Traditional pumpkin pie - Vintage Recipe Thursday

Vintage Recipe Thursday is meant to preserve your own original vintage family recipes, or out-of-print, copyright-free recipes from old cookbooks, magazines, newspapers. You're invited! Get the details by clicking to the Vintage Recipe Thursday Homepage. I post recipes from the Household Searchlight Recipe Book, first published in 1931. My 16th printing is from 1943. What will you post?

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Thanksgiving is next Thursday, so let's take a one-week hiatus from Vintage Recipe Thursday to celebrate this great holiday with family and friends. I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving with great food, great company, and great fun and entertainment.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Vintage Recipe Thursday will resume the following Thursday, on December 3!

In anticipation for Thanksgiving, I am sharing a traditional pumpkin pie. It is easy. The housewife who owned this book was a messy cook, and I can tell she loved to use this cookbook. The cookbook is well-worn, and there are many stains throughout. But the page for pumpkin pie is stained and splattered more than the rest, even partially torn. As I have an active imagination, I can picture her in her kitchen preparing these delicious dishes for Thanksgiving through the decades. I can see her in the early '40s as a young newlywed, hosting her first Thanksgiving. Is she nervous, or already a seasoned cook having helped her mother and taken home economics classes? I see her in the '50s and '60s, her children at her apron strings watching every movement she makes, asking more questions than parents have answers for.

I see her in the '70s and '80s still preparing family favorites, perhaps to bring to her grown children's homes, perhaps to teach another generation how to cook. I can see her in the '90s and the early part of this new century. The decades have flown by, her well-loved cookbook has earned as many scars and wrinkles as she has. They have been earned. Each one is a sign of dedication and love.

It is time for the book to find a new owner. Did she give it to the Friends of the Library herself, now that she no longer cooks, so that a new owner would cherish it as much as she had for some 60 years? Or did her children simply discard some old, stained book, not realizing or caring what a family treasure it was?

Either way, it came into my hands, and I am thankful for it. It is filled with wonderful recipes from housewives across the country, all family-favorites, many prize-winners, and I have yet to find one our family did not enjoy. It is filled with a soul. These vintage pages speak to me from one housewife to another, across the miles, and across time. I treasure them as I imagine the original owner treasured them. They remind me of times past, and yet of the present too. Past and present intertwining into one. They remind me of families, of how generations pass, how children grow, and how they have children of their own. Time flies by, and yet it almost stands still, repeating itself over and over again.

Pumpkin Pie - Home Shopper/Flickr

Pumpkin Pie
1 1/2 cups cooked pumpkin, fresh or canned
1 cup rich milk
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tablespoon butter

Combine ingredients. Mix thoroughly. Pour into pastry-lined pie pan. Bake in hot oven (425 F.) about 25 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream. If desired, 1/2 cup raisins may be added to pumpkin filling. Virginia Cooper, New Orleans, La.

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Desserts and a Thanksgiving party, too

I'm hosting Save Room for Dessert at Our Krazy Kitchen today. Stop by and link your dessert recipes.

We also have a Thanksgiving party right through Thanksgiving, so stop by to give and receive ideas, recipes, pictures, anecdotes, etc. Let's all have fun together.

You make the blogging world a friendly place!

I've received another beautiful award. This one is from Emily, a very nice blog friend who writes Marvelous Recipes. Thank you, Emily!! We also need to answer why we love blogging.

Emily wrote "I love to blog because I enjoy meeting new people and making new friends. And I enjoy keeping up with all the different things going on in my friend’s lives. I have a passion for cooking and I love to share my recipes and cooking ideas with others who share my passion. But the biggest reason I love to blog is: “It’s Fun”!!"

I second all of those thoughts and feelings, and also because I like to both teach, and learn from others. I learn so much from blogging and from the Internet in general. Blogging provides an outlet for my writing and creativity. It has challenged me to try new things, and grow. I see blogging empowering many of us, like the mommy bloggers who might otherwise have no adult company most of the day, or the seniors, the handicapped, or those ill who might otherwise be housebound, or those who are busy working hard all day long to make some uncaring company richer. It gives all of us a voice and a vote, because we all have our 2 cents' worth to say, and we all have an important story to tell.

