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Summer squash pudding, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Summer squash pudding

A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Cocoanut and citron layer cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Cocoanut and citron layer cake

Cocoanut and citron layer cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including rub together three-quarters of a cupful of butter and a cupful and a half of powdere.

Christmas fruit cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Christmas fruit cake

A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Rhubarb pudding, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Rhubarb pudding

Rhubarb pudding, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including grease a pudding-dish and put into it a layer of bread-crumbs that have been soaked .

Corn bread made of northern meal, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Corn bread made of northern meal

Corn bread made of northern meal, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including two cupfuls of corn-meal.

Potato sponge bread (No. 1), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 4

Potato sponge bread (No. 1)

Potato sponge bread (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including boil and mash, while hot, four potatoes of fair size, beating into them a tablespoon.

Crumb pie, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 2

Crumb pie

A page-cited historical dessert recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

A bread omelet (baked), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

A bread omelet (baked)

A bread omelet (baked), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including soak three tablespoonfuls of stale crumbs in a cupful of milk for two hours.

Creamed peach pie (No. 2), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Creamed peach pie (No. 2)

Creamed peach pie (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including bake as above, stoning the peaches and cutting each in half.

Breakfast rolls (No. 2), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Breakfast rolls (No. 2)

Breakfast rolls (No. 2), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including sift a quart of flour and stir into it a saltspoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of suga.

Squash Biscuits, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Baking Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Squash Biscuits

A measured 1910 bake built around squash (steamed and sifted), preserved with its original method and page citation.

Green corn pudding (No. 3), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Green corn pudding (No. 3)

Green corn pudding (No. 3), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including grate the kernels from twelve ears of corn and stir into them the beaten yolks of si.

Cinnamon-Syrup Baked Apples, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

12 min prepserves 8

Cinnamon-Syrup Baked Apples

Whole sour apples filled with cinnamon sugar, baked in a shallow water bath, and basted with their own amber syrup.

Currant pie (No. 1), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Currant pie (No. 1)

Currant pie (No. 1), preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including ripe and stemmed currants with one cupful of sugar to two of currants, and bake betw.

Orange layer cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Orange layer cake

Orange layer cake, preserved from Marion Harland’s 1903 cookbook with ingredient cues including cream three tablespoonfuls of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, add the beaten yolks.

Alma’s drop cakes, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Alma’s drop cakes

Marion Harland’s original method for Alma’s drop cakes, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Hot Water Sponge Cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 6

Hot Water Sponge Cake

A classic 1910 sweet built around yolks 2 eggs, with Farmer’s original method and page citation.

Quick buckwheat cakes, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 4

Quick buckwheat cakes

A page-cited historical dinner recipe from Marion Harland, transcribed with its original method.

Hominy Gems, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Breakfast Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 2

Hominy Gems

Start the day with Farmer’s original Hominy Gems method, preserved as a source transcription.

Fruit cake (No. 3), an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 6

Fruit cake (No. 3)

Marion Harland’s original method for Fruit cake (No. 3), retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Cauliflower au gratin, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. 10 min prepEst. serves 4

Cauliflower au gratin

Marion Harland’s original method for Cauliflower au gratin, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Pfeffernüsse, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dinner Cited source

Est. 20 min prepEst. serves 4

Pfeffernüsse

Marion Harland’s original method for Pfeffernüsse, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Pineapple pudding, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Dessert Cited source

Est. 15 min prepEst. serves 6

Pineapple pudding

Marion Harland’s original method for Pineapple pudding, retained as a source transcription for modern discovery.

Dutch Apple Cake, an original illustrative image based on the cited recipe

Baking Cited source

Est. 40 min prepEst. serves 2

Dutch Apple Cake

A measured 1910 bake built around scalded milk, preserved with its original method and page citation.