Happy New Year!
Buffalo Holidays musings New Years vintage

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year. We had a lovely dinner at The Black Sheep in Buffalo (and yes everything was amazing) followed up with a stop at the Alton Brown approved public espresso + coffee at the Lafayette. We were safely home by 9 (as to avoid all the amateur drunks […]

baking Buffalo Buffalo History Christmas Cookies! Desserts Favorite Recipes Tonawanda Grandmothers' Club #93 Holidays

Christmas Wreaths

Christmas Wreaths 1 cup soft shortening ½ cup brown sugar 2 eggs (separated) 2 cups sifted flour ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups chopped nuts or cocoanut ½ cup raspberry or strawberry jam Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg yolks, flour, salt. Mix well. Shape 1-inch balls, drop into unbeaten egg whites, then in chopped nuts. […]

Watkins Cookbook 1930
Cookies! Desserts recipe Watkins Cookbook 1930

Coconut Jumbles

Coconut Jumbles 1 can Watkins coconut 2 teaspoons Watkins Baking Powder 1/3 cup butter 1 teaspoon Watkins Vanilla ¾ cup sugar 1/3 cup good milk or thin cream 2 eggs 2 cups sifted flour Cream together the butter and the sugar, add the well-beaten eggs, chopped coconut, milk and flavoring; then gradually stir in the […]