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When we left my bread making adventure the other day, we wondered whether the bread would continue to rise enough for us to have it with dinner that night. It didn’t. Around 6:00, the dough had finally risen. Punched down and shaped before resting for 15 minutes.
Dough cut into four . . . → Read More: Let Us Make Bread Together (On Our Knees) Part 2  Comments are closed  Baking, Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe  Hand cranked bread maker, ideal 1950's housewife I’ve mentioned before that music is the gateway to my soul. I grew up surrounded by church music and singing in youth choirs. There are times an old-time hymn will start playing in my head to bring me comfort and reassurance, especially on days like today when I’m feeling frustrated by this holding pattern that . . . → Read More: Let Us Make Bread Together (On Our Knees) Part 1 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe Hand cranked bread maker, ideal 1950's housewife
Dear Friends, Within the next few days, I will be publishing my first issue of the Modern Retro Recipes Cookbooklet. For the past couple of months, I have been having a great time sorting through pre-1960s recipes, trying them out, updating them, taking photographs, and getting feedback from my taste-testers. Oh, yes, and actually . . . → Read More: Retro Recipe: Bran Muffins (They’re Not Just For Old Folks) My large family of origin gets together on Christmas Eve for a huge dinner, reading of the Christmas story from Luke, and unwrapping of what seems like a bazillion gifts stashed under the tree (even though we draw names). Oh, and we laugh a lot. It is not a sedate and formal affair by a . . . → Read More: Is This Recipe a Keeper? Pumpkin Muffins Pumpkin Pecan Pie by Mrs. Myron Leitz I love pumpkin pie. Well, homemade pumpkin pie. I usually end up disliking the pumpkin pies that I order at a restaurant. And the frozen pies? *phhht* Why bother? My Honey loves pecan pie. He tells me not to bake any pecan pies for him because it . . . → Read More: Pumpkin Pecan Pie After our friend Deborah Laux had mentioned that she was the keeper of a family recipe for Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake, I begged her to send it to me so that I could share it with the Modern Retro Woman community. In her email she writes, My childhood was littered with Chocolate Mayonnaise Cakes – the . . . → Read More: Chocolate Mayo Cake 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, Vintage Recipe chocolate mayonnaise The fun of having “too many” vintage cookbooks is that I can try out similar recipes from different sources. Last April, I took Strawberry Petal Pie with me to Easter dinner at my brother and sister-in-law’s house. In July, I made strawberry pie using a recipe from my World War II era Betty Crocker cookbook. . . . → Read More: More Strawberry Pie Experimentation From This… The other day, I mentioned that I was able to get several pounds of peaches for only $1 from Tenerelli Orchards because they were Grade B and C quality (watch yesterday’s film for an explanation of food grades). After cutting out the bruises, I still was able to have some peaches left . . . → Read More: Fun with Peaches: Vintage Peach Pie Recipe Golden Peach Pie (Better Homes & Gardens "Pies and Cakes" 1966) I was able to buy a couple pounds of peach “seconds” at the farmers’ market the other day for dirt cheap. I simply told the farmer that I wanted peaches for a pie and that I didn’t care what they looked like. If . . . → Read More: Interesting Contrast: B H & Gardens Peach Pie Strawberry Pie from Betty Crocker WWII Era Cookbook The farmers’ market that I go to is overflowing with strawberries right now. I was quite surprised because they are usually in season in the late spring in my neck of the woods. By July, we have triple-digit temps and strawberries can’t handle the heat. One . . . → Read More: Fun with Strawberries: Vintage Pie Recipe 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe pastry, pies, strawberries |
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