To follow up a comments discussion on missabyss's Sour Cream Raisin Pie recipe, here is the stir and roll pie crust from the 1956 Betty Crocker cookbook. I did not tear the page out of the cook book--I just haven't put reinforcer rings on the holes. This page has gotten a lot of use over the years.
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( Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining, Stag Parties )

I found a card for three free books at one of my local used bookstores. It happens to be the same bookstore that I purchase all of my vintage cookbooks from. I went there with this card and found a wonderful little gem from 1959 called Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining: How to Have Guests--and Enjoy Them. I also got a first edition of ( Read more... )

I don't know much about this; I found it tucked in the back of my Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. I can't find a date for this either- i'm guessing mid-60s? This is number 10, so I'm guessing it's part of a series. Definitely a few recipes on here that I want to try, however!

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This is the centerpiece of my recipe collection. I don't know much about the history, but my mother had one when I was growing up. It's a green and yellow box that came out in 1971, and it was some sort of recipe-of-the-month club, I think. You'd get the box for free and then you bought a new pack of cards every month; each pack had a theme and ( Read more... )