The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, 1931

First published in 1931, “The Household Searchlight Recipe Book” is a beautiful, hardbound cookbook published by the Household Searchlight service station, a seven-room house once dedicated to “working out the problems of homemaking common to every woman who finds herself responsible for the management of a home and the care of children.”

Pineapple Bread

3/4 cup honey
3 tablespoons shortening
1 egg, well beaten
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup nuts
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup bran
1 cup pineapple juice

Combine honey and shortening. Add egg and beat well. Sift flour and measure. Dredge nuts with1/2 cup flour. Sift remaining flour with baking powder and salt. Add alternately with bran, pineapple juice and nuts to honey mixture. Pour into well-oiled loaf cake pan which has been lined with wax paper. Bake in moderate oven at 350 F about 1 1/4 hours. Store 24 hours before using. 1 loaf.

Did your mother/grandmother use this book of recipes? Our friend and neighbor has her mother's copy and we have enjoyed reading it. There are several other recipes listed below at the vintage cooking column. Enjoy!
Gary/Louisville


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