This vintage recipe clipping is from the 1960’s I believe (based on the other recipes in the same collection). Recipe is typed in full below along with a scanned copy for archives.

Mincemeat Recipe Is Easily Made

Perhaps you would like to make your own Christmas mincemeat. Here is a never-fail recipe.

Ingredients:

2 lbs. lean beef
1/2 lb. suet finely chopped
5 lbs. juicy, tart apples chopped
1 lb. currants
grated rind of 2 lemons
1/2 cup lemon juice
4 cups fruit juice of any kind
1 1/2 cups water
3 cups brown sugar
2 cups sorghum molasses
3 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons allspice
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons nutmeg
2 teaspoons cloves
1 teaspoon mace

Method:

Cook beef until tender. Put through food chopper using medium coarse blade. Combine suet, fruits, rind, juices, water, sugar and molasses. Blend thoroughly. Sift together spices and add to meat mixture. Blend thoroughly. Boil 10 minutes. Place in clean half-pint jars to within one inch of top. Put on cap, screwing tight. Process in water bath 30 minutes.