This recipe for pumpkin pie comes from Aunt Babette’s Cook Book, published in 1889. It is both similar to, and different from modern recipes for pumpkin pie.
Cookey. (Dutch, koekje.) A little cake. Used in New York and in New England. A Near Year’s Cookey is a…
Hopping John is a New Year’s tradition that has survived relatively unchanged since the mid-19th Century. Specifically a Carolina tradition,…
This pie is unusual by modern standards, but I have seen similar recipes in several 19th century cook books. It’s…
A 19th century baking powder biscuit, simple, tender, and delicious.
From a handwritten book of recipes from the 19th century.
Um, no, that doesn’t mean there’s spiders in the bread, or that it looks like a spider. A spider was…
This recipe comes from the Reynolds Ledger, a handwritten book of late 19th century recipes. Typical of the time, and…
This recipe for corn bread comes from the Appledore Cookbook[1]. And to be honest, the reason I chose it was…
This is basically a late 19th century muffin recipe with a bit more sugar. Certainly a nice addition to afternoon…