No idea how this cookbook got to my family as we are neither Lutheran nor from West Bend, but I love this one! Originally made in 1949 and I love the handwritten copy and all the doodles in the margins. In classic church cookbook fashion, there is a fair amount of repetition from multiple submissions for things like refrigerator rolls and TWELVE different kuchen recipes (German for cake, had to look it up): icebox, coffee, fruit, cheese, grape, cherry, strawberry, our favorite apple, apple, apple, and rhubarb custard kuchen!
I've also never heard of cherry soup before. Lots of fun stuff in here! The plastic copy shop binding was falling to pieces so I want to get it rebound if I can.
by alfredupsidedown
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Lovely one! My mom kind of collected these “handwritten” recipe books. As a German the “Kuchen” recipes caught my eye. Apfelkuchen (apple cake) is popular here, and everyone’s grandma has “the best” recipe. 🙂
Just made an Apfelkuchen recently, and I agree, so freaking good! It was soft and fluffy, so thank you for this because I love going through multiple versions of things to find the best for us.
You’ll be able to re-bind it easily and without a machine. You just need one plastic comb binding spine and you can open it with your fingers, slot the tines into the paper holes et voila!
Ooo very nice! Thx for posting the recipes all at once instead of leaving us hanging😊
The Calla Lillies recipe is very intriguing. The drawings are great, singing tuna!
The handwriting! 😍❤️
And I am so trying those roasted potatoes. Thank you for sharing this, OP!
What a great find! I collect all cookbooks, but my favorite are spiral bound. With these books, you never know what mystery awaits you.
Sometimes they are family cookbooks, sometimes they are church cookbooks, and sometimes they are corporation cookbooks – but they are always a fascinating glimpse into the time period.
I recently bought a pink spiral bound cookbook from 1969 – the Baby Scoop Era – which had been assembled to raise money for a unwed mother’s home.
It’s called “Cradle Secrets Cookbook – The Winnetka Auxilary of the Cradle”. Inside is a mission statement about adoption. “The Cradle was founded in 1923 and to date has placed more than 10,000 infants in loving homes.”