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Coconut Easter Eggs

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

updated and adapted from Irene Galloway’s Easter Eggs recipe appearing in Pro-Kids Potluck compiled by PRO-Kids, Inc of Charleston, West Virginia (best guess, 1996 or 1997)

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deviled meatloaf

Deviled Meatloaf

Posted on January 11, 2024January 5, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

Updated and adapted from Josie Voorhees’ recipe for Deviled Meatloaf appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)

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peanut butter orange bread

Peanut Butter Orange Bread

Posted on January 9, 2024January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted from Louise Arnold’s Peanut Orange Bread recipe appearing in Cooking Favorites: Recipes From Employees and Friends of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site (undated)

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Monster Cookies

Posted on December 10, 2023November 28, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Monster Cookies updated and adapted from Alison Parson’s Monster Cookies appearing in What’s Cooking in Our All-American City? II Junior Jam compiled by Rockingham Junior Woman’s Club, 1985

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Chocolate Buttermint Cookies

Posted on December 6, 2023November 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

This recipe caught my eye because I had never seen a recipe for cooking with buttermints before! I rarely see them outside of a few old-fashioned restaurants but at one point they were a baby shower and wedding staple. They are chalky pastel mint pillows that melt in your mouth. I had a real craving…

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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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Hot Turkey Salad

Posted on November 20, 2023November 28, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

Hot Turkey Salad updated and adapted from Mrs. John Dale Showell III (Ann)’s recipe for Hot Chicken Salad appearing in Ocean City Museum Society Cookbook 1982, Ocean City, Maryland

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Pie Plate Cornbread

Posted on November 10, 2023January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Leslie Holmes’ Pie Plate Corn Bread from School Maize A project of the Wilmington Education Association 1983 Wilmington, Ohio

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Lettuce Walnut Bread

Posted on October 26, 2023January 4, 2024 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Diane Lewis Hanger’s Lettuce Bread appearing in The Padre Cooks: Recipes from Sea and Shore Carmel-by-the-Sea compiled by Carmel High School Class of 1951. Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 2001

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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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split pea soup

Split Pea Soup with Beef

Posted on October 11, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Shirley Feldstein’s recipe for Pea Soup appearing in “Quote” The Maven collected by Pioneer Women/NA’AMAT Baltimore Council 1983

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Vidalia Onion Lemon Salad

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

adapted and updated from Maggie Beaumont (Weavers of the Moonfire)’s Onion Lemon Salad appearing in A Cauldron of Delight: Favorite Recipes of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and Friends 2012

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Bright Sun Biscuits (Old Bay Cheddar Drop Biscuits)

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

adapted and updated from Annie M. Large (Coven of the Rowan Star)’s recipe, Brigit’s Bright Sun Biscuits appearing in A Cauldron of Delight: Favorite Recipes of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and Friends 2012

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Vidalia Onion Upside Down Bread

Posted on September 18, 2023October 24, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Annie M. Large (Coven of the Rowan Star)’s Onion Upside Down Bread appearing in A Cauldron of Delight: Favorite Recipes of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and Friends 2012

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Minted Salmon Burgers

Posted on September 13, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Joan Shaw’s recipe for Mary’s Minted Salmon Burgers appearing in Hooked on Cooking Recipes from Your Friends at the Nantucket Angler’s Club (Nantucket, Massachusetts) first edition 1978, second edition 1998, second printing 2002

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Herbed Tomato-Cod Pasta

Posted on September 10, 2023September 21, 2023 by Rachel Rappaport

adapted and updated from Baked Tarragon Cod from Horatio Street Association Cookbook, Greenwich Village, New York City 1986 (unnamed contributor)

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Pasta Salad with Two Tomato Vinaigrette

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

adapted and updated from Tracy Duso-Degon (Coven of the Rowan Star)’s Pasta Salad with Two Tomato Vinaigrette appearing in A Cauldron of Delight 2012

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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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