Brownies with no eggs, and coffee with no cooking!

Apple Crisp- Betty Crocker 1945

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Betty Crocker Sugarless Cake 1942

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Cinnamon Bread 1940

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1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar, divided
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Directions
1Preheat oven to 350°F.
2In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, 1 cup sugar, and egg.
3Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
5In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon and remaining 1/3 cup sugar.
6Pour a third of the batter into a greased 8X4X2-inch loaf pan.
7Sprinkle a third of the cinnamon sugar on top of batter.
8Repeat layers twice.
9Bake for 45-50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
10Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
11Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Devils Food Cake in a jar 1940

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Ingredients
2 cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
3/4 tsp. Salt
1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 cups Sugar
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, cocoa powder & baking powder. Layer mixture
and sugar in order given in a 1 quart canning jar. It is helpful to tap jar lightly
on a padded surface (towel on counter) as you layer ingredients to make all
ingredients fit neatly. Use scissors to cut a 9 inch-diameter circle from fabric of
your choice. Center fabric circle over lid and secure with a rubber band. Tie on a
raffia or ribbon bow to cover the rubber band. Attach a card with the following
directions:
Devil's Food Cake
Cream 1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening with top layer of sugar in jar and beat until
light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and mix well. Slowly blend in 1 1/2 cups Milk and 1
tsp. Vanilla, then add remaining dry ingredients from jar, and blend until smooth.
Pour into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan which has been greased and floured. Bake

Rumford wartime cakes

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Breakfast Bran-Apple muffins 1943

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Cinnamon rolls 1946

Applesauce cake 1943

Applesauce Cake Circa 1943
Yield: 10 Servings

1/2 c Vegetable shortening

1 c Sugar

1/2 ts Cloves

1 ts Cinnamon

1 Egg

1 c Applesauce

2 c All-purpose flour

2/3 c Raisins -- chopped

1 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

2/3 c Walnut meats -- chopped Cream together shortening and sugar. Add egg; beat well. Sift together flour, soda, salt, cloves, and cinnamon. Add alternately with applesauce to creamed mixture. Add raisins and nutmeats. Pour into 9-inch greased tube pan. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 1 hour. Let stand until cold. Remove cake from pan. I have a book called "Cooking Behind the Fence: Recipes and Recollections from the Oak Ridge '43 Club." (c1992) It features recipes from the '40s when Oak Ridge, TN was fenced and people had to have a security clearance to get in. The person who supplied this recipe remembers that there was only one grocery store in the area back in 1943 and she remembers waiting in line for 2 hours to buy soap powder. Recipe By : "Cooking Behind the Fence: Oak Ridge 1943 Club" Cookbook From: Ladies Home Journal- August 1991

1944 Green Tomato Pie

1944 Green Tomato Pie:

pastry for a double-crust

1/2 cup sugar

2 tbsp flour

1 lemon, grated rind only

1/4 tsp ground allspice

1/4 tsp salt

4 cups peeled and sliced green tomato

1 tbsp lemon juice

3 tsp butter.

Line a pie pan with pie dough. Mix the sugar, flour, lemon rind, allspice, and salt together. Sprinkle just a little of this at the bottom of the pie shell. Arrange the tomato slices, a layer at a time, as you cover each layer with the sugar mixture, lemon juice, and a dot of butter on each slice. Keep layering until you reach the top of the pie tin. Cover with a latticed top and bake at 350F for 45 minutes.

Wartime Honey pound cake

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