Apie Cakes

UPDATE: We liked Apie Cakes so much we made a video about them on our YouTube channel. Be sure to leave a comment on the video about your memories of Apie Cakes, Rosenberry’s market and Pottstown! When I first read this recipe I thought it said “apple cakes” but looking again I see it says … Continue reading

Cherry Sauce (Mabel Haas)

Well, this brings us to the last recipe from our little Farmer’s Record book. Some of these recipes have been really interesting, some not so much. I hope you read my post about the bread & butter pickles that my daughter and I made a week ago from the recipe in this book. They are … Continue reading

Sour Milk layer Cake (Mrs Brooke Ritter)

At the end of the little booklet several of the pages were tucked in because they must have previously fallen out or been accidentally torn out. This is one that came from the back, but might have been closer to the front. Not sure. If you try this recipe, common sense tells us to combine … Continue reading

Bread Pudding Chocolate

These days when you eat out and the restaurant offers bread pudding, it is always the raisin and cinnamon kind, which I despise. However, when I was a kid, the greatest treat my mother could make for us was chocolate bread pudding. I don’t know what it was about this that made it so wonderful…probably … Continue reading

So Easy to Make: Bread & Butter Pickles

After reading the recipe for bread & butter pickles recently, and then doing some research on making pickles, I decided I would try to make this recipe from the Farmer’s Record. I was inspired by seeing smallish cucumbers at the store that would make the perfect B&B slices. In my research on pickles I learned … Continue reading