This past week, I pulled out my 1978 Betty Crocker cookbook a couple of times. First, the favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe on page 266 came to the rescue after Todd dropped a few not-so-subtle hints that he’d love a batch of cookies. Then, a couple of days later, my daughter-in-law asked if I would make macaroni and cheese for Owen’s birthday party this weekend. That recipe is on page 117.
Chocolate chip cookies may be one of the most nostalgic treats ever created. And that macaroni and cheese recipe was a quick, easy dinner that earned no complaints from my four children and has since become a favorite of my grandchildren as well.
The photos show just how often these recipes were used over the years. These days, I don’t turn to them nearly as often, but whenever I open that cookbook to fill a special request, the memories come flooding back.
I have my mother's 1960's vintage Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, and J has the Betty Crocker. I am a Mac and Cheese snob, that one looks proper, I would bake it twice as long, I like it to set into a solid mass that can be sliced.
ReplyDeleteMy pages look the same! Some are stuck together. Such good recipes.
ReplyDeleteI used to have one that looked very much like yours. I'm not sure where it is now. You made me think of my mothers old cookbook. It was tattered when I was a kid but I believe my sister still has it somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI love the look of a well-used cookbook. It's hard to beat chocolate chip cookies or macaroni and cheese.
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