We’re trying to figure out what this recipe makes, and we’re stumped on the last two ingredients. Any guesses?

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  1. It looks like a snickerdoodle type recipe. I think the last 2 are together:

    1 T. Butter and 1 T. Flour

    1/4 t. Sugar and 1/4 t. Cinnamon

    ETA: Capital T is Tablespoon and lower case is teaspoon.

    Source: I am old and write in cursive

  2. johnlocklives

    So maybe the last two are for something that gets sprinkled on top?

    1 T beaten flour ? (Beeten)
    1/4 ? (Tb? Tab?) sugar ?

  3. LadyGrey12

    I want to say 1 tablespoon butter flour, even though that doesn’t make sense. Unless it’s for buttering and flouring the pan?

  4. MrsNacho8000

    I think that the second to last one is 1 Tablespoon of batter flour, which I would take to mean a quick mixing flour like Wondra. I have no guesses on the last one although I do kind of see sugar something, maybe.

  5. Snookisaysello

    1/4 cup oil

    1 egg

    1/2 cup milk

    1 and 1/2 cup flour
     
    1/4 cup sugar 

    2 T (tablespoons? teaspoons?) Baking powder

    1 T (tablespoon? teaspoon?) Butter? Beaten? Flour (not sure about this one)

    The last one I am not sure as well. Sugar something? 

    Edit: I  am so sorry, I just read it’s the last two you’re looking for! Do you know what it’s a recipe for? Maybe that would help

  6. Familiar_Raise234

    Sounds like my coffee cake recipe.

  7. Adept_Resource4212

    My guess is a coffee cake. The final two lines might mean 1Tbs each butter and flour and brown sugar and cinnamon which would make a crumble topping for a simple coffee cake. Maybe?

  8. Vortex-Of-Swirliness

    T would be tablespoons, t would be teaspoons

  9. Familiar_Raise234

    Last line looks like sugar cinnamon. 1/4 what I don’t know. Cup? for sprinkling over the top before baking? And I’m thinking 1 tablespoon butter flour to season the pan before baking.

  10. elinchgo

    The last two could be ingredients for a crumble top if you put commas inbetween.. 1 tablespoon sugar, AND 1 tablespoon flour. 1/4 (no measurement) br(own) sugar, AND cinnamon.

  11. Fantastic-Candle-184

    It’s possible that since it seems she was running out of space, it’s meant to be 1 T (each) of butter and flour and 1/4 t (each) of sugar and cinnamon which would likely fit with some kind of crumble/topping.

    For those who are unsure/ asking T = tablespoon and t = teaspoon

  12. Mylastnerve6

    I read 1/4 cod so I would have made the worst fried fish.
    I do think it is 1/4 c oil after reading comments

  13. bombalicious

    Tsp butter and flour is for coating the pan.

  14. Familiar_Raise234

    Here’s my coffee cake recipe. It’s so similar
    Beat together
    1/4 c. oil
    1 egg
    1/2 c. milk
    Mix together then add to above. Mix well.
    3/4 c. sugar
    1 1/2 c.flour
    1/2 tsp salt
    2 tsp. baking powder

    Topping: mix and spoon over batter
    1/4 cup brown sugar
    1 tsp. cinnamon
    1/2 c. chopped pecans
    1 tablespoon flour
    1 tablespoon melted butter

    Bake 375 for 25 min.in a greased and floured 9 inch square baking pan.

  15. Familiar_Raise234

    I bet that last line is 1/4 cup brown sugar cinnamon.

  16. oboejoe92

    1T butter flour (maybe a mix, like a crumble?)

    1/4 of sugar cinnamon

  17. AggressivePayment0

    1/4 cup oil

    1 egg

    1/2 cup milk

    1 1/2 cup flour

    2 teaspoon baking powder

    I think the following is a topping of some sort

    1 Tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon flour

    1/4 (?) brown sugar cinnamon

    Sounds a lot like my grandmas cinnamon streusel cake

  18. DDPLady

    I think the last line says 1/4 brown sugar cinnamon

  19. SomethingClever70

    1/4 C oil

    1 egg

    1/2 C milk

    1 and 1/2 C flour

    1/4 C sugar

    2 teaspoons baking powder

    1 tablespoon [butter?] flour

    1/4 lb (pound) [?????]

    I dunno, you got me. I think it’s some kind of cake. Might be the kind you make in a loaf pan, just because it has oil in it. It’s interesting that there isn’t any vanilla.

  20. hunterbear1111

    The last two ingredients are one tablespoon of butter mixed with flour to make a crumble for the top of the coffee cake and sifted cinnamon

  21. Oomlotte99

    1 tablespoon butter, flour
    1/4 of sugar, cinnamon

    My guess: It’s a coffee cake with streusel type topping.

  22. Taraehrize

    Looks like 1 teaspoon of butter flour, which may mean flour with butter cut into it. Then possibly 1/4 tl of sugar cinnamon. Tl is an abbreviation for teelöffel which is German for teaspoon.

