Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser
Capturing Delicious Recipes From the Past
In every vintage cookbook I’ve perused (100s) there are recipes for date bars. Some community group cookbooks have multiple recipes for them. I have never liked the looks of dates. Their dark appearance made them look unappetizing so I never tried them. After deciding to find out what the fuss was, I chose this recipe,... Continue Reading →
Okay, these might not be the most perfect cookies in the world. They are not perfectly round and some have more colorful décor on the top. But can we all agree they look good enough to eat? I can assure you they were delicious and more importantly, made with lots of love. And they’re very... Continue Reading →
Brownies are one of the best things ever invented in my opinion, especially the chocolate variety. They have been around much longer than I knew, as I read about them in the Betty Crocker Cooky Book (1977). Here is the text included with the recipe: “Much requested in the Roaring 20s—legend has it that the... Continue Reading →
This was the week! The first episode of the new season of The Great British Baking Show! (It has also been referred to as Great British Bake-Off or GBBO) This is a highly anticipated moment for fans of the show of whom I am one. The show, which has been running since 2010, is a... Continue Reading →
Carrot cake may seem to be a seasonal dessert, i.e. the spring when we think of bunnies and carrots and new life. But, as carrots are readily available and affordable all year, Carrot Cake can be a year-round treat. I’ve never heard of anyone complaining that it is out of season! While Carrot Cake is... Continue Reading →
This past winter I found a packet of papers in a drawer that made by day, especially with the season I’m in of posting vintage recipes. They were dozens of hand-written recipes my mom—Joan Archbold Brewer—wrote out in the early 1990s. Back then, she made copies and shared them with my two sisters and me.... Continue Reading →
Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! If that is not everyone’s favorite food, I don't know what is. Everyone loves cookies and chocolate chips thrown in a batch puts them just at the top of the food chain! Recipes for chocolate chip cookies appear in just about every vintage church/community group cookbook. I chose the... Continue Reading →
I had never made sandwich cookies in my long history of cookie-baking. They had always seemed like a lot of work with the extra challenge of making a filling. Plus the cookies have to be pretty similar in size to form a nice-looking result. Now that I use a small ice cream scoop to make... Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas in July! Before the month is over, I wanted to share a darling dessert that also qualifies as a craft. And a very cute one! Frozen Christmas Tree Dessert is light, easy to make and just the right touch at the end of a meal. I found it under the title of 'Frozen... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year when everyone is wondering what to do with all of their zucchini. When I was newly married, gardeners would bring zucchini to church, along with tomatoes, to share with anyone who wanted them. Not being a gardener, I would take one and chop it finely by hand to make an... Continue Reading →
