25 minutes or until biscuits are brown. Makes 4 servings.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Hearty Potato Pan Burger | Pillsbury 13th Bake Off Cookbook

Hearty Potato Pan Burger Casserole 

1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
 1 pkg. (5/8 oz.) Pillsbury Brown Gravy Mix
 10 1/2 ounce can condensed cream of mushroom soup
 1 cup dairy sour cream
 1/4 cup water
 2 tablespoons catsup

Topping

1 cup Pillsbury’s Best All Purpose Flour*
 1 cup Pillsbury Hungry Jack
 Mashed Potato Flakes
 2 teaspoons baking powder
 1/2 teaspoon salt
 3/4 cup milk
 2 tablespoons cooking oil
 1 egg

OVEN 425°
 

5 TO 6 SERVINGS

Place meat in 2 qt. round casserole. Break into small pieces. Bake at 425° for 20-25 min. Drain. Add gravy mix, soup, sour cream, water and catsup. Mix. Drop Topping by spoonfuls around edge. Bake at 425° for 30-35 min.

Topping: No need to sift flour; measure by lightly spooning into cup and leveling off. Combine Topping ingredients; stir until moistened.

*For use with Pillsbury’s Best Self-Rising Flour, decrease salt to 1/4 teaspoon and omit baking powder.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Cornmeal Griddle Cakes | Better Meals for Less Money Cookboo

<h2>Corn Meal Griddle Cakes</h2>
<h3>Ingredients</h3>
<ul>
<li>1 1/2 cups corn meal</li>
<li>1/2 cup flour</li>
<li>4 teaspoons baking powder</li>
<li>3/4 teaspoon salt</li>
<li>1 tablespoon molasses</li>
<li>1 egg well beaten</li>
<li>3/4 cup milk</li>
<li>3/4 cup water</li>
<li>1 tablespoon melted shortening</li>
</ul>
<h3>Instructions</h3>
Mix in order given, beat well, and cook on a hot, greased griddle. If all of the batter is not needed at once, cover what is left, and keep in a cold place; add one-half teaspoon of baking powder, and beat vigorously before using; or half of the recipe may be used and the extra half egg used in some other way.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Beer Burgers | 1964

<h1>Beerburgers (1964)</h1>

Makes 4 burgers

Ingredients

<ul>
<li>1 lb ground beef</li>
<li>1 egg</li>
<li>¾ cup beer</li>
<li>1 tsp salt</li>
<li>¼ tsp fresh ground pepper</li>
<li>1 tsp minced fresh parsley</li>
<li>2 tsp minced onion</li>
<li>flour</li>
<li>3 Tbsp butter</li>
<li>2 Tbsp prepared mustard (I used dijon)</li>
</ul>

Instructions

<ol>
<li>Combine beef, egg, 2 Tbsp of the beer, salt, pepper, parsley and onion. </li>
<li>Form into 4 patties and dip in flour. Brown patties on both sides in butter.</li>
<li>Mix mustard with remaining beer and add to drippings in skillet. Simmer for 10 minutes.</li>
</ol>

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Betty Feezor Brownies

<h3>Betty Feezor Brownies</h3>
1 cup margarine (melted in a sauce pan)
 2 cups sugar
 2 eggs
 2 cups flour
 ½ cup cocoa 
 1 tsp vanilla
 Nuts (optional at about ½ cup or to what you like) 

Mix melted margarine and sugar with mixer. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in cocoa and then the flour. Use a spoon to mix in the nuts if you add those. Pour in 9"x 9" greased pan. Bake at 350 F for 13-20 minutes.

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake | Mid 1950's

Ultramatic · Oct 14, 2011

Man's Meatloaf | Successful Farming Magazine, 1955

rp2813 · Oct 14, 2011

Mmmmmmm

That apple cider upside down cake looks delicious!

I've got a rhubarb upside down cake recipe I'll try to locate and post here.

westie2 · Oct 14, 2011

All Good

Have had lots of the Apple Cider unside down cake. My wife got it off a box of Kroger spie cake mix years ago. Always a winner to take to work ans share or potluck dinners.

joeekaitis · Oct 14, 2011

When my wife Cathy, president of the Rialto Woman's Club chapter, pondered the price of frozen ready-made meatballs for a fund-raiser spaghetti dinner, I blurted out that I could make 'em.

She asked for 150.

As I perused the ingredients available at the local Smart & Final, I put together this recipe. Seems all it takes to complete the "hot Italian sausage" flavor profile is crushed red peppers and fennel seed. If you find the gentle back-of-the-throat tingle too much for your taste buds, adjust or omit the crushed red peppers and/or Creole seasoning.

2 lbs. ground beef
1 lb. ground turkey
1 envelope onion soup mix
6 oz. seasoned breadcrumbs
1 tbsp. whole Fennel seeds
1 tbsp. Italian seasoning
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1 tsp. Creole seasoning
3 eggs
½ cup water

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray an 11x17 inch rimmed cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Knead ingredients together in a large mixing bowl until blended. Shape into 25 meatballs and place on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 30 minutes; let rest 15 minutes before removing from cookie sheet. Serve as desired or keep warm in your favorite marinara sauce.

For long-term storage: Do not bake. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer for 2 hours. Transfer frozen meatballs to heavy-duty freezer bags or vacuum-sealed bags and return to freezer. Use within 4 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before baking.

[this post was last edited: 10/14/2011-15:52]

miele_ge · Oct 14, 2011

the font at the top of post 3 doesn't look like it's

Looks more like a '30's or '40's font.

Did the book go through a series of reissues?

Anyhow, thanks for posting all the cool vintage recepies. always fun to learn how people cooked and ate.

randycmaynard · Oct 15, 2011

Good recipes and recipe thread...........

