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Baked Beans
Aug 11, 2008 | 7:11 PM PST
Tag: old recipes

This is a huge recipe for baked beans.  I'm guessing back in the 30's a family probably ate this for a few days.  This should be a great recipe, considering the economy right now.

Baked Beans

2 lbs dry beans

1 tbsp vinnegar

2 cups Brown Sugar

3/4 cups Molasses

1 onion

1 tbsp salt

Bacon or ham

Bring beans to a boil.  After done slowly add the rest of the ingredients.  Simmer for 3 hrs.

 

The way I would personally do this recipe is to cook the beans overnight (without soaking them, just rinsing them) then add the other things in the morning.  After I mixed everything, I would put it into a few slow cookers and let them simmer while I'm at work.  This would be a great recipe for a large party or a school.  I wonder how it would work to can this recipe.

Schaum Torte
Jul 19, 2008 | 11:21 AM PST
Tags: old recipes , torte

This sounds like a great summer recipe.  What with the fruit being in season right now, this would be a great time to try it.

Schaum Torte  (double recipe)

6 egg whites beaten stiff.

Add 1 1/2 cups sugar and beat at least 20 minutes.

Add 1 Tbsp vinegar and 1 tsp vanilla.

Let dry in oven.  Do not have very much fire so that it can bake about 1/2 hour.  Serve with fruit and whipped cream. 

My interpretation of the baking part is to transfer it into a large, flat pan and bake 1/2 hour at around 200, just enough to dry it out.  This is my thinking because my favorite aunt, her oldest child, keeps everything the oven at 200 to keep it all warm just before supper.  There's no real way to know unless we have a seance, lol.

Old-fashioned Jelly Roll
May 10, 2008 | 4:48 PM PST
Tags: Jelly roll , old recipes

It's funny when a book this old calls something "old-fashioned."  It was hand-written in 1938.

Old-Fashioned Jelly Roll

5 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons KC (not sure what that is, I'm guessing it's Baking Powder.)

Beat eggs to a lemon color.  Gradually add sugar, vanilla, flour, and baking powder.  Roll out and bake in hot oven.  Have a warm damp towel ready.  When roll is done, roll up in towel and let stand awhile; then unroll and spread with jelly then roll up again.  This will prevent the roll from cracking.

I'm guessing the modern baking directions are at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes, like most pastries.

Date Cake
Apr 15, 2008 | 3:45 PM PST
Tags: old recipes , Date Cake

I've never heard of a date cake before.  Grandma never made this for me.  I wonder how it tastes?  I guess there's one way to find out.

Date Cake

1/2 cup butter

1 cup milk

1 cup chopped figs

3/4 cup walnuts

2 cups flour

2 eggs

1 cup brown Sugar

1 cup quartered Dates

1 cup raisins

3/4 cup pecans

2 teaspoons Baking Soda (if sour milk is used, use soda and baking powder both)

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon each cinnamon and allspice

1/4 teaspoon each Ginger and cloves

Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs.  Add fruits, nuts, milk, flour, spices, and extract.  Combine Baking Bowder with flour; Soda with milk (sour or buttermilk).  Bake 30 minutes.

Is good to serve as a pudding with whipped cream or some sauce.

Spice Cake
Apr 13, 2008 | 3:03 PM PST
Tags: spice cake , old recipes

In my Grandma's homemade cookbook, above this recipe is written, "Variety is the very spice of life, and gives it all its flavor."

Spice Cake

1/2 cup shortening

2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

1 cup sour milk

1 teaspoon soda

1/4 teaspoon of each -- cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon

2 cups cake flour

Mix sugar and shortening until it is foamy, then yolks.  Beat whites to a froth then beat them in.  Add sour milk, soda, flour, 1/2 tsp baking powder sifted with the flour.

There are no baking instructions, so I'm guessing it's 350 for 25 minutes or done, like most cakes.  Enjoy!

Recipies
Apr 12, 2008 | 2:10 PM PST
Tags: Beet relish , old recipes

I was given all my grandmother's recipes when she passed because I'm the only one in the family who's into cooking.  In those recipes, I found a little notebook with all the family recipes that she had written down when she first got married.  There's also a gift list in the back of all her wedding gifts.  It's so cool, I wanted to share some of the recipes with others.  I'll just do one for today.

Beet Relish

1qt. Ground Beets

1qt ground cabbage

1 cup horse radish

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 tsp pepper

Enough cold vinegar to cover the mixture.  This is good to eat with meat.