This is a recipe clipped from a box of Post’s Grape-Nuts cereal and found in a large collection of recipes. There’s no date on the clipping but it does say it’s one of the most popular recipes of theirs in the past 60 years. Grape-Nuts was on the market in the late 1800’s (1897), so that would date this recipe to the late 1950s or early 1960’s. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy.

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One of the six most popular recipes in Grape-Nuts’ 60-year history.

VANILLA GRAPE-NUTS ICE CREAM

1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups milk
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup Grape-Nuts
1 cup whipping cream

Combine sugar, milk, salt and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add cereal. Whip cream and fold into cereal mixture. Pour into refrigerator freezing tray. Freeze about 1 1/2 hours, or until crystals form 1 inch from the edge. Place mixture in a bowl and beat until smooth. Return to tray and freeze 2 to 3 hours longer, or until firm. Makes 6 servings.