Springlers

I have no idea if I am reading this right, but it sure looks like “springlers” to me. What do you think? Also, the quantity is quite large – 3 pounds of flour, a dozen eggs. What could this possible be? UPDATED: My smart, smart readers all agree this is a recipe for Springerles, a … Continue reading

Gold Cake / Sea Foam Candy

You can see how damaged this page is. It might have been a favorite recipe. There are a few different types of Gold Cake recipes out there, but most of them seem to be a bundt style cake. Since this recipe includes no method, we can only guess how it is to be baked. There’s … Continue reading

Cookies (Mrs Weber)

Here’s another real mystery recipe that uses salt & eggs before all other ingredients. I’m not quite sure what to think about this because it seems like a lot of salt and a lot of eggs. What would happen to the eggs if they sat in that much salt?? I’m also taking a guess that … Continue reading

Ginger Snaps

Where has the time gone!? I’m sure it was just a week ago I was going to take a breath before making some more posts. Really, how does the time go so fast anymore? Anyway, I’ve scanned tons of recipes from the Girl’s Trade School book and they all sound good. As I post them, you … Continue reading

Peanut Squares / Mocha Frosting

I am pretty sure these two recipes are supposed to work together. There aren’t actually any peanuts in the top recipe, and the lower one references chopped peanuts, so there you go. They don’t seem to be a peanut butter cookie (which is one of my weaknesses), but are in fact a sugar cookie topped … Continue reading