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Favorite Recipe’s and Cookbooks

Miss Sandy from Quill Cottage is hosting an “I Remember Laura” blog~a~thon. This week she is asking for Favorite Recipe’s and Cookbooks.

Of course one of the most famous recipes from LIW herself is a gingerbread recipe.

Favorite Recipe's and Cookbooks

Laura’s Ingalls Wilder Gingerbread 

  1. 1 cup brown sugar blended with 1/2 cup lard or other shortenings.
  2. Add 1 cup molasses mixed well with this.2 teaspoons baking soda in 1 cup boiling water (Be sure cup is full of water after the foam is run off into cake mixture).
    Mix all well.
  3. To 3 cups of flour add one teaspoon each of the following spices: ginger, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves; and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Sift all into cake mixture and mix well.
  4. Add lastly 2 well-beaten eggs.
  5. The mixture should be quite thin.
  6. Bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.
  7. Raisins and, or, candied fruit may be added and a chocolate frosting adds to the goodness.
For modern-day users, I generally set my oven at 350 degrees. I also like to sprinkle a bit of powdered sugar across the top.

Cookbooks

There are a few “Little House” cookbooks being sold today. This one is in my personal library. The Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker. It features a collection of recipe’s mentioned in the books and also recipe’s that were popular at the time of Laura’s childhood. Try the “Huckleberry Pie”.

Little House Cookbook

Another cookbook featuring a favorite literary heroine of mine is “The Anne of Green Gables Cookbook” by Kate Macdonald.

There is nothing finer than eating “Poetical Egg Salad Sandwiches” while sipping “Diana Barry’s Favourite Raspberry Cordial”.

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I just love the Mitford Series by Jan Karon and was thrilled when my friend Betty sent me the “Mitford Cookbook & Kitchen Reader”. I often make “Cynthia’s Banana Bread” and “Puny’s Cornbread”. For my upcoming 40th birthday I think I may attempt “Esther’s Orange Marmalade Cake”.
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I love to host themed gatherings. A perfect cookbook that provides entire menus based on holidays and special occasions “Celebrate!” by Sheila Lukins. I have tried the “St. Patrick’s Day Feast”, “Mother’s Day Luncheon”, and “An Old Fashioned Halloween” with great success.
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My favorite house guest in the world will soon be arriving. Tracy is my oldest and dearest friend. We have known one another since 3rd grade. Tracy and her daughter Kourtnee will fly in this afternoon. For this occasion, I have been perusing “The Taste Memories of Childhood” in”Lost Recipes” by Marion Cunningham. Anyone for “Shoofly Pie”?

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 Let me close this post with a smile. Recently I made a meal my 6-year-old found quite delicious. After eating and eating he sat back with a groan and said, “I wish I was fatter so that I could eat more.”

Have a wonderful weekend!

Laura

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  1. Barbara H. says

    The Little House, Anne, and Mitford cookbooks especially appeal to me — I will have to put them on my birthday list!

  2. Wanda says

    I have the Little House Cookbook….I first read it when I checked it out from the Book Mobile. I finally found my own copy. I love it. My favorite parts of her books were always the parts about food. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by my blog and have fun with your houseguest. 🙂

  3. Kari & Kijsa says

    Great ideas on the cookbooks…we will have to pop on over for the giveaway!Have a blessed and wonderful day!smiles, kari & kijsa

  4. sara says

    I have that Celebrate book and love it! I’m glad your son liked your meal, that must!!

  6. Lu Lu's Fluffy Ruffles says

    Wait I feel im missing something!!I was a huge fan of little house on the prarie!!I even had a bonnet I wore when I watched the show.I had no idea there were cookbooks.I guess I wasnt as big of a fan as I thought. or maybe my mother kept them from me she wont let me cook in her kitchen even now!smiles,sandy

  7. Miss Sandy says

    I loved the ending best of all, to funny! Thanks for all the recommendations on the cookbooks. I was not aware of the Anne cookbook, I’ll have to check it out. I hope you have a delightful visit with your friend and her daughter.

  9. Michele says

    Your blog is so much fun to read!!!Thanks for sharing the recipe!By the way, loved the comment about wishing he was fatter that your son made! You should submit that to Reader’s Digest!!Hugs,Micheleluvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com

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