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43 recipes

No-Cook Divinity
Edna Riveland · mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
This is a recipe card from Edna Riveland's recipe file for 'No-Cook Divinity' candy. It lists ingredients including Betty Crocker fluffy white frosting mix, cor
Sweet Dough (German Kuchen)
Jacob R. · October 20, 2020
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for a German Kuchen sweet dough, listing ingredients such as milk, butter, sugar, salt, yeast, water, eggs, and flour. Instructions de
Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Cottage Cheese Fruit Salad combining cottage cheese, dry cherry or orange gelatin, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, Cool Whip, and
Pineapple Tapioca
early 20th century (c. 1910s\u20131920s)
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Pineapple Tapioca, instructing the cook to boil water with salt and tapioca, add sugar and shredded pineapple, then orange juice, and serve in indi
Bread Pudding
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for bread pudding, listing bread slices, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla, raisins, and butter or margarine. Instructions direct the cook to
Fudge
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten fudge recipe calling for sugar, milk, cocoa, Karo syrup, and butter, boiled to 236°F (soft ball stage). Instructions note to remove from heat, add
Fruit Blanc Mange
"Gentlewoman," January, 1918. · January 1918
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Fruit Blanc Mange made by cooking milk, cornstarch, sugar and salt into a pudding, poured into jelly glasses partway, then topped with fresh or can
Snowflake Cake
Miss Clara M. Baumgardner, Lebanon, Mo., care W. W. Blanchard · early-to-mid 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Snowflake Cake, a light egg-white based cake made with sugar, flour, baking powder, and milk, baked in an angel food cake pan. It instructs on care
Kolackys
Rachel Cook · December 9, 2005
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Kolackys (kolaches), a pastry made from cream cheese, butter, and flour dough filled with jelly or preserves, yielding 30 pieces.
Apple Cake
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Apple Cake instructing to layer apples in a greased or non-stick 9x13 pan, sprinkle box cake mix over them, add melted butter over the
Peanut Butter Cups
Pam Roschyk VanHese · November 15, 2014
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for 'Peanut Butter Cups,' listing ingredients such as butter, peanut butter, crushed graham crackers, sugar, chocolate chips, milk, an
Dried Strawberries
Pam Roschuk · April 19, 2015
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for dried strawberries, instructing to bake at 210°F for 3 hours. The author notes the result is healthy and tastes like candy, better
Cheap Cream Cake
Clara Bach, 1005 Shenandoah avenue · early 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Cheap Cream Cake, combining sugar, egg, milk, flour, butter, and baking powder into a batter baked in three layers. A separate cream filling is mad
Homemade Peppermint Candies
Laura Word (from Facebook) · November 20, 2016
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for homemade peppermint candies attributed to "Laura Ward" via Facebook, dated November 20, 2016. The ingredients list powdered sugar, butt
No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for a no-bake chocolate cookie made without flour. It lists butter, sugar, coconut, cocoa, quick oatmeal, optional nuts and coconut, v
Fruit Cake
Mrs. D. Spalding, Brookfield, Mo. · early to mid 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A newspaper clipping recipe for Fruit Cake, calling for white sugar, butter, raisins, eggs, buttermilk, soda, flour, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, baked in a fl
Stay Up All Night Cookie
from the kitchen of Wagner's · mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for 'Stay Up All Night Cookies,' attributed to Wagner's kitchen. Instructions describe beating egg whites to stiff peaks, adding sugar
Marbled Fudge Bars
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
This is a handwritten recipe card for Marbled Fudge Bars, listing ingredients including margarine, chocolate, nuts, salt, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, flour, and
Coleslaw
Susie Bebo 1984-85 (Wes, Jason, Jerry & Sam) · mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for cole slaw, listing cabbage, carrots, green pepper, and salt for the slaw, plus a cooked vinegar dressing with mustard and celery s
Orange Shortcake
"Gentlewoman," July, 1916 · July 1916
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Orange Shortcake made with a flour, cornstarch and egg mixture baked in two layers, filled and topped with fresh orange sections and whipped cream.
