historic christmas recipes
MR. BORDLEY'S CHRISTMAS PIE
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
REMEMBER MINCE PIE: A WINTER FESTIVE TREAT
Recipe Source: Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis, 1963)
REMEMBER MINCE PIE: A WINTER FESTIVE TREAT
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
REMEMBER MINCE PIE: A WINTER FESTIVE TREAT
Article in Outlook by the Bay Magazine, Holiday, 2019 Edition, p.44, with 19th c. Rcipe
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
Chesapeake Family Magazine Article
December 5, 2019
FESTIVE BAKED GOODS FROM THE 2016 RIVERSDALE BY CANDLELIGHT EVENT
FESTIVE BAKED GOODS FROM THE 2016 RIVERSDALE BY CANDLELIGHT EVENT
DANCING WITH SUGARPLUMS: Unraveling the History of a Holiday Treat
CARAWAY SEED BREAD
ORANGE PEEL BREAD
CHRISTMAS STOLLEN
FESTIVE BAKED GOODS FROM THE 2016 RIVERSDALE BY CANDLELIGHT EVENT
FESTIVE ORANGE CAKE
Recipe Source: Aunt Babette's" Cook Book: Foreign and domestic receipts for the household: A vaulable collection of receipts and hints for the housewife, many of which are not to be found elsewhere., by "Aunt Babette", Cincinnati: Block Pub. and Print Co., 1889.
FESTIVE ORANGE CAKE
FESTIVE BAKED GOODS FROM THE 2016 RIVERSDALE BY CANDLELIGHT EVENT
FESTIVE ORANGE CAKE
Recipe Source: Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis, 1963)
Submitted by Evelyn Green Bowers, Jonas Green House, Annapolis
MARTHA WASHINGTON'S GREAT CAKE
INTERVIEW ABOUT COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANNAPOLIS
INTERVIEW ABOUT COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANNAPOLIS
Recipe Source: Manuscript recipe by Martha Washington's granddaughter, Martha Parke Custis (Washington's Mount Vernon)
INTERVIEW ABOUT COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANNAPOLIS
INTERVIEW ABOUT COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANNAPOLIS
INTERVIEW ABOUT COLONIAL CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN ANNAPOLIS
by Christina Tkacik, Capital Gazette, Annapolis, MD (December 14, 2021)
BLACK CAKE, A CARIBBEAN FRUIT CAKE
BLACK CAKE, A CARIBBEAN FRUIT CAKE
BLACK CAKE, A CARIBBEAN FRUIT CAKE
Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society
BUNN CAKE
BLACK CAKE, A CARIBBEAN FRUIT CAKE
BLACK CAKE, A CARIBBEAN FRUIT CAKE
Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society
SIMMONS' c.1796 CORIANDER CHRISTMAS "COOKEY" RECIPE
SIMMONS' c.1796 CORIANDER CHRISTMAS "COOKEY" RECIPE
SIMMONS' c.1796 CORIANDER CHRISTMAS "COOKEY" RECIPE
Recipe Source: American Cookery by Amelia Simmons (1796), the first cookbook published in America by an American.
SPICED CHESTNUTS
SIMMONS' c.1796 CORIANDER CHRISTMAS "COOKEY" RECIPE
SIMMONS' c.1796 CORIANDER CHRISTMAS "COOKEY" RECIPE
Recipe Sources:Hand-Book of Practical Cookery by Pierre Blot. New York: 1884 and The Boston Cooking School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Boston, 1896.
A TIMELINE OF GINGERBREAD recipes
c.1425 GYNGERBREDE
c.1773: TO MAKE GINGER-BREAD
c.1773: TO MAKE GINGER-BREAD
Recipe Source: Two 15th c. Cookery-Books by Thomas Austin, 1888 which is based on several period English manuscripts, most notably Harleian MS. 279 and Harleian MS. 4016, both circa 1425-1450:
c.1773: TO MAKE GINGER-BREAD
c.1773: TO MAKE GINGER-BREAD
c.1773: TO MAKE GINGER-BREAD
Recipe Source: John Townshend, The Universal Cook, or Lady’s Complete Assistant (London, England, 1773)
c.1824 GINGERBREAD
c.1841: COMMON GINGERBREAD
c.1841: COMMON GINGERBREAD
Recipe Source: The c.1824 Baltimore manuscript journal of Ann Maria Morris.
c.1841: COMMON GINGERBREAD
c.1841: COMMON GINGERBREAD
c.1841: COMMON GINGERBREAD
Recipe Source:Sarah Josepha Hale (THE "MOTHER" OF THANKSGIVING), The Good Housekeeper, Boston, 1841
MRS. MORRIS' CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
Recipe Source: Maryland’s Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis, 1963)
Source: Mrs. John C. Plews, Anne Arundel County
BROWN SUGAR COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING VIDEO & RECIPE
BROWN SUGAR COOKIES FOR CHRISTMAS
Recipe Source: Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis 1963)
Source: Mrs. Carroll Alden, Taney Avenue, Annapolis
Festive Drinks
FARMER'S BISHOP
EVERLASTING SYLLABUB
FARMER'S BISHOP
Recipe Source: Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis, 1963); Submitted by Amelia Pinkeney D. Lurman, Harford County
EGGNOG
EVERLASTING SYLLABUB
FARMER'S BISHOP
Recipe Source: The 19th century manuscript receipt (recipe) book of Ann Maria Morris, Baltimore located at the H. Furlong Baldwin Library at the Maryland Historical Society
EVERLASTING SYLLABUB
EVERLASTING SYLLABUB
EVERLASTING SYLLABUB
Recipe Source: Miss Ann Chase's Book (Annapolis,1811) as printed in Maryland's Way, the Hammond-Harwood House Cook Book (Annapolis, 1963)