Baked Goods

Crispy Baked Eggs

Louise Mellor shares a vintage recipe for Crispy Baked Eggs from The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook and discusses the 1959 culinary landscape. Read More

Thanksgiving, Lincoln and Pumpkin Pudding

Lincoln was the first president to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. Read the history and learn a historical recipe for Pumpkin Pudding from Lincoln’s lifetime. Read More

Apple Pudding from the Mother of Thanksgiving

Learn about the life of Sarah Josepha Hale, the Mother of Thanksgiving in America, and try her historical recipe for Apple Pudding. American History Read More

Cooking on a Ration – Nutty Sweet Potato Casserole

Imagine only being allowed a certain amount of meat per week… a world where sugar is precious and worth saving… where a coupon booklet is the golden ticket one needs to purchase the basics. Today, we don’t think twice about buying … Read More

Halloween Devil’s Food Cupcakes

Vintage recipe for Devil’s Food Cake Cupcakes with Orange Buttercream Frosting- a historical Halloween holiday dessert tradition. Read More

Andy’s Angel Food Cake – A Tribute to Andy Griffith

A vintage recipe from “Aunt Bee’s Mayberry Cookbook” – a simple chocolate-filled angel food cake with nuts and chocolate shavings. Read More

What Abraham Lincoln Ate – Apple Bread Pudding

Recipe for Apple Bread Pudding with Cream Sauce from Mary Todd Lincoln’s favorite cookbook, Miss Leslie’s Complete Cookery. Simple baked dessert. Read More

What Milton Hershey Ate – Chocolate Kiss Cakelets

Read about the history of Hershey Chocolate Company and Milton Hershey, then learn a recipe for Chocolate Kiss Cakelets – soft cake-like cookies with vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate kisses. Kosher, Dairy. Read More

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Molasses Cookies

Learn a delicious old-fashioned recipe for Molasses Cookies from Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House book series. Read More

What The Golden Girls Ate – Cheesecake

Recipe for The Golden Girls Cheesecake. Celebrate Betty White’s birthday with Sophia Petrillo’s Double Fudge Amaretto Ricotta Cheesecake. Read More

What Emily Dickinson Ate – Coconut Cake

Learn to make Emily Dickinson’s recipe for Coconut Cake from an antique recipe in Emily’s handwriting. Kosher, Dairy, Cocoanut. Read More

What Elvis Presley Ate – Skillet Cornbread

Learn to make Southern-style skillet cornbread with buttermilk, the way Elvis Presley might have enjoyed it at Graceland in Memphis. Read More

Pie Crust Pinwheels

Use the trimmings from your pie crust to make delicious cinnamon-sugar cookies – Pie Crust Pinwheels. Easy and kid-friendly vintage recipe. Read More

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

How to make an old fashioned Strawberry Rhubarb Pie thickened with tapioca. More strawberry, less rhubarb for just the right amount of tartness. Read More

Old Fashioned All-Butter Pie Crust

How to make an old fashioned all butter pie crust from scratch. Instructions for chilling dough, rolling out crust, fluting, and scalloping. Read More