Recipes Featuring Raisins
- Fruit Cake | 1 lb sugar
1 lb sugar
1 lb flour, sifted
1 lb butter
2 lbs raisins, seedless
2 lbs currants
1 lb citron, cut in thin, long strips
2 Tbsps mace
2 Tbsps cinnamon
2 nutmegs, powdered
1/2 pint brandy & wine - Shell Bark Cake
2 cupfuls of sugar
2 cupfuls of butter
1 cupful of milk
1 teaspoonful of essence of lemon
1 teaspoonful of saleratus
1/2 nutmeg grated
4 eggs
1/2 pint of shell-bark kernels
Flour
Raisins - Old Country Mince Meat
2 pounds raisins
3 pounds currants
1 1/2 pound lean, chopped beef
3 pounds beef suet, chopped
2 pounds brown sugar
6 ounces mixed candied peel
1 small nutmeg
2 pounds apples
2 lemons, juice o - Simple Fruit Cake
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup molasses
1 cup sour milk
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons soda
1 nutmeg grated
1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 of clove
1 pound raisins or other fruit, cut fine
- Penuche | 2 cups brown sugar
2 cups brown sugar
1 Tbsp butter
1/3 cup milk
Raisins or nuts (optional) - Fruit Cake | 1 pound raisins
1 pound raisins
1 pound currants
1/4 pound citron
1 cup of fruit preserves
1 pound stewed prunes
8 eggs
1/2 pound butter
2 large cups sugar
1 cup of molasses
1 tablespoon of cloves
1 tablesp - Rock Cakes | 2 cups flour
2 cups flour
1/3 tsp salt
2 tsps baking powder
1/2 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup seedless raisins
1/4 cup candied citron, finely cut
2 eggs, beaten
About 2 Tbsps milk
- Fig Favors
Figs
Raisins
Marshmallows
Almonds
Melted chocolate
Toothpicks or fine wire - Mincemeat
2 quarts beef, boiled
2 quarts suet, finely chopped
6 quarts apples
1 quart molasses
4 lbs sugar
3 lbs raisins
1 lb citron
Nutmeg
Cinnamon
Cloves
Allspice
Wine - Rhubarb and Raisin Pie
2 cups rhubarb
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup raisins
plain pie paste
