Recipe Archive

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Corn Cakes

Mrs. Alvin Cramer 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Four eggs, 1 qt. sweet milk, 1 tablespoonful sugar, 1 tablespoonful melted butter, 3 cups corn meal, 1 cup of wheat flour, 2 heaping teaspoonful Rumford Bake Powder. Bake on hot griddle. Serve hot.

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Breakfast Puffs

Mrs. H. A. Koller 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Two eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 1/2 cups of flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons Rumford Bake Powder. Beat the eggs thoroughly, add milk and butter. Sift the flour, salt and baking powder twice, add liquid ingredients, beat two minutes. Pour into hot, well greased muffin pans, bake twenty minutes in hot oven.

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Potato Buns

A. M. S. 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One cup each mashed potatoes, milk and sugar, 1/2 cup lard and butter, 2 eggs, 1 yeast cake. Scald milk, mix with potatoes. When cool add one yeast cake, which has been dissolved in warm water. Also eggs and sugar and enough flour to make a stiff dough. Set in a warm place to rise over night. In the morning roll out, cut into rounds, put butter, sugar…

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Rice Cake (of left over rice)

Mrs. M. E. Shewell 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA [Recipe contains lard for frying, can be substituted] One cup rice, 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk, pinch of salt, enough flour to make a thin batter, fry in hot lard.

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Parker House Rolls

Miss Anne Blessing 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Two quarts flour, make a hole in the top, put a piece of butter the size of an egg, a little salt and a tablespoonful of white sugar, pour over this a pint of milk previously boiled and cooled, add 1/2 cup yeast. When sponge is light, knead for 15 minutes, let rise again, then roll and cut into round cakes, butter on one side and fold it…

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Potato Biscuit

Mrs. Sallie Shaffer 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One cup mashed potatoes, 1 cup yeast or 1/2 compressed cake. 3/4 cup sugar, 2 eggs, a little salt, mix and let stand over night. Then add 1/2 cup shortening and flour to stiffen.

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Butter Milk Muffins

Mrs. E. E. Seitz1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Two eggs beaten, one quart buttermilk, one teaspoonful salt, one teaspoonful of baking soda, sufficient flour to drop (bake in muffin rings.)

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Bread Cakes

K. L. M.1909 Southern York County, PA, USA 1 cup bread crumbs, one cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, 2 cups of sweet milk, tablespoonful of butter, half a tablespoonful of soda, three eggs, flour enough to stiffen. Soak bread crumbs in sour milk for half an hour, then add salt, sugar, butter, milk, flour, and yolk of egg. Beat white of egg to a stiff froth and add…

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Corn Muffins

Mrs. Leah Strevig 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One cup corn meal, 3/4 cup flour, 2 teaspoons Baking Powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, 3/4 cup milk, 1 egg well beaten, 1 tablespoon melted butter. Mix dry ingredients, afterward adding egg, butter and milk

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Wheat Muffins

Mrs. WM. C. Miller 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One half cup butter and lard mixed, melted and poured into 1 pint of sweet milk, 2 tablespoons of Baking Powder, flour enough to make a stiff batter, beat very hard and bake at once.

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Doughnuts

Mrs. W. H. Groh 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One pint sweet milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoonful salt, nutmeg to taste, 1 cup yeast or half a compressed cake, 1 cup of sugar, 3/4 cup lard and butter. Warm the milk, add to it the shortening, sugar, beaten eggs and sufficient flour to make a stiff batter. When cool add the yeast and stand in a warm place over night. In the morning add flour and…

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Cold Slaw

Mrs. M. E. Shewell 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Cabbage cut and salted, dressing, one egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 cup vinegar, cook a few minutes, when cold pour over slaw and add as much milk as you wish.

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Tomato Salad

Miss Margaret Groh 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Press through a sieve a quart of tomatoes. Add pepper, salt and celery seed to taste. Put on stove and when hot add a package of lemon jello. Stir until dissolved, then pour into a mould and set away to cool. It should be made the day before using. Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves with mayonnaise dressing.

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Bread

Anon 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One pt. of milk or water, 1 teaspoonful each of salt and butter, half of a compressed yeast cake. About 2 qts. flour. Scald the milk, add salt and butter. When luke warm add enough flour to make a stiff batter, beat thoroughly. Cover and set in a warm place over night. In the morning add more flour take it on a baking board, knead quickly and gently until…

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Pone

H. L. Shaw 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA One qt. corn meal, 3 handfuls flour, 3 teacups sour milk, teacup of sugar or molasses, butter size of an egg, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon soda.

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Potato and Egg Salad

Mrs. Carrie Koller 1909 Southern York County, PA, USA Three hard boiled eggs chopped fine, 3 medium sized potatoes boiled and cut into dice. Salt and pepper to taste, mix then add a french dressing.

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A note on format

This blog is an experiment as much as it is an archive for me. I’ve never written a blog or designed an archive. This has led to couple conundrums. Firstly, as I add recipes, I continue to wrestle with the best way to categorize them so that readers best find what they’re looking for. As a result, you may see the tabs and sorting change somewhat over time. Secondly, my goal has been to copy the…