The recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Rocky Road Candy
1 package (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate pieces
1 square (1 ounce) unsweeteneded chocolate
1 tablespoon butter
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups salted peanuts
2 cups miniature marshmallows
Melt chocolate pieces, chocolate and butter in large saucepan [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Twice Cooked Divinity
3 cups sugar
1 cup syrup
1/2 cup water
Boil to a hard ball stage or 265 degrees. At the same time, in a second saucepan, combine:
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
Boil this to the thread stage.
3 egg whites
1 teaspoon [...]
This is a handwritten recipe card found in a large collection of recipes (probably one cook’s lifetime collection). Date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy (click to view a large copy).
Sea Foam Candy
1 C sugar }
1 C dark corn syrup } Combine & Cook until 300°
1 T vinegar }
1 T soda
Remove [...]
This recipe was clipped from a magazine, date unknown but the recipes in this collection spanned the years of 1940s through 1980s. This was originally taped to a recipe card but the tape is so yellowed and brittle with age that the tape no longer sticks. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Butter [...]
This is a handwritten recipe card found in a large collection of recipes spanning from the 1940s through the 1980s. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy (click to view a larger copy).
Candy - Chop Suey
1 C white sugar
1 C B sugar
1 C light corn syrup
1 1/2 T Butter
1/4 t salt
Cook all ingred. [...]
This recipe was clipped from a magazine and taped to a recipe card, however the tape has aged and yellowed so much over time it no longer sticks to the card. Date is unknown but the recipes in this collection ranged from the 1940s through the 1980s. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned [...]
This recipe was clipped from packaging of some kind, date unknown. It was originally taped to a card but the tape is old and no longer sticks. The word “Candy” is written near the top. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
NESTLE & Kellogg’s
Crunchy Fudge Sandwiches
Melt one 6-oz pkg. (1 cup) NESTLE’S BUTTERSCOTCH [...]
This recipe was clipped from a magazine or newspaper and taped onto a white index card. The tape is very yellowed and brittle, date is unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy (click to view a larger copy).
CHOCOLATE PECAN CARAMELS
2 cups sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper or magazine then taped to a white index card. The tape is very yellow and brittle with age, date of the recipe unknown. There’s an interesting tip at the bottom to make sure to make this on days that are sunshiny, cloudy weather seems to affect the results [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Butter Crunch
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon light corn sirup
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1 package (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Butter baking sheet. Melt butter in 2-quart saucepan over low heat. Add sugar and heat to boiling, [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
After Dinner Grape Mints
(Mrs. Robert Belt, Wickliffe)
Grand prize $100
1 pound powdered sugar
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese
4 tablespoons very thick grape jelly
1 teaspoon peppermint flavoring
Granulated sugar
Mix all ingredients except granulated sugar. Mix and knead like dough. Roll into [...]
Here’s a neat recipe for gumdrops candy, it was clipped from a newspaper or magazine then taped onto a white index card. The tape is very yellow and brittle, date of the recipe is unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy (click to view larger).
Gumdrops
One bottle (six ounces) liquid pectin
One-fourth teaspoon baking [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper dated 1957. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Recipes for Your Scrapbook.
BY MRS. HARVEY F. ROSTISER.
If you want to make this famous Southern candy you will find this an easy recipe.
Pralines.
3 cups brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup water
2 cups pecan halves
Combine sugars and water in [...]
This recipe was clipped from a newspaper, date is unknown but probably the 1960s. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.
Recipes for Your Scrapbook
By MRS. HARVEY F. ROSTISER
How about an old-fashioned taffy pull?
TAFFY
One cup mild sorghum or
New Orleans molasses
One tablespoon butter
One-half cup hot water
One-half teaspoon vanilla
One cup light corn syrup
One-third cup white sugar
One-fourth [...]
This little vintage recipe booklet about candy making is a partner to the Salad Book. I have no date but believe it’s from 1910 or so. Here is what this little booklet contains:
The Candy Book
Price 10¢
PREFACE
The profits from the sale of The Candy Book are used for a worthy object, and in purchasing the book [...]
A wonderful 23 page booklet that’s stamped on the inside cover 1936. Walter Baker & Company, Inc. with candy thermometer order information on the back inside cover that expires December 31, 1940 (handwritten 1 over top the 0 in 40).
Looks to be a General Foods printing distributed by Walter Baker & Company, Inc. for Baker’s [...]
This recipe is from the Woman’s Day Kitchen Issue #239 dated December 1976.
The Nut Caramels recipe was highlighted with a red crayon–must be one of the better recipes in the booklet ;).
Nut Caramels
1 cup heavy cream mixed with 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
Dash of salt
1/2 [...]