Historic Recipes for the Holiday Season - Mock Mince Meat
One reason I love fixing mince meat for the holidays is that you don’t often see it anymore. I give it as a gift to seniors I know who appreciate a reminder of their own childhood holidays.
Old recipes are always short on directions as most cooks back then didn’t need them, I guess.
Mock Minced Meat Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup cold water
1-2 cups molasses
1-2 cups sugar
1-2 cups vinegar
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cinnamon
2-3 cups butter
1 cup raisins
1-2 cups fine crackers
1 egg
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt (optional)
Directions
Although the ingredients are as listed above, I chose to use about 1 and 1/2 cups of all the ingredients that say 1-2 cups.
Cook raisins in cold water. Add sugar, molasses, vinegar and then other ingredients.
Mix well and pour into a prepared baked crust.
If you put this in a 9×12 inch pan, you can cut it into squares.
Old Fashioned Blueberry Buckle Recipe
crispy, homey blueberry buckle
my childhood. This recipe for Old Fashioned Blueberry Buckle was my grandmother’s recipe. Try it warm and steamy from the oven with a topping of vanilla bean ice cream - better yet, make it homemade ice cream!
Ingredients
1/2 c shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1 c butter
1 egg beaten
2 1/2 c sifted flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c milk
2 tsp lemon juice
2 c blueberries, fresh or frozen
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 c butter or margarine
Directions for Old Fashioned Blueberry Buckle
Cream shortening and 1/2 c sugar. Add egg and beat until light and fluffy.
Sift together 2 c flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl. Add to creamed mixture alternating with milk, stirring to blend.
Spread batter in a greased 9×9 inch baking pan.
In a separate mixing bowl, toss lemon juice with blueberries and then sprinkle them over batter.
Make a crumb topping with remaining 1/2 c flour, 1/2 c sugar and other ingredients and put on top of berries.
Bake this blueberry buckle at 350 for one hour or until done.
Serve warm with cream or whipped cream.
Delicious!
Frozen Blueberry Preserve Recipe
In these economic times, many people are learning to make their own jams and jellies, grow and preserve their own food and save money too. What’s more they’re having fun rediscovering the skills our mothers and grandmothers used every day in the old-fashioned kitchen. This recipe also makes a terrific gift for someone you know.
Ingredients to Frozen Blueberry Preserve
4 c mashed blueberries
2 packages of sur-Jell or Penjel
1 c. white syrup
5 1/2 c sugar
1/4 c lemon juice
Directions
Mix blueberries and Sure-Jell or Penjel until thoroughly blended and let it stand for 20 minutes.
Add syrup, sugar and lemon juice very slowly and stir thoroughly, making sure all sugar is dissolved.
Put the preserves into containers and freeze.
Wow your guests at your special holiday dinner or breakfast with this delicious homemade blueberry preserve recipe.
Grandma’s Coconut Cake Recipe
Ingredients to Coconut Cake
1 yellow cake mix
1 package 4 oz instant pudding mix vanilla
1 1/3 c water
4 eggs
1/4 c oil
2 c coconut
1 c nuts
Directions for Coconut Cake
Mix all ingredients except coconut and nuts in mixing bowl. Beat for 4 minutes.
Add coconut and nuts and mix well.
Pour batter into 3 round, greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
Coconut Cake Frosting
Ingredients
4 tsp margarine
1 8 oz package cream cheese
2 tsp milk
3 1/2 c powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 c coconut
Directions
Melt 2 tbs margarine in skillet. Add 1 cup coconut, stirring constantly. Cook until coconut turns golden brown.
Spread coconut on paper towel to cool.
Cream 2 tbs butter and softened cream cheese in a medium mixing bowl.
Add milk and beat in sugar. Beat until sugar is dissolved. Blend in vanilla.
Spread frosting mix on top of cake layers and stack. Frost sides of cake.
Sprinkle toasted coconut on top.
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Old Fashioned Blueberry Pie Recipe
Steaming blueberry pie.
Ingredients
1 baked 9 inch pie shell
4 c fresh or frozen blueberries
1 c sugar
3 tbs cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c water
1 tbs butter or margarine
Directions to Old Fashioned Blueberry Pie
Line pie shell with 2 cups of blueberries.
In a saucepan, cook remaining blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, salt and water over medium heat until mixture is thick.
Remove blueberry mixture from heat, add butter and allow to cool. Pour blueberries over blueberries in the pie shell. Chill until ready to serve.
Delicious served with whipped topping.