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      • PROGRAM TOPICS
      • BOOKING A PROGRAM
A Taste of History 
with Joyce White
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT JOYCE
  • FOOD HISTORY CONSULTING
  • FAUX FOOD SHOP
  • HISTORIC RECIPES
  • EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
    • PROGRAM TOPICS
    • BOOKING A PROGRAM

HISTORIC DESSERT RECIPES

EXCELLENT SMALL CAKES

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

Recipe Source: A variety of period sources, including 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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GINGER WAFERS

ALMOND MACAROONS

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

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

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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