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Recipes From the Past
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PICKLED
APPLES
Take seven pounds of apples, pared and cored, four
pounds of sugar, one quart of
vinegar, one ounce of
cloves, one ounce of cinnamon. When
the apples are
done take them up, put in a jar, and
let the syrup boil
fifteen minutes, and pour it on
the apples.
Two quarts of flour, one pint of milk, one half
cup butter, two teaspoonsful of cream
tartar, one
of soda, and one of salt.
CREAM
OF TARTAR CAKE
One cup of butter, two of sugar, five of flour,
three eggs, three teaspoons of
cream tartar, one
and one half of soda, and a
little nutmeg. Rub the
cream tartar in the
flour, stir the sugar and butter
together, then the eggs,
then the milk, with the
soda well dissolved in
it.
COOKIES
Two cups of sugar, one of butter, one of
sweet cream, and a
teaspoonful of soda;
Cinnamon to your taste. Mix
soft and bake
in quick oven.
Source: McHenry Plaindealer, Wednesday, October 13, 1875
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