My grandmother was a pillsbury finalist in 1952! Orange grove dessert by Mrs. Felix Karpinski!
@Notable2Nikki4 ай бұрын
The real winners are the ones that make recipes that stand the test of time. Peanut Butter Blossoms are a holiday staple every single year in my family.
@johnkulikowski4 ай бұрын
Not sure why, but watching these videos have an unexplained calming effect on me.
@pattycake82724 ай бұрын
I feel the same way. Don't know what part either, but yes.
@DJ-nh6wq4 ай бұрын
Her personality and voice. It’s just the right combo to calm us.
@karameske42864 ай бұрын
I feel the same way
@cindytrayer42794 ай бұрын
Same here for all of the above reasons and also due to the fact everything is retro: food, books, dishes, etc. I love all the decades and can relate.
@marissatennyson37284 ай бұрын
When I first found this channel I was recovering from surgery but couldn't stay awake to watch her videos because her voice is so calming!!!
@jennyk20224 ай бұрын
"It's not gonna hurt a dang thing." My favorite kind of cook. Never let the food win.
@jewisley4 ай бұрын
I love vintage recipes. I also loved them when they were new recipes.
@ebuchholz4 ай бұрын
Whoever pointed this book out in the book store must really be supportive of your channel!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
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@janelleclark44584 ай бұрын
😊
@Akforgetmenot4 ай бұрын
❤Anna, I love your channel! Cooking many of the decades I have lived through. It’s like watching a yummy American home cooking history lesson!!
@JimsKitschKitchen4 ай бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂awe love this comment ❤❤❤❤
@lindsayconley76174 ай бұрын
The most supportive ever!!
@toots810usa64 ай бұрын
Anna I have been a subscriber for awhile. You are such a comforting person for me, and my Mom is on hospice right now and this video is just what my stressed mind needs. God bless you!
@dianaarmitage5124 ай бұрын
Prayers up for your mom and your family 🙏
@vickiecrouch60414 ай бұрын
Prayers for your momma!
@kikihammond53264 ай бұрын
I swear by chocolate and cookies for when your heart is heavy. It's something our loved ones enjoy as well. When my dad was on hospice and we had round the clock nurses, and late nights, I'd go in the kitchen and bake. I was making oatmeal cookies one night at 10 to my husband's shock. And yes, those cookies hit the spot. My dad woke up to the smell of warm cookies.
@LillianC4 ай бұрын
Praying for your mom and for you and your family.
@russbear314 ай бұрын
I remember reading somewhere that French Silk Pie won the Pillsbury Bake-Off in the 1950s. That's one of my favorites and has become an all-time classic. 😊
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
French Silk pie is sooo delicious! 😋
@russbear314 ай бұрын
@cooking_the_books After I commented, I did the research. It won the third Pillsbury Bake-Off. Thank you, Mrs. Betty Cooper, for submitting it. She created probably one of the most famous desserts in history. It's still going strong today.
@user-jo6zo6ju9b4 ай бұрын
I've never heard of French silk pie so I googled it just now. Sounds divine😋
@cydkriletich65384 ай бұрын
I also started in 1949, and I’m also still happening! 👵🏼😄 Really interesting recipes. Thank you!
@draggonsgate4 ай бұрын
Not only did I take a bite of a baker's chocolate bar, I also took a big ol' swig of vanilla extract, which my Mom promptly made me wipe off the cupboard doors when I spewed it out... LOL... live and learn! I have a recipe for Kruscheiki, a Polish cookie (think Italian Bowties) and the egg yolks need to be beaten thick and "lemon yellow", and it does make a huge difference in texture. Not sure with the addition of cheese, but I have a good idea of the texture of the Cheesolettes. Gotta try 'em! Thanx for another awesome vid!
@Pluviophile2184 ай бұрын
I have several of th Bake Off smaller booklets. My mother used to make the prize winner of 1955, Nut Ring-A-Lings. They are AWESOME with the orange zest in the dough. I still make these to this day and everyone loves them!!!!
@anneoestreicher73334 ай бұрын
We really don’t know the names of many of these women (like the peanut butter blossom lady) because they used their husband’s names. It was the standard of the time but it makes me sad that married women lost their identities.
@garymartin58984 ай бұрын
I thought of you yesterday at the antique mall..bunches of cook books,vintage bowls and tupperware..Becca M
@Rhaenspots4 ай бұрын
Aaaaaaaa new uploads from Anna are the best part of my Sunday! Also your book haul playlist is my happy place, when I am feeling stressed I love to hear you talking about your books! I anticipate an even more stressful time soon and I’m making plans to go thrifting for some vintage cookbooks to help soothe my soul 💜 Thanks for your content, you rule Anna!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind comment. Glad you are finding some comfort in my videos! ❤
@Rhaenspots4 ай бұрын
Always! Thank you for sharing your vision and creativity!
