The Yellow Recipe Box...

 

There are many things my under 10 age mind remembers that made my childhood magical.  Family & friend get togethers, huckleberry & raspberry picking with clorox container buckets tied with nylons, grits n eggs, swedish pancakes/hotcakes, early morning scripture reading, the dock, sledding down a dark,snowy driveway, walking in the woods, the pond, the rope "Kodak picture spot" swing, lining up for Christmas morning on the stairs, and mom's cooking with the YELLOW RECIPE BOX.

As a gift to my children, my siblings and most definitely, MY SELF... I am going to attempt to post some of my favorite recipes from mom's iconic Betty Crocker 1970's yellow recipe box.  Mom's best and most familiar recipes are typed using a cursive typewriter or if I'm lucky, in her own handwriting!  Funny how those things mean so much when a person is gone...  I'm not sure I'm even familiar with any of the Betty Crocker recipes that came with the box.  But the box and the delicious instructive contents are definitely right up there with my favorite symbols of a magical, happy childhood in north Idaho on Hayden Lake.  This box accompanied us to Hawaii and Utah.  It followed mom to back to Idaho, California and Virginia.  I borrowed it for a few days once and hand copied some of my own favorites that reside in my "tan recipe box".  Somehow after 50 years I have ended up with it.  I am going to do it proud and share.  My mom was a master in the kitchen.  I don't believe she actually needed to look at the recipes, but I'm so glad she recorded them.

Some of the recipes will be repeats to what is already on my blog.  This is where many of those originated! You can search for the deliciousness by topic under various lables of pastry, soups, desserts etc... but I will also include the special label The Yellow Recipe Box when adding something directly from the box.

I'm excited about this project... Not yet sure if it will take me a few weeks or a few years. 

Enjoy!