Traditional Recipes

Tested for the Modern Kitchen

Appears in
The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets
The Christmas Cook

By William Woys Weaver

Published 1990

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Almond Cakes (1900)
Almond Macaroons (1702)
Amelia Simmons’s Pound Cake (1796)
American Plum Pudding (1839)
Barley Sugar or Clear Toys (1818)
Beet Butter (1842)
Brandy Snaps (1893)
Brown Betty (1857)
Candied Orange or Lemon Peel (1801)
Chocolate Apeas (1904)
Chocolate Kisses (1846)
Christmas Cookies (1805)
Coconut Dromedaries (1902)
Confectioners’ Paste (1849)
Cranberry Flummery (1838)
Cranberry Tart (1848)
Crisp Ginger Cakes (1742)
Crust for Raised Pies (1787)
Cup Cake, or Poor Man’s Pound Cake (1837)
Dandy Jack Pudding (1874)