@janelleclark44584 ай бұрын
I find the book hauls very soothing, too! Good hunting to you, and I hope the stress will be less than you anticipate. I'm coming out of a stressful couple of months myself, and hoping for more calm for a while.
@kurt111104 ай бұрын
the bake-off prize in 1949 of $50,000 have a buying power of $606,000 today!
@debra3334 ай бұрын
"In my heart she won." Mine, too, dear Anna. ✊️❤
@barbarasmith1085Ай бұрын
I remember sitting with my mother In the mid 1960’s At a bake-off at the Illinois State Fair. She was not a contestant but went home with a great cake recipe!
@kaytiej83114 ай бұрын
I love that you delight in the little things, like an egg cracking so cleanly in half. Those small things enjoyed are what make cooking and baking so satisfying, l think. I'd love to see an apple based menu or series. Or a series that addresses seasonal produce, especially the glut of fruits or vegetables.
@thehauntedmansionfan4 ай бұрын
I loved when the Pillsbury Bake-Offs were aired on tv.
@jchow59664 ай бұрын
My mom used to buy all of those PLLSBRY bake off cook books. After I grew up i bought them in the late 8ps and early o0s…… great recipes!!!!!
@smtpgirl4 ай бұрын
The fast food restaurant Roy Rogers used to serve a dessert called apple cheese crisp. This was apple pie filling, a cinnamon crumble and a shredded cheddar cheese top. LOVED that dessert.
@macsarcule3 ай бұрын
Hooray! So great to see the Hoot Owl Cookies again! One of the best episodes ever! 🦉😃✨
@mrsclaussews4 ай бұрын
My cousin won the Pillsbury Bake Off 20 years ago or so. She won a lot of cooking competitions. She got a lot of loot and made a lot of trips. I used to compete with her and her daughters in the Montana Winter Fair foods division. I won a lot too, but never was motivated to send anything to Pillsbury.
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Oh wow that's amazing! How cool.
@guestguest20304 ай бұрын
I am fascinated by the cheeseolettes!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
I didn't get to try them for breakfast in time for filming, BUT I have since eaten all of them and they reheated so well!
@loriloristuff4 ай бұрын
And the young woman was only 19 when she came up with them!
@lynnegordon67494 ай бұрын
The owl cookies would be a hit with my friends and family who are Girl Guides.
@kimt99714 ай бұрын
The little owls are so cute. Also, I love the name Orange Kiss-Me Cake. Maybe you can make that some day!
@robylove91904 ай бұрын
I never ate baking chocolate but, I did find ExLax in my aunt's refrigerator.😂
@adriennef46374 ай бұрын
HEY ANNA, how about we do a color themed series?! Match book cover color with bowls, apron, & ingredients/recipe. It just popped into my head. Example: Red Betty crocker cookbook Bowls with red on them Red velvet cake, tomato salad, strawberry soda, mini meatloaves with ketchup glaze, Louisiana red rice.
@lauraharlow17494 ай бұрын
I sure do enjoy your videos!!!! This one was delightfully fun! :) Thank you for brightening my day!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching. 😊
@ahhhlindsanityyy4 ай бұрын
Who could ever forget the funny face hamburgers, lol.
@desertpinevintage4 ай бұрын
Ohh looks like a great book !!
@Notable2Nikki4 ай бұрын
FOLD IN THE CHEESE! ~ Moira Rose
@amyspeers80124 ай бұрын
I love making quick breads. When I moved to France, I brought some kitchen things, including my 3X5 loaf pans. I can usually take a quick bread recipe and make it into 3 or 4 mini loaves. They make perfect gifts and my French neighbors love them. I’ll have to try the apple cheese ones.
@kikihammond53264 ай бұрын
I think the cheesolettes would be good with some green onion sprinkles on top, or even a little onion cream sauce or sour cream. Who doesn't need more dairy?
@dmbalsam4 ай бұрын
I think I have that orange cake recipe. Sounds very similar to something I used to make back in the 70s.
@susiemccoy73 ай бұрын
Anna, that blue looks good on you. Thank you for the recipes.
