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Lingonberry Fingers

Posted on December 2, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from an unknown contributor’s recipe for Raspberry Fingers from Oh Boy! Cookies… Sponsored by Southwestern Band Boosters (undated)

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apple cream coffee cake

Apple-Cream Coffee Cake

Posted on November 24, 2023November 27, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Betty McKay’s recipe for Apple-Cream Coffee Cake appearing in The Happy Cooker presented by Entre Nous (1974)

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lemon yogurt pound cake

Lemon Yogurt Cake

Posted on October 17, 2023October 22, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Joan Smyth’s recipe for Yogurt Pound Cake appearing in The Horatio Street Festival of Foods Cookbook, Greenwich Village, New York City compiled by The Horatio Street Association 1978

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Salted Peanut Cookies

Posted on August 31, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Betty Grandstaff’s recipe appearing in The Mixing Bowl Jeffersonville High School PTA, Jeffersonville, Indiana 1978

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Oatmeal Lace Cookies

Posted on August 27, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Josephine Santa Maria’s Fat Mary’s Oatmeal Lace Cookies in Philadelphia Homestyle Cookbook published by Norwood-Fontbonne Academy Home and School Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1984

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Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies (Blondies)

Posted on August 20, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Ann Edie’s Disappearing Marshmallow Brownies published in First Church Fare compiled by First Presbyterian Church, Bel Air, Maryland 1990

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Sunny Graham Chewies

Posted on August 7, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Dorothy Brown’s Sunny Graham Chewies in Doorway to Good Eating (complied by the Elkhart General Hospital Auxiliary)  1979

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Whipped Cream Cake

Posted on June 24, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Charlotte Hains Athol’s 1935 Whipped Cream Cake in Let’s Dish: 50th Anniversary Edition, Then & Now Recipe Collection, Complied by the Howard County Historical Society 2014.

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Snippy Noodle Cake

Posted on June 1, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

A possible precursor to the snickerdoodle cookie! Adapted and updated from Avis Selby Pfefferkorn’s recipe in Let’s Dish: 50th Anniversary Edition, Then & Now Recipe Collection, Complied by the Howard County Historical Society 2014

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butter crunch cookies

Butter Crunch Cookies

Posted on May 26, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Joanna Baird’s Butter Crunch Cookies in Serving You: A Collection of Recipes from the Volunteers of Hospice of Baltimore and Howard County. 2007

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lemon pies

Individual Lemon Ice Box “Pies”

Posted on May 25, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Mrs. Harry C. Michael’s Lemon Ice Box Pie appearing in The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Rosewood State Training School Maryland’s Famous Receipts. Owings Mills, MD. 1952

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Lemon Chiffon Cake

Posted on May 23, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Adapted and updated from Pat Cahili’s Orange Rum Chiffon Cake in Loyola Mother’s Club Loyola Recipes. 1974

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