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Indian Pearl Pudding
Indian Pearl Pudding March 27, 1966
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of cornmeal in 1 pint of cold
milk. (scald and cook 10 minutes) Remove from
fire and add:
1 1/2 cups molasses 1/2 pkg. (whole) tapioca (which
3/4 c sugar has been soaked overnight)
1/4 teaspoon salt drain
1/4 c butter
add 4 beaten eggs 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 qt. plus 1c milk 1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. nutmeg.
Pour in pan and bake for 1 hour in 300°
Then add 1 cup milk and cook for another
hour. after first hour and a half turn heat
down to 250°
Hope you will enjoy making this.
Sincerely & Fraternally
Mrs. Carina Milman.
Carina Milman
8 Middle St.
Skowhegan, Me. March
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# Indian Pearl Pudding
*From Carina Milman, March 27, 1966*
## Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp cornmeal
- 1 pint cold milk (for scalding)
- 1 1/2 cups molasses
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 beaten eggs
- 1 qt plus 1 cup milk
- 1/2 pkg whole tapioca (soaked overnight, drained)
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup milk (added during baking)
## Instructions
1. Sprinkle 2 Tbsp cornmeal into 1 pint of cold milk. Scald and cook 10 minutes.
2. Remove from heat and add: molasses, sugar, salt, drained tapioca, butter, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
3. Add 4 beaten eggs and 1 qt plus 1 cup milk. Mix to combine.
4. Pour into a baking pan and bake at 300° for 1 hour.
5. After the first hour, add 1 cup milk and continue baking for another hour.
6. After the first hour and a half of total baking time, turn heat down to 250°. -
Soft Molasses Cookies
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Soft Molasses C[ookies]
*My favorite now
2 level tsp Soda in
½ cup molasses
Let from few minutes
¼ cup butter & ¼ cup
lard melted
(or use margarine) scant
Beat 1 egg and add
½ cup sugar
Mix all together &
2 tbsp water 1 tbsp vanil[la]
2 ¼ cups more flour sift[ed]
Cinnamon Ginger
Roll out & cut
I roll it out so as
to get 2 doz cookies
sort of thick -
Bake 360°-
10 to 12 min.
Oh I sprinkle sugar
on them sometimes
before baking.
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at Martha's H[o]me [?]...
Marie's Cookie
Jan. 4, 1965
St. Pete, Florida
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# Soft Molasses Cookies
*From Marie, January 4, 1965, St. Pete, Florida*
## Ingredients
- 2 level tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 1/4 cup lard, melted (scant; or use margarine)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tbsp water
- 1 Tbsp vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour, sifted (more as needed)
- Cinnamon, to taste
- Ginger, to taste
- Sugar for sprinkling (optional)
## Instructions
1. Combine 2 level tsp baking soda into 1/2 cup molasses. Let sit for a few minutes.
2. Melt 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup lard together (scant; margarine may be used).
3. Beat 1 egg and add to the butter and lard mixture along with 1/2 cup sugar.
4. Mix all together with 2 Tbsp water and 1 Tbsp vanilla.
5. Sift in 2 1/4 cups flour along with cinnamon and ginger; mix to combine.
6. Roll out dough and cut into cookies, rolling fairly thick.
7. Sprinkle with sugar before baking if desired.
8. Bake at 360° for 10 to 12 minutes. -
Angel Gingerbread
Angel Gingerbread -
1/2cup sugar, 1/4cup molasses, 1/4cup shortening,
1egg, 1cup flour 1 level teas. soda - 1/2cup
boiling water — salt, ginger or nutmeg —
Sift flour, sugar, salt and ginger together twice - Add mol.
shortening and well beaten egg. Lastly add boiling
water in which the soda has been dissolved —
Ivaloo no. 80 Carrie Velano —
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# Angel Gingerbread
*From Carrie Velano*
## Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1 level tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- Salt, to taste
- Ginger or nutmeg, to taste
## Instructions
1. Sift flour, sugar, salt, and ginger together twice.
2. Add molasses, shortening, and well beaten egg.
3. Lastly, add boiling water in which the soda has been dissolved. -
Oat Meal Bread
Oat Meal Bread.
1 cups rolled oats.
1/4 " molasses.
1 teaspoon salt.
1 tablespoon lard.
Pour by 1 pint boiling
water and let cool.
Then add 1/2 yeast cake
dissolved in a little water.
