Peanut Butter Pancakes – 1915 Griddle Cakes Recipe
I was scrolling through some museum collections the other day when I noticed that the Henry Ford museum also provides some recipe clippings out of…
Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies – Vintage Recipe
Molasses Cookies – A WWII Recipe While not having the same popularity today, molasses cookies were once a staple in many American kitchens. During WWII,…
Peanut Butter Cookies – Classic WWII Recipe
Who doesn’t love good peanut butter cookies? What about peanut butter cookies with a historic twist? I gave making historic peanut butter cookies a whirl…
Maple & Raisin Cookies: WWII Recipe for Soldiers
Maple & Raisin Cookies were one of dozens of recipes for cookies during WWII intended to be sweet treats that carefully considered rationing and shortages,…
Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Bread
This Peanut Butter Bread recipe was plucked from the Settlement Cook Book written by Lizzie Black Kander. A middle class woman and a figure in…
Apple Fritter Recipe (C. 1828)
This particular apple fritter recipe came from the 1828 classic, Mrs. Mary Randolph’s “The Virginia Housewife”. Randolph came from a rich and politically prominent family…