I was surprised when I first started blogging at how many friendships so many of us were making via blogs. Friendships have become a very important component of my blogging, so I'm glad that this particular award is to be used "as a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging." I could never include all of my blog friends, even just the ones with whom I feel a closer bond -- just look at how long my blog rolls are! -- so don't feel bad if you are not getting an award this time around, it's nothing personal, even the Academy Awards limits all the thank yous to 3 minutes these days.

These bloggers are extra special, AND encourage friendships through their blogs. Here is a great big thank you to all of you for making the blogging world a friendly place.

Tamy @ 3 Sides of Crazy

Twinkle Mom @ Sunflower Faith

Bella @ La Bella Vita

Grandmother Wren @ Grandmother Wren

Grandpy @ Grandpy and You

Snowhite @ Joy in my Kitchen

Liz @ Hoosier Homemade

Kristen @ Frugal Antics

Michele @ Frugal Creativity

Bean @ Coyote Craft

Gudrun @ Kitchen Gadget Girl

Chaya @ Sweet and Savory

Neno’s Award—-Rules and Regulations

1. As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.

2. To seek the reasons why we all love blogging.

3. Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.

4. Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.

5. Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.

6. Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.

7. Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

Don't miss out on these dessert and baking tips, plus these other dessert articles

I just posted some dessert and baking tips on my dessert column. There's great information on flavors, nuts, getting children to eat their fruits, using alcohol in desserts, and more.

Plus San Francisco chef and flavor authority, Emily Luchetti shares her walnut and maple syrup cookie recipe, more tips, and how she replaces corn syrup in pumpkin pies.

New York executive pastry chef and author of "Spiced," Dalia Jurgensen tells us her 10 favorite reasons for being a pastry chef.

Don't miss my Fall and Winter dessert articles like five-minute, easy recipes for pumpkin pie cups and pumpkin pie milkshakes. The milkshakes even have variations for those on diets.

You can access all my Examiner dessert column articles, too.

Raisin bread recipe -- Vintage Recipe Thursday

Vintage Recipe Thursday is meant to preserve your own original vintage family recipes, or out-of-print, copyright-free recipes from old cookbooks, magazines, newspapers. You're invited! Get the details by clicking to the Vintage Recipe Thursday Homepage. I post recipes from the Household Searchlight Recipe Book, first published in 1931. My 16th printing is from 1943. What will you post?

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You have through Sunday to post more bread recipes for the roundup which I'm happy to say has been quite a success. All together, we have gathered close to 100 recipes! Yoohoo! Tamy and I are so pleased. A few of you even shared a dozen recipes in one post, and I'm not even counting your links to so many more bread recipes in your archives. Thank you all.

For this week's Vintage Recipe Thursday, I'm sharing a raisin bread recipe. I love raisin bread for breakfast, and for after-school snacks. It can be the base for great bread pudding, for a warm and tasty winter dessert, too. This one has a nice flavor from the molasses. If you try not to use shortening, don't forget my trick -- replace half the shortening with applesauce. That trick also works with recipes calling for oil.

Raisin Bread Recipe
2 cups milk, scalded
2 tablespoons melted shortening
1/4 cup molasses
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cake compressed yeast
6 cups flour
3/4 cup raisins

Combine milk, salt, shortening, and molasses. Cool until lukewarm. Add yeast to cooled milk. Allow to stand 5 minutes. Add raisins. Add flour, a little at a time, beating well after each addition, until dough is just stiff enough to knead on a lightly floured board. Knead until smooth and elastic. Cover with a warm, damp cloth, and allow to double in bulk. Knead down, allow to double in bulk again. Form into loaves. Place in well-oiled pans. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Bake in hot oven (425 F.) about 45 minutes. Mrs. I. M., Denver, Col.

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Prize-winning salt rising bread recipe - Vintage Recipe Thursday

Vintage Recipe Thursday is meant to preserve your own original vintage family recipes, or out-of-print, copyright-free recipes from old cookbooks, magazines, newspapers. You're invited! Get the details by clicking to the Vintage Recipe Thursday Homepage. I post recipes from the Household Searchlight Recipe Book, first published in 1931. My 16th printing is from 1943. What will you post?

