Card number 41 from the 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection features a recipe for whole wheat bread – and black velvet. Black Velvet is a drink made with iced stout and chilled champagne. It is said to be the invention of Edward VII. It is traditionally served with Pate de Fois Gras Strasbourg and bread….
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Skeleton Bread
This recipe for skeleton bread comes from my own collection. I think I’ve made it one time, but keep the recipe around because it’s fun. You can tell I’ve had this in my recipe box for a long time. At one point I was noting that I got recipes “from internet.” Now, there’s no reason…
Whole Wheat Bread
This is from the Red Plastic Recipe Box collection that I picked up at an estate sale a couple of years ago. Print Whole Wheat Bread Course Bread Servings 4 loaves Ingredients 1 yeast cake 1 cup lukewarm water 1 teaspoon sugar 3 cups milk scalded 4 teaspoons salt 1/2 cup sugar or molasses 4…
Helen Bemis Black’s Sourdough Bread
Helen Bemis Black was an award-winning home cook. Here is her recipe for sourdough starter and bread from her self-published Cross Country Cookery cookbook. Print Sourdough Starter and Bread Ingredients For the Starter 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour unsifted 1 tablespoon sugar 1 pkg dry yeast 2 1/2 cup warm water For the Bread…
Three Roll Recipes: Coconut, Clover Leaf, and Cinnamon
Here are three recipes from the Red Plastic Box Collection that refer to dough, but don’t give the recipe for the dough. I suspect a dough that you’d use for a cinnamon bun might work nicely, like the one on Simply Recipes for Cinnamon Sticky Buns. What dough would you use? Clover Leaf Rolls Shape…