by RetroRuth | Dec 20, 2016 | Bread and Pastries, Christmas, Holiday
A few years ago we tested out a bunch of vintage quick fruit cake recipes for the blog. This was the best of the bunch; quick, easy and good to eat right away. And it’s even better after it is been wrapped in some alcohol-spiked cheesecloth. Enjoy! This year for...
by RetroRuth | Jan 13, 2016 | Best & Worst, Bread and Pastries, Desserts, The BEST
This week I have a special recipe test for all of you! It is sort of a guest test, but in another way it isn’t. This week, we all get to enjoy a recipe tested out by my mother! This is Stollen! From Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, 1959 [cooked-sharing]...
by RetroRuth | Oct 31, 2015 | Best & Worst, Bread and Pastries, Halloween, Holiday, The BEST
Happy Halloween! This year, your extra-special treat from me is the reposting of these no-knead, no-fry doughnuts. That’s right. Doughnuts that you can mix up in your mixer and bake in your oven. And they aren’t dense and cakey either. These are incredibly light and...
by Erica | Mar 8, 2015 | Bread and Pastries, Guest Bloggers
I am constantly impressed by how mid-century recipes continue to surprise me with the ways they find to use commercially pre-packaged foods. Like pudding in sweet roll dough. Pudding. Sweet Yeast Dough Ingredients 1 4 oz. package of vanilla pudding mix 2 cups milk 1/2...
by RetroRuth | Jan 28, 2015 | Bread and Pastries
I’ve decided that we are going to start 2015 off with a bang. So I made some muffins with condensed cream of mushroom soup! These are Marvelous Muffins! [cooked-sharing] Who’s excited for mushroom muffins? One thing this recipe had in its favor was that it...
by RetroRuth | Oct 29, 2014 | Best & Worst, Bread and Pastries, Breakfast, Halloween, Holiday, The BEST
Happy Halloween! This week we are celebrating with one of the most traditional of mid-century Halloween Foods: The Homemade Doughnut! And because I hate standing around frying things, this is a No-Fry (aka Baked) Doughnut! From Newspaper Clipping, 1976...
