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Vintage Cookbooks
War Time Cake, from Your Share: Daily Helps for Wartime Meal-Planning and Cooking
This cookbook was published under the Betty Crocker imprint by General Mills in 1943. (We just watched Captain America:The First Avenger two ...
An eXcellent Cheape Soup, Xavier Suppe: Vintage Recipes
Since I have no vintage cookbooks whose titles begin with the letter X, I decided to use two X recipes instead. Vintage recipes, of course! I began ...
Quick Tortoni, from Wonderful World of Cooking: Italian Recipes
This little cooking booklet was published in 1965 by Harwood & Tjaden. The recipes were created and compiled by Ruth Conrad Bateman, "professional ...
Frozen Strawberry Squares, from the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Cookbook
My fabulous mother-in-law Pati bestowed upon me her copy of The Vermont Symphony Orchestra Cookbook. It was published in 1984 by the Rutland (VT) Area ...
Uncle Bob’s Peanut Butter Sandwich with Texas Sweets, from Patio Daddy-O
This cookbook, Patio Daddy-O, is sort of on topic with my "Vintage Cookbooks" theme... and it sort of isn't.The cookbook was published in 1996, so it ...
Golden Turkish Paste, from The Good Housekeeping Cookbook
This Good Housekeeping Cookbook from 1942 is a weighty tome. This is not just a cookbook, but a "well-seasoned guide to the many food problems that ...
Orange Refrigerator Cookies, from the Sunbeam Mixmaster Manual
This is a manual for the Sunbeam Automatic Mixmaster, which will “do all of your mixing, mashing, whipping, beating, stirring, blending, juicing, ...
Vanilla Chip Caramels, from Recipes That Pep-Up Meals with Wise Potato Chips
Did you know that absolutely every meal of every day can include potato chips? You heard right! This book makes it possible. It turns humble potato ...
Waffle Club Rabbit, from 133 Quicker Ways to Homemade with Bisquick
This little booklet was printed in 1959, a joint effort from Bisquick and Betty Crocker. It’s meant to be a helpful resource to home cooks who want ...
Brunswick Stew, from Praise For the Cook
Praise For the Cook is another cookbook dedicated to the almighty Crisco! (Like the Crisco's Easy As Pie Cookbook that was for letter C.) This ...
Bishop’s Cake, from Out of Vermont Kitchens of St. Paul’s Church
This edition of the Out of Vermont Kitchens community cookbook was published in 1951 by the Women's Service League of the St. Paul's Church of ...