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I'm so happy with this Searchlight cookbook. All the recipes I've tried have been great, and there are so many prize-winning recipes, too. The salt rising bread recipe I'm sharing with you today for Vintage Recipe Thursday and for my 2nd annual bread roundup is a prize-winner. Enjoy!

Thank you for participating in Vintage Recipe Thursday, and I look forward to visiting your blogs and reading your vintage recipe finds.


Salt Rising Bread
(Prize-Winning Recipe)
Starter
3 medium sized potatoes
1 teaspoon sugar
4 cups boiling water
3 tablespoons corn meal
1 teaspoons salt
Dough
2 cups lukewarm milk
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup water
2 tablespoons melted shortening
1/8 teaspoon salt
flour

Pare and slice potatoes. Add corn meal, sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, and boiling water. Wrap bowl in a heavy cloth. Wrap bowl in a heavy cloth. Cover and allow to stand in a warm place overnight. In the morning remove potatoes. Add milk, water, baking soda, salt, and shortening. Add sufficient flour to make a dough just stiff enough to knead. Knead until smooth and elastic. Form into loaves. Place in well-oiled pans. Cover and let rise until double in bulk. Bake in moderate oven (400 F.) about 45 minutes. 3 loaves. Lyd Smith, Los Angeles, Cal.


Also happy to participate in:
What Did You Bake Today?

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2nd Annual Bread Roundup

2nd Annual
Bread Roundup

~ We are looking for all sorts of breads: quick breads, savory breads, sweet ones, yeast breads, no-knead breads, 5-minute breads, vintage or gluten-free breads, etc, etc, etc!

~ Link all your bread recipes to MckLinky below, right now, through Nov. 15. Also link at Tamy's 3 Sides of Crazy, for more traffic to your blog. Encounter difficulties with MckLinky or Tamy's Mr. Linky? Just leave your links in comments.

~ When participating, please use common blog etiquette and courtesy by linking your participating bread recipes back to Joy of Desserts and 3 Sides of Crazy, and visiting the other participants.

~ Have fun blog hopping through the bread recipes, make new friends, find new family-favorite recipes, comment, enjoy the process of community-building.


Here are just some of the bread recipes I have for you! Muffins are a type of bread, not a yeast bread of course, but bread none-the-less. Take a look at my explanation in my post for a prize-winning ginger cheese muffin recipe. I also have a vintage apple breakfast bread recipe, and brown sugar bread too. Don't miss out on this easy great depression chocolate bread recipe, and this delicious pecan, date, raisin bread recipe. Plus I'll be adding more bread recipes for the next two weeks too. Be sure to come back to add more of your own recipes and see what else is new.

And don't miss out on last year's 35 bread recipes, either:
1. Easy Chocolate Bread

2. Pecan Date Raisin Bread

3. Pan lavash

4. Pan integral con sésamo, amapola y linaza

5. Panecillos de leche

6. Pan árabe

7. Panecillos suizos

8. Sally Lunn Bread

9. Cuban Bread

10. Focaccia

11. Cinnamon Buns/Mennonite Recipe

12. Monkey Bread

13. Beer Bread

14. Apple Bread

15. Banana Bread Cranked Up

16. Bread Machine Oatmeal Bread

17. Grandmother Wren's found recipe links

18. Family Favorite Whole Wheat Bread

19. Apple Bread w/Cream Cheese Icing

20. Banana Raisin Nut Bread

21. Beer Bread

22. Brioche Egg Bread

23. Bubble Bread

24. Buttermilk Bread

25. Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

26. Cinnamon Banana Bread

27. Cinnamon Raisin Loaf

28. Crunchy Parmesan Croutons

29. Honey Banana Whole Wheat Bread

30. Lemon Banana Nut Bread

31. Orange Banana Nut Bread

32. Parmesan Rolls

33. Tropical Apricot Mango Bread

34. White Cheddar Biscuits

35. Oat Sunflower Bread/Sesame Oat Bread

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2nd Annual Bread Roundup.
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Please use common blog etiquette and courtesy by linking your participating bread recipes back to Joy of Desserts and 3 Sides of Crazy, and visiting the other participants. It helps everyone if you leave a link to your participating recipe in McKlinky, rather than to your main blog, and let us know what your recipe is.

Thank you for participating!
See you on YOUR blog!