Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714

Cheese-Cake 1714 Recently I’ve begun writing a romance set in the Georgian Period, which includes but starts a century before the popular Regency Period. I’m working on the book slowly as part of the Tuesday Tales blogging group, where we write snippets to word and picture prompts. This goes well with my fascination with old… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Cheesecake 1714

Vintage Friday: Cheesecake Cookies 1978 by Flossie Benton Rogers

I call my two grandsons my Snickerdoodles, and my son is the original Snickerdoodle. Above, his blonde haired little self is with my husband/his father and our dog Yura, daughter of our previous dog Zhivago. A bicentennial baby, our son’s favorite dessert of all time is cheesecake. He is a wonderful son—and he’s a little… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Cheesecake Cookies 1978 by Flossie Benton Rogers

Vintage Friday: Mystery Pecan Pie

This week we have a vintage pie recipe from the 1964 Pillsbury Bake-Off Cookbook, Mystery Pecan Pie. Actually, the pie boasts two mysteries. One involves a secret ingredient that you wouldn’t expect to find in a pecan pie– none other than my son’s favorite: a cheesecake layer! The second mystery is that the pie is one of… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Mystery Pecan Pie