Our Favorite Recipes (Yellow) (~1957)

  • Passion Fruit Muffins

    2 cups sifted flour1 tbsp. baking powder1/4 cup sugar1/4 tsp. salt2 eggs1 cup milk1/4 cup melted shortening1/2 cup passion fruit jelly Sift dry ingredients into beaten eggs to which the milk has been added. Add shortening and jelly and cut in with pastry blender. Then mix with blender until flour is moistened. Bake in 400…

  • Fruit Cocktail Cake

    This is a easy cake to make. It is rather heavy and almost like a pudding. No icing is necessary. Sift:1-1/2 cups flour (regular) Resift with:1 cup sugar1 tsp. sodapinch of salt Add to dry ingredients:2 well beaten eggs4 tbsp. melted butter1 can (large #2-1/2) of well drained fruit cocktail Spread batter in oblong (2…

  • Guava Sauce Cake

    1 cup Guava Sauce (no seeds)1 cup sugar2 tbsp. shortening2 cups flour1/4 tsp. salt1 tsp. baking soda2/3 cups raisins1/4 tsp. cloves1/4 tsp. cinnamon Cream shortening and sugar well. Add the guava sauce. Sift the dry ingredients and stir into the guava mixture. Then add the raisins. Bake in loaf pan in moderate oven. If you…

  • Seven Up Chocolate Cake

    1-1/2 cup sugar1 block butter1/3 cup crisco1 cup ground sweet chocolate2 bottles Seven-up3 cups flour4 eggs3 tsp. baking powder1 tsp. baking soda1/4 tsp. salt1 tsp. vanilla Cream butter, crisco. Add sugar, eggs, beat well. Add Seven-up and flour. Bake 350 F for 35 minutes.

  • Simple Cucumber Namasu

    6 medium cucumbers (sliced thin)2 tbsp. salt1/2 small carrot (grated)3/4 cup sugar3/4 cup vinegar mixed well1/4 tsp. adjinomoto1 small can seasoned baby clam (optional) Wash cucumbers well and peel greens partially leaving strips in sections. Cut stem end about 1 or 1-1/4″ and put salt and rub so you can get the bitterness off and…

  • Cottage Cheese Mold

    Jello:1 each, Lime and Lemon Jello1 cup hot water1 cup cold waterMix and freeze until slightly thick. Mix:4 tbsp. mayonnaise1/2 pt. whipped cream or avoset1/2 box cottage cheese, small size.Mix whipped cream, cottage cheese and mayonnaise into Jello and freeze. Grease mold with mayonnaise before adding mixture.

  • Sweet Potato Custard Pie

    2 cups mashed cooked sweet potato1 cup milk2 eggs1 tbsp. melted butter3/4 cup sugar1 tsp. grated lemon rind1 tsp. salt1/2 tsp. cinnamondash of nutmegdash of allspice1/8 tsp. gingerPastry Deal eggs slightly and add other ingredients and place in pie pan which has been lined with plain pastry. Follow same procedure as the pie above. (Cover…

  • Coconut Turnovers

    2 cups flour3/4 tap. salt2/3 cup fat1/4 cup water1/2 cup butter or margarine1 cup sugar3 cups fresh grated coconut Sift the salt and flour together. Cut or rub in fat until well blended. Add the water slowly to make a stiff paste. Roll out on a slightly floured board to a thickness of 1/8 inch….

  • Sweet Potato Pie

    4 tbsp. butter1/2 cup sugar3 tbsp. lemon Juice1 tbsp. lemon rind3 eggs, separated1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/4 tsp. nutmeg2 cups mashed sweet potato1 cup evaporated milk1 unbaked pastry shell Cream butter and sugar, add lemon and rind. Add beaten egg yolks, spices, potatoes and milk. Mix thoroughly and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour into pastry…