Thanks for the recipes! Further down the list on this part of the site is a thread for 2011 Holiday Recipes that was started earlier in the month for the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

Ultramatic · Oct 15, 2011

Oh wow, I missed that Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year&#

Anyway, thanks and I thank YOU ALL for posting all those great recipes on here and on the other threads!

Ultramatic · Oct 15, 2011

As for the fonts of some of the recipes...

Yes, some are reprints from original cook books. For example in post #3 all the way at the bottom, you'll see the acknowledgment to the original cook book and author. I try to put the year of when the recipe was published, but it doesn't necessarily mean it was published for the first time that year. Hope that clears up the mystery of the fonts. LOL.

perc-o-prince · Oct 15, 2011

I missed that Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Th

Don't feel badly, Louie- I missed this one that you started when I just posted about breakfast meat!

Chuck

randycmaynard · Oct 15, 2011

Yes the HD thread is way down the list.........

Started it a little early but if you go down and find it and post there it will automatically pull it back up to the top of the thread list I believe. We'll use both - can never have too many good recipes!

paulg · Oct 15, 2011

You're right

Recipes pop up so often maybe there should be a special (permanent) thread. And yes, recipes do seem to be scattered about.
Although recipes on a washing-machine site seems a little off-topic, recipes CAN include recipes for soap, recipes for detergents ... or food. Hmmm. Food for thought. Excuse the pun

foraloysius · Oct 16, 2011

IMHO there are way too many recipes shared on this site to be posted in one thread. The thread would be way too long to download every time, which would cost a lot of bandwidth. If you are looking for a certain recipe here, just use the Searchalator.

jamiel · Oct 16, 2011

I got a fun charity cookbook from a previous employer. We were the cellular subsidiary of a mid-sized operator of phone companies around the country (literally from Maine to Washington to Florida) which compiled one of these cookbooks with contributions from literally the entire country. It was interesting seeing a charity cookbook with lobster recipes in the midwest!

Ultramatic · Oct 16, 2011

Honey Pound Cake | Canadian Magazine? Late 1960's?

It has honey, so not quite sugarless.

Ultramatic · Oct 16, 2011

Orange Knots | Woman's Home Companion October, 1921

Sorry for the size, any smaller and it would be too hard to read.

Ultramatic · Oct 16, 2011

Harlequin Walnut Cake | Ladies Home Journal December 1949

Yep, I like walnuts...

xraytech · Oct 16, 2011

Louie,

Thanks for all the recipes I cant wait to break out the MixMaster and try some now that the weather is cooling off.

I just love these vintage ads you are posting as well

Sam

frigilux · Oct 16, 2011

The oldest cookbook I have is a regional one called the Clark County Cookbook from South Dakota. It was published in 1914. The recipes are written in paragraph form, and are very sketchy, with few instructions. There are no casserole recipes, and no mention of ground beef. The book was funded by ad sales from local businesses, only one of which lists a phone number (Phone Main 1-2-4). Here are a couple of examples:

SPICED ROAST (Mrs. A.V. Jones of Ash Township)
For this either beef or mutton can be used. Prepare for roasting by seasoning with salt and pepper, then add 1/2 doz. cloves, 1 doz. whole allspice, 3 tablespoons sugar, one-third pint vinegar, two-thirds pint water. Roast very slowly until about half an hour before serving. Let it brown then in a very hot oven; add water as needed.

FRENCH SALAD (Mrs. N.M. Nelson of Raymond)
Drain liquor from can peas, add 1 pint finely cut celery, 1 cup blanched and broken walnut meats, 1 cup tart oranges cut in small pieces; toss together lightly, garnish with tender white celery leaves, cover with mayonnaise. Set in cool place till wanted.

BRAN BISCUIT FOR INVALIDS (Mrs. W.A. Johnson of Raymond)
2 cups bran, 1 cup white flour, 1 cup sour milk, 1 teaspoon soda, 3 tablespoons molasses, 2 tablespoons shortening, salt. Get fresh bran from mill and sift it, put dates stoned and cut up in the graham mush.

SATANS FOOD CAKE (Mrs. G.W. Richardson of Woodland Township)
1-1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup butter, yolks of 2 eggs beaten with 2 tablespoons sweet milk, 1-1/2 cups flour into which has been sifted 2 teaspoons baking powder, 6 tablespoons grated chocolate dissolved in 1 cup milk, whites of eggs beaten stiff, bake in loaf.

Here's an ad for a range from Nommenson Hardware Co., of Raymond, SD:

The "RANGE ETERNAL"

Embodies everything wanted in stove construction: nice smooth nickle (their spelling); ground and polished top; triple wall; 15 gallon heavy copper reservoir; pouch feed; poker door; heavy ventilated fire box; duplex grate; a large roomy oven.

Ultramatic · Oct 16, 2011

Satans Food Cake?

I suppose it was changed to "Devils" to make it sound somewhat less intimidating. 

@Sam, you're very welcomed. Let us know how they came out!

vintagekitchen · Oct 16, 2011

Sugarless...

When older recipes say sugarless, its not for health reasons, (diabetes, calories, etc), its for financial or rationing purposes. During Word War 2 here in the US, sugar was heavily rationed, so there is an abundance of cookbooks from the era with "sugarless"recipes, using honey, maple syrup, corn syryp, or apple cider reduced to a syrup, as these items were not rationed. Cook books both before and after the war posted these same sort of recipes, as during those times, these other sweeteners were much cheaper. Hard to imagine honey or corn syrup being cheaper than sugar now, but one has to remember, the only sugar widely available back then was pure cane sugar, which is and always was the most expensive sort. Especially after the import of Cuban sugar to the US ended.

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