Foster Family Recipes
Introduction: These recipes were obtained by Louise Blome Seth,
who copied them from a hand-written recipe book of her mother, Della Ruedger
Blome. To quote Louise: “I did select all recipes that had family names
included. Many of the older recipes
just list ingredients. Often no
directions or oven temperatures are given.
Of course, Grandma Ruedger [Frances Foster Ruedger] and her sistes, Lead
and Martha, and her sister in law, Tina, baked in old cook stove ovens with no
thermostats. Also they did not need
precise measurements and directions in order to concoct delicious meals.” Directions are copied from the book as they
were written down, with the exception of putting all ingredients in one
column. I am sure that many of these recipes were handed down in the
family from earlier generations. I hope
you enjoy reading them.
Barbara
Arthur LeRoy
Frances Foster Ruedger
1 egg
1 cup sugar
1 ½ cups sweet milk
3 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups flour
1 cup nut meats
pinch of salt.
Let rise 20 minutes before
baking.
Leda Foster
2 cups sugar
½ cup corn syrup
½ cup water
2 egg whites beaten stiff
1 cup nut meats
Boil until it cracks when
dropped in cold water. Stir into the
whites of 2 eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
Add 1 cup nut meats.
Christine Foster, wife of Bela
Foster
11 egg whites
After beaten add 1 level tsp. Cream of
tartar. Beat stiff
1 ½ cups sugar sifted 5
times
1 ½ cups flour after sifted
Vanilla
Don’t lift your beater out
while beating.
Martha Foster
½ cup Crisco
1 egg beaten
1 cup sugar
½ tsp. Soda
2 ½ cups pastry flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups thick cold
applesauce
4 T. hot water
½ cup nuts
1 cup raisins or dates
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. Each cloves and
nutmeg
Cream the sugar and Crisco,
add egg, beat well. Stir in applesauce
and hot water. Add raisins and nuts,
then dry ingredients sifted together twice.
Bake in Moderate oven 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Leda Foster
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
8 T. shortening, beef or
lard
½ cup cream
½ cup water
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3 cups flour
4 T. cocoa
2 t. soda
Mix dry ingredients together
and put in first mixture. Add 1 t.
vanilla.
Leda Foster
½ pkg. raisins cook in 1 cup
water for 15 minutes
Add ½ c. sugar, ½ c. corn
syrup
¼ c. lard
¼ c. water
1 t. each soda, salt,
cinnamon
¼ t. cloves
1 ½ c. flour or more if
needed
Frances Foster Ruedger
1 c. sweet milk
½ c. molasses
1 c. brown sugar
½ c. butter
2 eggs
Raisins and currents each ½
lb.
1 t. salt
1 T. cloves
1 T. cinnamon
2 t. baking powder
nutmeg
3 cups flour
Christina Foster – wife of
Bela Foster
1 c. dates—cut up
1 c. boiling water
1 t. soda
3 T. shortening
{stir and cool the above
ingredients}
Add
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 ½ c. flour
½ t. baking powder
1 c. chopped nuts if desired
Bake 45 minutes in moderate
oven. Serve with whipped cream or
sauce.
Leda Foster
1 cup butter or lard
2 cups brown sugar
3 cups flour
1 cup raisins
2 eggs
1 cup nut meats
1 cup cold coffee
1 tsp. Cinnamon
½ tsp. Nutmeg
1 scant tsp. Soda
2 tsp. Baking powder
Mix all ingredients in bowl
together. Drop on greased tin and bake.
Leda Foster
2 cups flour
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening
1 egg yolk
Work with tips of fingers to
a smooth dough. Make into little
balls. Press with fork and put a pecan
half on top. Bake in moderate oven (350
degrees) 13-15 minutes.
{My mother always made these
cookies every Christmas}
Martha Foster
1 egg
¾ cup sugar
2 tablespoons vanilla
1 cup chopped raisins
¾ cup thick sour cream
cinnamon, cloves, and
nutmeg.
Christina Foster – wife of
Bela
6 c. strawberries pressed
full
7 c. sugar
Let stand until juice stands
on them.
Cook—hard boil 7 minutes
Let stand until next
morning. Then put in cans or glasses
Leda Foster
2 tomato cans grease
1 can lye dissolved in 1 can
water
Heat grease and strain out
any specks. When grease and lye
solution are both luke warm pour lye into grease and add immediately 1 cup
household ammonia, 2 tablespoons borax dissolved in ½ cup water. Stir til thick as honey. Pour into wood and in five minutes cut into
bars.