Springlers

by Mrs Marvel

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 traditional German or Swiss cookie, well known in the Pennsylvania Dutch country of the US, and oh so beautiful. They are made with a mold, and can even be decorated with gilding, painting, and other decoration. This is something I have never heard of or even seen, but I look forward to learning more about them!

Please visit blog.springerlejoy.com

Springlers

3 lbs flour

3 tsp B.P.

3 lb suger

1 doz eggs

2 lemon rinds

Gold Cake / Sea Foam Candy

by Mrs Marvel

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 also a bonus recipe for Sea Foam Candy. I originally thought the page had the method to make Gold Cake, but after scanning I realized it was in fact another recipe. Because I’m handling these pages as little as possible, I was moving quickly in the scanning process, your gain, I suppose. :-) There are also recipes out there for various versions of Sea Foam Candy, but most of them include vinegar, no egg, and chocolate for dipping.

Gold Cake

Yolks of 8 eggs, 1 whole egg

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup milk

2 cups flour

1 tbsp cream of tartar

1/2 tbsp soda

Flavor to suit

 

Sea Foam Candy

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup corn syrup

1/2 cup water

Boil until it forms when dripped in water. Cool and beat into the well beaten of 1 egg and walnuts. ** this makes no sense; candy makers have any input?

Cookies (Mrs Weber)

by Mrs Marvel

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 “kishern” really is “kosher.” No idea how to make these at all.

I found a recipe or two for salted egg yolk cookies but I have no idea if they would be similar. They also used salted duck eggs, so there is that.

Cookies

5 T kosher salt

6 eggs set in evening

1 3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup shortening

1 cup milk

Flavoring to taste

Enough flour to make stiff

From Mrs Weber

Ginger Snaps

by Mrs Marvel

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 will see why it is so important for me to scan these recipes – the book is just falling apart, and as I touch the pages to scan them, sometimes pieces break off. Hopefully together we can make up any missing words!

Today’s recipe is a favorite of mine. Ginger Snaps can be enjoyed all year round, but I tend to associate them with autumn, just because of the spice used in them. This scan also includes Molasses Cookies. I make a version of this, but this recipe includes a mystery ingredient. Enjoy!

Ginger Snaps

1/4 lb butter in

1/4 lb fine flour, put

1/2 lb molasses

1/4 lb brown sugar

1 tbsp ginger

Mix together

Molasses Cookies

2 cups of molasses

2 cups sugar

2 cups butter

4 tsp olarcium ??

2 cups boiling water

4 tsp soda & flour enough to roll on board

Peanut Squares / Mocha Frosting

by Mrs Marvel

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 with mocha frosting and rolled in peanuts. I will not be making these because I’m sure I’ll just sit right down and eat them all. :-)

Occasionally, I get an email from a site reader asking that I provide a method, pictures, and a review of the recipes I post. I agree, that would be nice, but that isn’t what this site is about. While there are sometimes reviews of recipes, this isn’t a recipe review site. I don’t make all the recipes either because I just don’t have the time or the desire to have sweets around the house (read, I’d love to have sweets around the house, but I really should not for my health’s sake, lol). Many of the recipes I find have no method, and that’s part of the fun, isn’t it? Women have a different set of priorities than they did 100 years ago. We work, we raise kids, we coach baseball and soccer teams, lead Girl Scout troops, direct the church choir, etc etc etc. Our forebears had a lot of “cooks own knowledge” that helped them in the kitchen. They knew the best methods from years of practical experience, and so it wasn’t necessary to write things down. This particular recipe comes from the Girl’s Trade School book – which suggests the lady went to school for household management. A home-ec class in high school is a far cry from a semester of household management 5 days a week, isn’t it?! Anyway, the recipes are what they are, and I present them to you, warts and all. I hope that you continue to enjoy them, and if you do make a recipe from this site, send me a review! I’d happily post it and share your experiences with everyone else.

Peanut Squares

1/2 c butter

1 c sugar

1 c milk

2 c flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

3 egg whites

Bake 375 from 20 to 25 minutes

Mocha Frosting

1 tablespoon butter

2 c powdered sugar

3 tablespoons strong cold coffee

2 egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla

Roll in chopped peanuts