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HISTORIC DESSERT RECIPES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

Chocolate chip cookies with white icing drizzle.

Recipe Source:The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened, 1669: Newly Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Glossary by Anne MacDonald; London: Philip Lee Warner, 38 Albermarle Street, 1910.

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SHREWSBURY CAKES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

Traditional wooden comb and patterned cheese wheels.
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GINGER WAFERS

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

ALMOND MACAROONS

Close-up of decorative cookies with intricate patterns.

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

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ALMOND MACAROONS

ALMOND MACAROONS

Close-up of homemade cookies on a blue plate.

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

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Whistles

Two small cupcakes with chocolate and jam toppings.

Recipe Source:Ann Howe, The American Kitchen Directory and Housewife, 1863.

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PEANUT WAFERS

Recipe Source: Mrs. Rorer’s New Cook Book by Sarah Tyson Rorer, Philadephia: 1902

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