The dough nut is considered a thoroughly American food, although it is similar to the Dutch “oil cake” popular in the 18th century. In New Amsterdam, er, New York around 1809, Washington Irving described the nuts of dough fried in hog’s fat in his History of New York. This is considered to be the earliest … Continue reading
I have never seen a recipe for puffed rice, and this one is sketchy on the information at best. You will also notice that it doesn’t mention rice or puffed rice in the ingredients. The closest recipe I could find in my research was for a puffed rice candy from 1920. Based on similar ingredients, … Continue reading
Yet another chocolate cake recipe…can there ever be enough? Chocolate Cake (Alice Rhoads) 2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup butter + lard 2 eggs 1 cup sour milk 1/2 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well add cocoa. Put baking soda in … Continue reading
Here’s another from Mabel Haas, who seems to like chocolate. :-) Fudge Squares (Mabel Haas) 4 squares chocolate 1/3 cup butter 2 eggs 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup Kellogs All Bran 1/2 cup nut meats 1 teaspoon vanilla Melt chocolate over hot water. Add butter. Beat eggs until light add ot butter to chocolate, … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake (Mabel Haas) 1 cup granulated sugar 2 heaping tablespoon butter 1 or 2 eggs Add 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa 1 tablespoon soda 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 tablespoon vinegar Beat white of eggs put in last
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