Pumpkin Gems
Microwave pumpkin muffins with cinnamon, nutmeg and chopped nuts, finished with a simple confectioners’ sugar glaze.
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Broccoli Cheese Soup
A creamy broccoli cheese soup with Dijon mustard and oregano, preserved from the 2006 Jersey County community cookbook 75 Years of Caring and Sharing.
Taffy Apple Salad
A retro apple salad with pineapple, miniature marshmallows, peanuts and a cooked pineapple-juice dressing folded with Cool Whip.
Elsah Landing Mystery Pecan Pie
A rich layered pecan pie with cream cheese, Karo syrup and a family history that turned it into a must-have at gatherings.
Pumpkin-Spice Muffins
Whole-wheat pumpkin muffins with applesauce, cinnamon and nutmeg from a 1996 Illinois community cookbook.
Boiled Cider Apple Pie
A double-crust apple pie enriched with boiled cider, a custardy filling and thinly sliced apples for an old-fashioned fall dessert.
Mock Apple Pie
A vintage mock apple pie made with Ritz crackers, lemon, cinnamon and Splenda—an inventive pie that tastes remarkably like apple without using apples.
Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake
A pumpkin-spiced gooey butter cake with a yellow-cake crust and cream cheese filling—rich, soft-centered and made for fall gatherings.
Persimmon Bread
A two-loaf persimmon bread with brown sugar, butter and ripe persimmon pulp baked low and slow at 325°F.
Aunt Mary’s Chili
A simple ground-beef chili with tomatoes, chili beans and a family tradition that turned the recipe into a bridal-shower gift.
Raw Apple Muffins
Apple-packed muffins with cinnamon, raisins, whole-wheat flour and walnuts, preserved with a memorable bed-and-breakfast family note.
Persimmons Cookies
Soft, moist persimmon cookies with cinnamon, cloves, raisins and nuts, preserved with a remarkable local note from Eldred, Illinois.