Stir in about a quart of
bread flour.
Let rise over night.
Make into 2 loaves and
let rise again - then bake
in not a severely hot oven.
Walnuts may be used. I
have never used them.
Mrs. Morrill
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# Oat Meal Bread
*From Mrs. Morrill*
## Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp lard
- 1 pint boiling water
- 1/2 yeast cake, dissolved in a little water
- About 1 quart bread flour
## Instructions
1. Combine rolled oats, molasses, salt, and lard.
2. Pour 1 pint of boiling water over the mixture and let cool.
3. Add the 1/2 yeast cake dissolved in a little water.
4. Stir in about a quart of bread flour.
5. Let rise overnight.
6. Make into 2 loaves and let rise again.
7. Bake in a not severely hot oven.
## Notes
Walnuts may be used. I have never used them. -
Molasses Sponge Cake
MOLASSES SPONGE CAKE
1 cup molasses
½ cup sugar
½ cup Crisco
1 egg
2½ cups flour (scant)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 heaping teaspoon soda
½ teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon salt
Beat well and add 1 cup boiling water.
Beat again. Bake 350 about
Doris Withee 40
Priscilla #69 minutes
4/22/63
good
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# Molasses Sponge Cake
*From Priscilla*
## Ingredients
- 1 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- 1 egg
- 2 1/2 cups flour (scant)
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 heaping tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup boiling water
## Instructions
1. Beat all ingredients together well.
2. Add 1 cup boiling water and beat again.
3. Bake at 350°F for about 40 minutes. -
Rice Indian Pudding
RICE INDIAN PUDDING
Put two tablespoons of rice to soak in ½ cup
of milk over night.
½ cup molasses
½ " Sugar
½ teas. salt
½ " ginger
½ " cinnamon
1 qt. scalded milk
Put in buttered dish and bake in moderate 350°
oven three hours. Stir several times the
first hour.
Mrs. Ethel Rickee
Sunday Nov-27-1960
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Pine Needle Club
Pine Street Congregational Church
Lewiston, Maine
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# Rice Indian Pudding
## Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp rice
- 1/2 cup milk (for soaking overnight)
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 qt scalded milk
## Instructions
1. Put two tablespoons of rice to soak in 1/2 cup of milk overnight.
2. Combine soaked rice with molasses, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and scalded milk.
3. Put in a buttered dish and bake in a moderate oven (350°) for three hours.
4. Stir several times during the first hour. -
Indian Tapioca
INDIAN TAPIOCA
Mix to-gether 1/3 Cup Tapioca
1/4 Cup Indian Meal
and stir while sprinkling into 1 quart of
scalded milk. Stir and cook until the tapioca
is transparent, then stir into the pudding
1 cup of molasses 1/2 teaspoon salt
and 2 tablespoons butter. Turn into a buttered
baking dish
Pour over the top 1½ cups cold milk and set
in the oven without stirring
Bake about 1 hour
add a few raisins or dates
if on hand Ernestine Duncan
Oct 5, 1930
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# Indian Tapioca
## Ingredients
- 1/3 cup tapioca
- 1/4 cup Indian meal (cornmeal)
- 1 quart milk, scalded
- 1 cup molasses
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 1/2 cups cold milk
- Raisins or dates (optional, a few)
## Instructions
1. Mix together the tapioca and Indian meal, then stir while sprinkling into 1 quart of scalded milk.
2. Stir and cook until the tapioca is transparent.
3. Stir into the pudding: 1 cup molasses, 1/2 tsp salt, and 2 Tbsp butter.
4. Turn into a buttered baking dish.
5. Pour 1 1/2 cups cold milk over the top and set in the oven without stirring.
6. Bake about 1 hour.
7. Add a few raisins or dates if on hand. -
Ernestine's Cookies
Ernestine Cookies
Dec 27, 1953
1 cup shortening Spry and butter
3/4 " Sugar cup this
Cream sugar & shortening mixture
Add 1 unbeaten egg not stir
Beat well —
Sift —
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2. teasp Baking Powder
Dash Salt Vanilla or
almond flavor
Use 2 sq chocolate and
add to above and
nuts — or —
larger cookies —
When you add egg add
3/4 cup molasses
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1 teasp cinnamon
1 " ginger
1/3 " cloves
1/2 " soda
For other change
add Peanut butter
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# Ernestine's Cookies
*Dec 27, 1953*
## Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening (Spry and butter)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 unbeaten egg
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Dash salt
- Vanilla or almond flavoring
## Variations
- 2 squares chocolate, added to above
- Nuts
- For larger cookies: when you add egg, also add 3/4 cup molasses
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1/3 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp soda
- For another change: add peanut butter
## Instructions
1. Cream sugar and shortening together.
2. Add 1 unbeaten egg; beat well. Do not stir.
3. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and spices (if using).
