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How to make an old-fashioned chocolate mint sundae cake (1949)
Chocolate mint sundae cake “Yes! It’s easy to get better cakes — use Spry with Cake-Improver!” says Aunt Jenny. “It is proof you’re wanting, ladies?
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1990s
How to make a ‘Hollyday’ mint pie (1990)
Celebrate this season with this quick and easy Hollyday Mint Pie recipe. You’ll love how easy it is to get into the holiday spirit.
1800s
Flavor the old-fashioned way: How to make homemade extracts from essential oils
Flavors, extracts and essences Essential oils are obtained from woods, roots, barks, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, etc., by the process of distillation. Extracts are produced
1960s
Classic Christmas sweets: Homemade candy & fudge recipes (1960)
Joyous in the holiday season, homemade candy & fudge are gifts happily remembered: golden taffy nuggets sweetly flavored with molasses, white velvet creams, chocolate cream fudge and more.
1990s
Traditional Christmas fudge & vintage one-bowl holiday fudge recipes from the ’90s
These two delicious holiday fudge recipes will really make a lasting impression, whether you make the Christmas fudge with chocolate chips, or the other with unsweetened chocolate!
1980s
Quick no-bake dessert recipe for rich and creamy chocolate mint pie (1985)
Get rich quick: Creamy chocolate mint pie You can get this rich and creamy warm-weather dessert made in minutes when you follow our easy two-step recipe.
1800s
100 years of classic mint julep recipes (1862-1962)
It seems that there are almost as many mint julep recipes as there are people who enjoy these frosty alcoholic beverages. We searched through newspaper and book archives to collect these nine julep how-tos that span a century. Take a look at what we found!
1980s
Mint magic brownies recipe (1986)
There’s magic in the rich, chocolate moistness of Duncan Hines’ brownies — and in how deliciously they disappear. Mint magic brownies recipe Ingredients 1 Duncan
1970s
Cool mint cookie pie & butter mint chiffon pie: Pastel mint dessert recipes from the ’70s
Butter mints – tiny sweet treats sometimes called pastel mints or pillow mints – are used in both of these retro pie recipes from the seventies.
1980s
Double chocolate mint cookies recipe (1986)
Here’s a mint chocolate chip recipe for delicious cookies! Introducing: Magnificent mint-chocolate morsels Double chocolate mint cookies recipe Ingredients 1 (10 oz.) pkg. (1-1/2 cups)
1800s
Old-fashioned tips for making perfect homemade candies (1892)
Quality counts Nice homemade candies and bonbons depend on using the nicest materials. Pure powdered sugar from the high-priced grocers, the finest arrowroot in place
1960s
Choco-Mint Party Cake (1967)
Choco-Mint Party Cake recipe Ingredients 1 cup butter or margarine 2-1/2 cups sifted Powdered Sugar 4 egg yolks 2 egg whites 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate
1960s
Chocolate mint-whipped cream cake recipe (1968)
Chocolate Mint-Whipped Cream cake Take a poll of favorite desserts and chances are you’ll come up with chocolate cake and whipped cream. Add a hint
1980s
Chocolate chip, Oatmeal scotchies & Double mint chip cookies (1987)
Nestle Toll House morsels We make the world’s warmest memories “We’ve been through a lot together. Little League tryouts. Fractions. And the day he ate
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