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22 Dec World War II Ration Era Recipe: Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls

Posted at 18:00h in #dday70th, Holiday recipe, Molasses, National D-Day Memorial, Popcorn, ration-era recipe, Rationing, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, WWII, WWII Homefront, WWII Kitchen, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

This week, we are combining two of my favorite things into one blog post: Popcorn and Christmas. Popcorn was popular in World War II at Christmas. Not only was it used as garland on Christmas trees, but it was used to make tasty treats at the...

16 Dec Christmas Recipe: Pfeffernusse

Posted at 15:00h in #dday70th, 1940s, Baking, Christmas, Cookies, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, Wartime Christmas by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Hello All! I wanted to start off by saying THANK YOU to all those who came out to our Luminary Event this past weekend. The event was a HUGE success and it means a great deal to everyone involved at the Memorial to see so many...

31 Dec Ration-Era Recipes: Spicy Apple Coffee Cake

Posted at 00:41h in 1940s, Dessert, ration-era recipe, recipe, Recipes, spicy apple coffee cake, Uncategorized, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

To celebrate the New Year, I thought it would be the perfect time to go back to one of our ration-era recipes. I had just returned to work from holiday with my family, my youngest sister was with me and I had a bag of...

21 Aug Ration-Era Recipes: Rich Cinnamon Cookies

Posted at 02:42h in 1940s, homefront, ration-era recipe, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, WWII by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Honest truth – I enjoy baking. Not only do I enjoy baking, I love it. My friends will attest to this - they have been the receivers of many of these treats (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Now baking a ration-era recipe is...

07 Mar Ration-Era Recipes: Potato Pancakes

Posted at 16:54h in potato pancake recipe, ration-era recipe, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, WWII Rationing, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Snowday Fun Yesterday morning my family was delighted to wake up to about 4 inches of snow on the ground. We quickly bundled up and trekked outside to enjoy (hopefully) our last snowfall of the season. I love contrasting playtime in cold, wintery weather with a...

01 Mar Ration-Era Recipe: Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Banana Frosting

Posted at 03:34h in Rationing, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

So, a while ago I returned to the Spry shortening cookbook to test out a recipe for peanut butter cupcakes. I paired it with the banana frosting from the same cookbook. I mean, let's be honest, there are few things in life that are better...

17 Jan Nothing Says “I’m Sorry” like a Coffee Cake

Posted at 13:56h in Quick Coffee Cake, ration-era recipe, Rationing, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, WWII Rationing, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Okay. So I know I disappeared from the blogosphere for a few months, and I am truly sorry for absence. I took a few months away from the museum world to student teach, and silly me, I thought student teaching while maintaining a blog would...

09 Jul Ration-Era Recipes: “Sugarless” Ice Cream

Posted at 14:02h in ice cream recipe, ration-era recipe, recipe, Recipes, sugarless ice cream, Uncategorized, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

Ahhh. Ice Cream - one of my favorite things about summer, and in the midst of this heat wave in Central Virginia, I thought it was appropriate to test out a great ration-era ice cream recipe. (The recipe was taken from Grandma's Wartime Kitchen by...

12 Apr Ration Era Recipe: Faux Whipped Cream

Posted at 17:08h in ration-era recipe, Rationing, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized, Whipped Cream Recipe, WWII Recipe by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

So our busy season has officially started at the National D-Day Memorial, and we've been running around like crazy people these past few weeks making sure that everything is in ship-shape for our visitors! So the poor blog has felt a little left-out and perhaps...

01 Feb Ration-Era Potato Soup

Posted at 16:31h in potato soup recipe, ration-era recipe, Rationing, recipe, Recipes, Uncategorized by Angela Lynch 0 Comments

This past Monday in Central Virginia was a dreary, cold, rainy day - perfect for a bowl of steaming soup. So I decided to turn to the trusty "ABCs of Wartime Canning" cookbook for a ration-era inspired meal. I found just what I was looking...