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
5. Add vanilla or almond flavoring.
6. If using chocolate variation, add 2 squares chocolate and nuts to above mixture.
7. If making larger cookies, add 3/4 cup molasses when adding the egg.
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Ginger Cookies
Ginger Cookies
1 cup Granulated Sugar
3/4 " Brown Sugar
V2 " Crisco
salt
3 cups pastry flour
1½ tbls. molasses
1 teaspoon ginger
3 eggs
1 tsp. cinnamon
1¼ tsp. soda
Scale all ingredients in
mixing Bowl & mix to
a smooth dough.
Bake 350.° degrees - These
will puff up then fall
flat - that means all done
So says Richard.
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# Ginger Cookies
## Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- salt
- 3 cups pastry flour
- 1 1/2 Tbsp molasses
- 1 tsp ginger
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
## Instructions
1. Scale all ingredients in mixing bowl and mix to a smooth dough.
2. Bake at 350°F.
3. These will puff up then fall flat — that means all done, says Richard. -
3 Bean Baked Beans
3 Bean Baked Beans
1/2 lb ground beef }
bacon } brown 2 tbls molasses
1/2 c chopped onion } 2 " prepared
mustard
2c -16oz- pork & beans 1/2 tsp chili powder
1 can butter beans rinsed & drained 1/2 tsp salt.
1con Kidney beans R + D.
1/2c brown sugar 350° 1 hr.
1/4c w sugar
1/2 c katsup
1/2 c barbeque sauce
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# 3 Bean Baked Beans
## Ingredients
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- Bacon (6 slices, chopped)
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 cups (16 oz) pork & beans
- 1 can butter beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup barbeque sauce
- 2 Tbsp molasses
- 2 Tbsp prepared mustard
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
## Instructions
1. Brown ground beef, bacon, and chopped onion together.
2. Combine browned meat mixture with pork & beans, butter beans, kidney beans, brown sugar, white sugar, ketchup, barbeque sauce, molasses, prepared mustard, chili powder, and salt.
3. Bake at 350° for 1 hour. -
Mom's Molasses Cookies
Mom's Molasses Cookies
3/4 cup shortening
1-1/4 cups sugar, *divided*
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses *or* sorghum
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground
cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar. Beat in the egg,
molasses, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and
nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls; roll in remaining sugar. Place 2 in. apart on
greased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-14 minutes or until tops crack and
edges are slightly firm. Remove to wire racks to cool. **Yield:** 5 dozen.
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# Mom's Molasses Cookies
## Ingredients
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses or sorghum
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
## Instructions
1. In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and 1 cup sugar.
2. Beat in the egg, molasses, milk and vanilla.
3. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Roll into 1-1/4-inch balls; roll in remaining sugar.
6. Place 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
7. Bake at 350° for 10–14 minutes or until tops crack and edges are slightly firm.
8. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Pulling Candy
Pulling Candy
1 ½ pounds sugar
½ pint molasses, (Brer Rabbit Gold label)
½ pint water
¼ cup vinegar
Put in kettle & heat. When
boiling, add ½ tsp. cream tartar.
Boil until it crisps in cold
water. Stir when almost done,
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add ¼ pound butter, ¼ teaspoon
soda. Cool on buttered large cookie sheet
and pull- Note- This all
takes between 1½ and 2 hours.
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# Pulling Candy
## Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds sugar
- 1/2 pint molasses (Brer Rabbit Gold label)
- 1/2 pint water
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/4 pound butter
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
## Instructions
1. Combine sugar, molasses, water, and vinegar in a kettle and heat.
2. When boiling, add cream of tartar.
3. Boil until mixture crisps in cold water (Soft crack stage — 270–290°F)
4. Stir when almost done, then add butter and baking soda.
5. Cool on a buttered large cookie sheet.
6. Pull candy until done. Note: This all takes between 1 1/2 and 2 hours.