Homemade Stick Candy
early-mid 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for homemade stick candy, noting it can be flavored with lemon, wintergreen, peppermint, vanilla, or any preferred flavoring. It lists ingredients of s
Delicious Brownies
Cora Bergland · September 13, 1972
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for 'Delicious Brownies' listing ingredients including sugar, cocoa, margarine, eggs, vanilla, flour, salt, and nuts. Instructions des
No Bake Cheesecake
Facebook · September 4, 2013
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for No Bake Cheesecake, listing ingredients including sweetened condensed milk, Cool Whip, lemon or lime juice, and cream cheese. Inst
Chocolate Mint Bars
from the Recipe File of Edna Riveland · mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Chocolate Mint Bars from Edna Riveland's recipe file, listing ingredients including chocolate, butter, sugar, flour, peppermint ex
Lemon Squares
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Lemon Squares, giving the crust ingredients (oleo, powdered sugar, flour) and instructions to press it into a pan and bake at 350°
Lemon Pie
Mrs. W. Grassmuck, 3861A Kennerly Avenue · early 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Lemon Pie submitted to The Times Household Hint Department by Mrs. W. Grassmuck. It describes mixing egg yolks, sugar, flour, milk, lemon juice, an
Apple Pie (Norway)
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for 'Apple Pie (Norway)', listing ingredients including sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla, sliced apples, and chopped n
Divinity Cake
Mrs. John B. Dunivant, Ullin, Ill. (Second Prize, $5.00) · early-mid 20th century (newspaper clipping, contest recipe)
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A prize-winning recipe for Divinity Cake submitted by Mrs. John B. Dunivant of Ullin, Illinois, detailing ingredients and baking instructions for a cake made wi
Oatmeal Brownies
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Oatmeal Brownies listing ingredients such as melted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, cocoa, baking powder, oatmeal, and salt, with
Chocolate Pudding
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Chocolate Pudding, listing ingredients including sugar, cornstarch, salt, milk, egg, butter, and vanilla. The instructions describ
Chocolate Chip Chews
from the Recipe File of Edna Riveland · 1978
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Chocolate Chip Chews from Edna Riveland's recipe file. It lists ingredients including margarine, sugars, eggs, flour, oatmeal or c
Banana Ice Cream
early 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
This recipe instructs preparing a vanilla ice cream base and partially freezing it. Six bananas are mashed through a sieve with lemon juice to prevent discolora
Rømmegrøt (Pudding)
Olga · July 26, 2018
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Rømmegrøt, a traditional Norwegian sour cream porridge, attributed to someone named Olga and dated July 26, 1918 (or possibly a later y
Pineapple Torte
Wagner's · mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Pineapple Torte, credited to the kitchen of "Wagner's." It describes baking a Jiffy yellow cake mix, then layering it with a sweet
Peach Cobbler
Patty Beckman (PB), via Facebook, 2-19-18 · February 19, 2018
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Peach Cobbler, listing ingredients such as margarine, milk, flour, baking powder, salt, sweetened fruit (peaches, cherries, or berries)
Swedish Soup
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for a Scandinavian-style Swedish fruit soup, made with prunes, raisins, cinnamon sticks, sugar, and tapioca boiled in water, with a no
Frozen Custard
early 20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A recipe for Frozen Custard, a rich ice cream style dessert made by cooking milk, cream, cornstarch, eggs and sugar, then freezing it like ice cream. It also gi
Banana Cake
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
This is a handwritten recipe for Banana Cake on a printed 'Here's what's cookin'' recipe card, baked at 350 degrees. The recipe lists ingredients including mash
Turtles
1977
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for "Turtles," a chocolate cookie made with melted chocolate and oleo (margarine), eggs, sugar, flour, and vanilla. The batter is drop
Lazy Lasagna
Diana Elyea, Salina, Ks. · November 2, 2003
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for "Lazy Lasagna" contributed by Diana Elzea of Salina, Kansas, dated November 2, 2003. It lists hamburger, spaghetti sauce, uncooked lasa
Anniversary Cake
early 20th century (likely 1910s-1920s)
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
This is a first-prize-winning recipe for Anniversary Cake, submitted by Sophia Schroeder to a newspaper cooking contest sponsored by a Gas Light Company. The re
Sour Cream Raisin Pie
November 7, 2010
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe card for Sour Cream Raisin Pie, dated November 7, 2010. It lists ingredients including raisins, egg yolks, flour, sugar, sour cream, and mi
Apple Crisp
mid-20th century
The Tinfully Family, kept by the Michaels family
A handwritten recipe for Apple Crisp listing oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, margarine, and baking powder as dry ingredients. Instructions describe layering half t

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