While the recipe suggests this would be a festive Christmas dessert, I’m thinking these Coconut Ice Cream Balls could be delicious in the middle of the summer! The recipe for Coconut Ice Cream Balls come from the Cross Country Cookery cookbook. The other things is that this is not so much a recipe as a…
Dessert
Cherry Tarts
Cherry Tarts comes from the Red Plastic Box collection – a red plastic box stuffed full of recipes that I found at an estate sale a couple of years ago. The recipe comes from Capper’s Farmer March 1955, page 86 Variations: You may fill shells with your favorite pudding. For real speed, use a packaged mix….
Southern Pecan Pie
Reader Angela was looking for the recipe for Southern Pecan Pie. She said she had put the card into a cookbook, and could no longer find that cookbook. Here you go, Angela: Southern Pecan Pie: it’s in group 25 “Pies and Tarts” and it’s card 9 in that group. The card says that this pie…
Pumpkin Pecan Pie
Pecans add crunch to this spicy New England favorite Pumpkin Pecan Pie. Don’t wait until the holidays to make it. The topping adds a gala touch. Reader Jodi writes: I have a set of My Great Recipes cards that I started receiving in 1983 or 1984. I can’t find one I really want to make…
Chocolate Delicacy
Chocolate Delicacy reminds me of a pudding or flan. It also reminds me of chocolate, so I’m interested, regardless of the end product of this recipe from 1954. This week, check back each day as I share the recipes for Thanksgiving, 1954 from Michigan Consolidated Gas Company: Roast Turkey with Almond Celery Stuffing Turkey Pompons…