@clpjones19644 ай бұрын
My Mom received that book as a gift in, I think, 1953. She gave it to me when I made the "Porch Supper Braids". She and my aunt loved them so much....I used to make those braids for them all the time.❤
@annalanzotti-venrick39894 ай бұрын
I love the white cupboards and doors. The bread looks delicious. You did a great job!!❤❤❤🎉
@loreanschaffer26044 ай бұрын
I vaguely remember seeing you several months ago. Anyhow I'm glad you are on my feed again. I very much enjoy seeing how you make these recipes.
@marissatennyson37284 ай бұрын
Anna, I cant stop thinking about those little omelette pancakes topped with a little pulled pork or beef and drizzled with bbq sauce. Yum!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
They'd be soooo good with pulled pork of beef! 😋
@KrispyChanges4 ай бұрын
Maybe not make cookies but you could make muffins with that batter. Also I love apples and cheese together
@lisaglesil86724 ай бұрын
Loved the video! Keep up the great work!
@redrooster19084 ай бұрын
A specialized Ebelskiver pan would be great for the little omelets 👍 Fun to revisit the 50s🎉🎉
@janehall27204 ай бұрын
I just know you and I would be good friends! I collect old cookbooks, the older the better! My delight in cooking as a kid began with the bake off books. I read it so often (and baked with them) that the cover nearly broke off. I have since collected the bake off booklets and I said to myself while watching you show the big book "i wonder if she has seen the first one?" Surprise! You have it! I have been looking for that one for decades. I have most of the others as well as the compilation books. Heres something funny, I always wanted to compete and so I practiced and studied baking in high school vo-tech. I so wanted to compete! After graduation I went to cooking school at the CIA in Hyde Park NY. Then i found out i couldn't compete because I am now classified "professional "! Just my luck! Thanks for the fun video. If you ever find another #1 booklet let me know!
@Christina-ge3xr4 ай бұрын
I have the original books my mom collected each year. They were well used, with stains on some of the pages and one I particularly remember the Teen Bean Bake…we loved it!
@LDFine4 ай бұрын
❤ Looking forward to this all day! I plan on a trip to Half Price Books next week with my sister and hope this one is there. If not, I think we'll still find treasures in the wild! The one I like to go to usually has a great selection at awesome prices. Thank you, Anna! 💐💐💐😊
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Good luck and have a fantastic time!
@LDFine4 ай бұрын
@@cooking_the_books Thank you, Anna. We're in North Texas so if we don't find what we're looking for locally, we might head out further afield to Dallas, maybe the flagship store, but I think there will be treasures here. ✨😊
@jeannerogers70853 ай бұрын
I love this site. I have some of these same little cookbooks - they show up at Library book sales by the bucketful. I used to go over them with my Mom in the 1960's, picking out things to make.
@susans94914 ай бұрын
I was having a rough day, fighting the last of a cold and the cherry on top, I fell through our family room picture window this morning before work! Thankfully the draperies took the brunt of it, I only cut my finger, and we had just bought a new bay window. (I guess this is our sign to install it sooner than later!) In short, I really needed your fun and cheerful video! Thank you so much.❤
@loriloristuff4 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! Glad you're OK except the finger.
@susans94914 ай бұрын
@@loriloristuff thank you. All in all, I’ll take a cut finger.
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh!! I hope you're ok!
@karinberonius87994 ай бұрын
Cheesy bread is delicious! Coincidentally, earlier today, my mum and I decided that we should bake parmesan and tarragon bread next week. I hope it'll be as wonderful as I remember!
@cecoya4 ай бұрын
You might try some Baby Rays BBQ sauce with that egg pancake too, that will add some spice to them as well. Great video Anna have a great day
@user-jy8zt8oj7i4 ай бұрын
The owl cookies are super cute
@ksw84154 ай бұрын
Yeah! Anna’s here!!!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
It's a party! 😅
@helengardner27144 ай бұрын
Just love you.🥰God Bless
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words. ❤️
@MsAnnaB294 ай бұрын
I grew up on those owl cookies! (First time viewer, so glad I found your channel!)
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Oh wow! That's very cool. Thanks for watching and WELCOME! Glad to have you here. ❤
@oakmaiden21334 ай бұрын
I’m 60 and I have my grandmas’ Gold Medal Brand recipe box. I think it’s from the ‘40s. Gold Medal recipe cards and my grandma clipped wwII newspaper recipes with alternative ingredients.
@SuzieQ-lw2kp4 ай бұрын
Oh what a treasure.
@donnabraden31264 ай бұрын
When I first heard about the Bake-Off the first recipe I learned of was mixing cherry pie filling into chocolate cake mix. I think that is so clever! Then I tried to invent a recipe, using their pie dough, smeared with their German chocolate frosting, and rolled into, cinnamon roll style cookies. I never heard back from them! Ha ha I’m not surprised.
