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RECIPE ARCHIVE

3 Bean Bake

9 Day Slaw

Acorn Squash Sherry

Anadama Bread

Apple Bread

Asparagus/Peas Casserole

Barbecued Ham

Bean Dip

Beefy Pizza Pockets

Blueberry Sreusel Shortcake from Homemade Biscuit Mix

Broccoli Salad

Broccoli Soup

Buttery Cashew Brittle

Butterscotch Squares

Cabbage Plate

Cackleburgers

Canadian Corn Chowder

Celery Relish

Cheese-creamed Spinach

Chickpea/Garbanzo Bean Salad

Chinese Salad

Coffee Cake From Biscuit Mix

Copper Pennies

Corned Beef Casserole

Crab Artichoke Dip/Spread

Cranberry-Nut Mold

Cranberry Strawberry Salad

Crazy Pecan Pie

Custard Pie

Different Apple Cake

Dump Cake

Easy French Bread

Fancy Fast Chicken

Fasoulia Khadra

Filled Date Bars

French Breakfast Bake

Fruit Salad

Gingerbread

Glazed Orange-Pecan Bread

Grandmother Davis' Egg Omelet

Ground Beef and Eggplant Casserole

Ham Balls with Mustard Sauce

Hazel Tucker's Baked Fish

Hot Chicken Salad

"Hot Lips" Mexican Rice

Hurry Up Chocolate Cake

Ice Box Rolls

Irish Bread

Key Lime Pie

Lazy Lasagna

Lemon Bread

Lemon Sour Cream Pie

Lobster Stew

Mama's Baked Beans

Molasses Drop Cakes

Pea and Almond Salad

Peas Oregano

Peach-Berry Cobbler

Pecan Brittle

Pecan Dreams

Pineapple and Cheese Ball Salad

Pineapple-Raisin Sauce

Pistachio Coffee Cake

Popover Pizza

Poppy-seed Dressing

Pumpkin Pudding

Red Flannel Hash

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Rhubarb Pie

Sauerkraut and Noodles

Savory Chicken

Scalloped Tomatoes

Shrimp and Pea Salad

Skillet Beef and Beans

Snackers

Soft Molasses Cookies

Spiced Pecans

Spiced Squash

Spinach Almondine Stuffing

Spinach Casserole

Strawberry Rhubarb Cake

Swedish Brownies

"Tipsy" Barbecued Chicken

White Star Cookies

Wilted Lettuce, German Style

Winter Soup

Year's End Turkey Soup

Zucchini Bread

Zucchini Parmesan Soup

BEST COOKS IN TOWNE

Selected recipes from cookbook compiled by TFA members in 1992

Starting in 2025, we will no longer be publishing recipes from the cookbook quarterly in the newsletter and on the website since we are getting close to the end of the book. This page will be reorganized to include all remaining recipes not yet published so be sure to check it out when you are looking for new recipes to try.




Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, MA: TFA Reunion 2007
Photography courtesy of Stablegirl Cindy


Glazed Orange-Peacn Bread
Cynthia Nourse Adamowitch


  • 1/4 c. soft oleo
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 Tbsp. orange rind
  • 2 c. flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 c. orange juice
  • 1/2 c. chopped pecans
  • 2 1/2 tsp. orange juice
  • 1/2 c. sifted powdered sugar

Cream oleo, gradually add sugar, beat well. Add beaten eggs and grated orange rind, mix well. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, add to creamed mixture alternately with 3/4 c. orange juice, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition. Stir in pecans. Pour into greased loaf pan, bake 1 hour at 350. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove from pan and cool completely. Combine 2 1/2 Tbsp. orange juice with powdered sugar, drizzle over to. Wrap and store overnight before serving.

Pineapple-Raisin Sauce
Judith Shannon

  • 1 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 3/4 c. brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. dry mustard
  • 1/2 c. ginger
  • 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp. nutmeg
  • 8 1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple
  • 1/2 c. pineapple or orange juice
  • 1/4 c. raisins

Stir together first 8 ingredients. Add crushed pineapple, juice and raisins. Heat to boiling, stirring often. Reduce heat and continue cooking 5 minutes. Use to baste a 3 lb. ham and serve the remainder as a sauce. Makes 2 cups.



Butterscotch Squares
Barbara Holden


  • 1/4 c. butter
  • 1 c. brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg, unbeaten
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2/3 c. flour
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 c. nuts

Melt butter in pan. (use as a mixing bowl) Remove from heat, add sugar, egg, vanilla and nuts. Stir in dry ingredients that have been sifted together. Spread in a shallow 8" X 8" pan. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.



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Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers, MA: TFA Reunion 2007
Photography courtesy of Stablegirl Cindy