  23. Are there any kind of instructions? Someone suggested it was something with a topping like a coffee cake, and the last two lines are for the making topping.

    I’m pretty sure one of those words in the second to last line is “flour,” which, given that 1.5 cups of flour is already called for up top, makes me think that the last two ingredients are indeed for a topping or something that’s not supposed to be mixed into the dough or batter (although I’m guessing it’s going to be super liquid given the amount of oil and milk, so probably is a cake batter as opposed to cookie dough. You’d have to mix it together and see though).

    I’m wondering if the last line is “sugar cinnamon”- I feel like people used to use it as a finishing ingredient more frequently than they do now, enough so that I wouldn’t be surprised if Great-Grandma either bought a jar of it or made a jar of her own just to have it on hand (kind of like how “pumpkin pie spice” is its own thing now)- maybe that’s just me talking nonsense, but I remember my grandparents talking about how they used to eat buttered toast with sprinkled cinnamon sugar on it as a treat, but my folks didn’t. Idk.

    As for the second-to-last line- maybe butter? Like, mix the flour with butter? Or possibly even batter?- as in, mix up the batter and then remove a tablespoon before putting it in the oven and mixing it with the other stuff at the bottom?

  24. AvidLearning

    The second to last one really looks like butter flour. I looked it up to see if it was a thing and it seems to be a sauce made with butter and flour. With that, the bottom one now looks like “brown sugar cinnamon”, so my guess is that you mix the butter flour (traditionally called roux) and the brown cinnamon sugar to create a topping or dipping sauce.

  25. BrighterSage

    1/4 C oil

    1 egg

    1/2 C milk

    1-1/2 C flour

    1/4 C sugar

    2 t baking powder

    1 T butter flour. This is my interpretation of the French method of blending soft butter and flour together like Julia Child did

    Last one, I regret that I can not offer any assistance.

  26. Peachberry24

    I see “fudge” potentially on the bottom line?

  27. Cha0sra1nz

    I see the last line as 1/4 oz sugar cinnamon. Maybe the premixed one they sell in spice aisles?

  28. rncookiemaker

    From decades of reading doctors notes before electronic charting, the last two entries look like the classic “I’m running out of room so I’m going to shorthand this.” I tried my usual trick of turning it upside down, but still had some issues.

    It looks like

    1 T(ablespoon) butter (and) flour

    1/4 (illegible) sugar cinnamon

    Possibly a struesel topping for a coffee cake?

    No matter what it is, it’s worth preserving the paper with the transcribed recipe. A cool family heirloom!

  29. frauleinsteve

    Is the last ingredient Jennifer Aniston?

  30. Bdowns_770

    I thought it started with “1/4 Cod” and got lost from there.

  31. Ecstatic-Wasabi

    Coffee Cake

    1/4 C oil

    1 Egg

    1/2 C milk

    1 1/2 Flour

    1/4 C Granulated sugar

    2 Tbl Buttermilk Powder

    ~1 tsp Beurre manié (butter flour mixture for crumble topping)
    MIX WITH THE >
    ~1/4 C Brown sugar/ cinnamon

  32. strawcat

    Bottom two are definitely:
    1T butter (1T) flour
    1/4 (I’m assuming c as that would make sense if this is a coffee cake with a crumble) br (brown) sugar
    Then it just says cinnamon and since I don’t think it would call for 1/4 c of cinnamon I’m going with it’s just “to taste”

    Definitely think it’s probably a coffee cake. If you make it and it tastes like it’s missing something, try adding some salt!

  33. Beckstar-UA

    1/4 cup of oil
    1 egg
    1/2 cup milk
    1 1/2 cup flour
    1/4 cup sugar
    2 teaspoons baking powder (assuming teaspoons bc lowercase “T”)
    1 tablespoon butter + flour
    1/4 (something) brown sugar and cinnamon

    Potentially,,

  34. Moninina

    – 1/4 c oil
    – 1 egg
    – 1 c milk
    – 1 1/3 c flour
    – 1/4 c sugar
    – 2 t B. Powder
    – Batter flour
    -1/2 t for sugar and mix

  35. MarginAlwaysCallin

    1/4c oil

    1 egg

    1/2c milk

    1/2c flour

    1/2c sugar

    2 ?Tsp? Baking powder

    1 ?TBSP? Somethin?

    1/4 somethin

  36. MegBrulee

    Not what you asked, but I had a recipe like this from my grandma and after she passed I had it etched into a cutting board in her handwriting (people on Etsy can do this). Best gift I’ve ever given.

  37. No_Entertainment1931

    1 tsp beaten flour

    1/4 tb sugar cinnamon

  38. bohemianhobbit

    1/4 cup oil

    1 egg

    1/2 cup milk

    1 1/2 cup flour

    1/4 cup sugar

    2 teaspoons baking powder

    1 tablespoon butter (and?) flour

    1/4 teaspoon sugar (and?) cinnamon

    Gonna agree with others that the last two seem like a crumble topping.

    (My own handwriting is awful.)

  39. TableAvailable

    It looks like she fell asleep as she was writing. Lol!

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