@christinebeavers99134 ай бұрын
Owls cute, I would be more likely to make apple, cheese loaf.
@annalanzotti-venrick39894 ай бұрын
Im so happy i found your channel!! ❤🙏🏼❤️
@meaganskinner85654 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh the owl cookies are ADORABLE!!
@donnaripp64534 ай бұрын
I have a reprint of this book. I love it! When you mentioned the Orange Kiss Me cake, I almost cried. I can remember my grandmother making it for us. I have made it many times in years past. What happy memories! I think I will make it today! Thank you for your videos!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! So glad my video sparked a nice memory for you. ❤
@nathynatram34054 ай бұрын
I'm a fan of European confectionery and baking books so experimenting with them is fun, as my mom says "old school" ✨
@bbymks54 ай бұрын
Another iconic recipe from that book are the marshmallows wrapped inside cresent rolls and baked...that nobody ever gives proper credit to the creator and they always call them "Resurrection" something or another.
@melissalambert76154 ай бұрын
Have an older version with dough. It's magic muffins. Resurrection meringues are just egg whites with sugar left in the oven till Easter Sunday morning.
@No1Greyhound4 ай бұрын
Peppy Apple Cheese bread recipe! That was a detailed printed recipe! I wish all recipes directions were printed like that.
@twylasorrells73384 ай бұрын
The Apple Cheese Bread is wonderful!
@OZARKMOON19604 ай бұрын
So, my mom was a working lady in the sixties and big on social group meetings. Nut breads were all the rage then, though she used pecans (because we had 3 pecan trees in the yard) in hers. Those owl cookies are unique looking and the apple bread sounds good.
@JESUSISLORDforevermore8884 ай бұрын
4/16/2024: Aloha from Hawaii. Luv your channel! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾. New Subceriber 🏆 Are all those books behind you COOKBOOKS? Wow! My baby sister likes to collect cookbooks. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Yes, they're cookbooks...and that's not even my vintage collection! 😂 I keep my more modern cookbooks in one place and my vintage collection in another.
@glasswingbutterfly4 ай бұрын
I'm giving Factor a try! The food looks great. Excited to try it. First box arrives this Monday. edited to include: I like that you can skip weeks and cancel anytime. No getting locked into something for months.
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
I've really been enjoying it!
@jennifermeuth61164 ай бұрын
The cheeseolettes looked like mashed potato panckes...I had no idea they were a cheese pancake! All you made looked delish!
@loymoore38114 ай бұрын
I discovered your channel late last year, and it has been so fun to watch. I have this cookbook and many others that you have featured in recent videos. I also have almost all the Farm Journal cookbooks that feature recipes from people all over the country. The recipes came from a section of the Farm Journal magazine called The Farmer's Wife. It was a precursor of the Taste of Home magazine. I am 82, so these were the books I was buying over the years. It is so great that someone from a younger generation is making and sharing these recipes.
@dorothyrushforth8884 ай бұрын
I really love the owl cookies 😂😍🥰
@janelleclark44584 ай бұрын
I was in northeast Ohio visiting my mom last week and managed to get to her local Friends of the Library booksale. I got SO MANY vintage cookbooks! Even a few that you've shown on this channel. It was all very exciting, lol. Usually I'm paying through the nose on Ebay/Etsy.
@juliabalogh92824 ай бұрын
You are just the loveliest... Absolutely adore your videos. Find them all so comforting. My mom and I made so many of these recipes together. And I made them with my boys. Thank you 🙏♥️
@joanhawkins8552Ай бұрын
2 of my very favorite Bake Off recipes were from the late 60s / early 70s.Crazy Crust Cobbler and the other one was a casserole with canned biscuits on top and I think I grated cheese on top of them. But the base of the casserole was ground beef and pork n beans and probably brown sugar. I have lost that recipe somewhere in the many moves I have made from parents to first husband to single life to 2nd husband and military moves spanning from 1974 to last move 35 years ago. Lol. If you could find the casserole, maybe you could make on video. I think it was called something like poor man's casserole (????). Tia
@boething4 ай бұрын
You’ve REALLY gotten me into the older cookbooks! I had a couple of Betty Crocker cookbooks from the early 70s in storage and found them last week! When I opened the box, I squealed! My guy just laughed and shook his head. And then I ordered two more on Amazon that I didn’t have. Thanks for another great video. Oh, and I have one of my grandmother’s Pilsbury Bake Off small cookbooks from the 50s. I love it!!
