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1992 Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes ~ Vintage Cookbook

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Women’s Circle Home Cooking – Light & Easy Recipes is one of the cookbooks I found on a trip to my local thrift store. I love looking at old cookbooks! It’s like taking a walk thru time! Paperback, 126 pages Copyright – 1992 Condition – fair. Pages are aging, yellowing ISBN: 1-55993-204-X   The back cover proclaims: Nothing tastes better than home cooking! Here are the finest recipes in the nation compiled for you by Home Cooking magazine!  Great regional favorites will fill your home with aromas and tastes you have only heard about! Now, at your fingertips are America’s best dishes, reader-tested and approved by families everywhere! You won’t find such a wide assortment of main dishes, stir fries, salads, breads, desserts (an much more): in one edition again!   Old-Fashioned Soda Crackers Makes 8 dozen 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup margarine 1 ½ cups water Salt Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Cut in margarine until crumbly. Add water; stir just until mixed. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until thoroughly mixed (about 3 minutes). Roll out dough., ¼ at … Continue reading →

1992 Women’s Circle Creative Cooking ~ Vintage Cookbook

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Vintage cookbooks are a great way to learn about the lifestyles of times past. Copyright 1992 ISBN 1-55993-202-3 Paperback, 128 pages Condition – fair, pages are yellowing, several have tears Another useful cookbook, full of recipes for all parts of your menu! Over 600 recipes are printed in this book with simple instructions and few ingredients. Oatmeal Cake 1 cup quick oatmeal 1 ¼ cups boiling water 1 stick butter or margarine 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 1 ½ cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Stir together the oatmeal, boiling water and butter until butter melts. Let cool. Add the eggs and beat, then add sugar and beat mixture again. Sift together the flour, soda, cinnamon and salt and add to cake mixture with the vanilla. Beat well. Pour into greased and floured 9×13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degree F for about 32 minutes.  When done and still hot, spread with te following topping. Mix together in heavy pan ¾ cup brown sugar, ¾ cup pecan pieces (or other chopped nuts), 6 tablespoons butter and ½ cup condensed milk. (1/2 cup coconut optional) Cream and … Continue reading →

1992 Creative Cooking Pasta ~ Vintage Cookbook

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Dinners in the 1990′s tended to be quick and easy to prepare, since folks were busy living life to the fullest. Paperback, 124 pages Condition – good, pages are yellowing This book is chuck full of recipes … page after page of recipes, covering all aspects of a meal. The Table of Contents shows: Hearty Soups, Sensational Salads, Satisfying Side Dishes, Enticing Entrees, Italian Specialties, New Twists on Old Favorites and Convenient Casseroles. If you can’t find something to put on the table for dinner, you’re not looking! Tuna Pasta Salad Serves 4 8 ounces pasta of your choice 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 stalks celery, finely chopped 1 (7 oz) can tuna fish, drained and flaked 1 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish Mayonnaise to taste Lettuce 1 tomato, sliced 1 cucumber, sliced Cook pasta in boiling, salted water following package directions; drain well. Mix onion, celery, tuna, green pepper and pickle relish together. Add to pasta with enough mayonnaise to bing salad together. Refrigerate for several hours, or overnight. Serve salad on a bed of lettuce, garnished with sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. A copy of this cookbook is available for purchase by … Continue reading →