Cooking with the Home Front Housewife
World War II era magazine advertisers often used recipes featuring their products to entice housewives to buy their brands. I wanted to use a recipe from one of those magazine ads this month. I chose a hot sandwich made with canned meat that looked versatile, quick, and filling. Canned meats were popular because they were…
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The second recipe in the "Baking without...Milk" series is this delicious coffee cake. It's from an article in the January 1945 issue of Woman's Day magazine. I also have a 1941 recipe booklet called The Bread Basket that I've been wanting to use for a while. The booklet is full of bread recipes using Fleischmann's Yeast. There…
One of my favorite things to do this time of year is sit in front of a roaring fire and sip a cup of hot chocolate. I found a few cocoa recipes in my collection, and I thought I'd test one for you. I'm also including a couple of variations that you can try at…