@jackiemartin48644 ай бұрын
My mom bought me the Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook in 1980. I made some really great recipes from that book! 😊
@Anita3kidsS.4 ай бұрын
Anna, I just love your channel! Your personality & your recipes are EXCEPTIONAL & ASTOUNDING ! I can never wait to see what your making next! ~ Hugs Anita3kids 💜🙏🏽🧶🦋
@annalanzotti-venrick39894 ай бұрын
Those are so cute!!
@glasswingbutterfly4 ай бұрын
Sour cream might be good with the cheeseolettes.
@lisahinton96824 ай бұрын
24:00 Anna, if you look carefully, there is most likely an explanation (caption) of what the pictures in the beginning of the book. Look on the title page, early on in the book, and there is most likely a caption for the pics of the bake-off, the awards ceremony, etc. I loved this episode. I remember making those hoot-owl cookies and they were so much fun, but we kids kind of were not exact enough so our owls were basically little terrifying monsters.
@anneholden99084 ай бұрын
Those owl cookies are adorable ❤
@StacieT4 ай бұрын
What a great cookbook! And as usual, you picked some unique recipes to try. Always enjoy seeing what you will cook next. 😊 Also, those peanut butter blossoms are my favorite cookies! ❤
@EmmaRedvers814 ай бұрын
Those green bowls are beautiful 😍
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you! ☺
@lorilxn15974 ай бұрын
My mom had a bunch of the bake off cookbooks
@CyndiGreen-fv8eg4 ай бұрын
I noticed your dinner plate where you put the cookies. That is the same dinner ware my grandmother had and now I have it! I love them so much.
@dawnrardin55674 ай бұрын
This book: my absolute favorite of all my mother’s cookbooks! I wore the cover off it because I loved it so much as a child and teen. I found a pristine copy at an antique store and gave it to my mom and kept the worn one. You are inspiring me to get it back out and use it again♥️
@dawnrardin55674 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention my favorite recipe was Cherry Blossom Dessert.
@littleblackcar4 ай бұрын
Maybe if the cheese was in chunks instead of shredded you'd get a slightly bigger bite and it would stand out more?
@wendywesley74234 ай бұрын
Krafty Crescent Lasagna is yummy ❤
@belindajacalne9944 ай бұрын
Hi Anna, I just got this cookbook at my local library book sale! Thank you for featuring a few of the recipes! Can't wait to try them! Wish there was smell-o-vision, so we the viewers can smell the delicious meals you are preparing in every video! YOU ARE AWESOME!❤❤❤
@melissalambert76154 ай бұрын
My library book sale is next weekend. Cannot wait. Have a list from here.
@danielday1004 ай бұрын
You can eat the pancakes-omelette with sour cream or yoghurt! Thay looks delicious 😋
@beautifulvictory96834 ай бұрын
Better yet! I tried the "Chocolate" Ex-Lax! 😅
@cavalcadeoffood4 ай бұрын
Great recipes! I love all the shades of green in today's episode! Thanks, Anna!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Green is my favorite color! ☺Thanks for watching!
@cavalcadeoffood4 ай бұрын
@@cooking_the_books Mine, too!!
@suzanneharris74734 ай бұрын
I was born in 1959😊
@bethdabruzzo71124 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work Anna! Love your videos!!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@jerzeegirl444 ай бұрын
I absolutely love your channel! Your cookbook collection is absolutely stunning! I too love vintage cookbooks and their illustrations! I would just like to say I'm quite surprised that you do not have a vintage hand mixer in your collection of vintage items! They probably work better than any of the newer ones! Anyway, absolutely love watching your videos! You are a delight! Carry on!❤
@rabrab34 ай бұрын
You are the best!! You have inspired me to try my hand at baking!!
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Go for it!! 🤩
@MaryHughes-ko4fj4 ай бұрын
I thought of you yesterday when I was working our Friends of the Library booksale. Someone had donated a bunch of those Bear Wallow Books cooking booklets. I remember you cooking from one of them so I had to go back through your videos to find it--Tomato Pudding! As always, enjoyed this new video very much.
@thomasvee50214 ай бұрын
I love the recipes, and I’m looking forward to trying them. Thank you for the review of the book also. I love the photos in the book. The cookbook looks so interesting! Great video.
@cooking_the_books4 ай бұрын
Thank you! ☺
@NachoAE3604 ай бұрын
Oh I’m so jealous. I have a few of the little booklets but I would love to find this book too!
@miat.44424 ай бұрын
I just got the 1990 edition, now I'll have to be on the hunt for the older one!
@bettywales68744 ай бұрын
Your themes are always so well-chosen. Thanks for another entertaining video!