Recipe Box
Deborah Szmodis’s wooden recipe card box, decorated with strawberries, contains part of her complete recipe card collection. Created by Woodcrest by Styson, it is part of a larger matching kitchen storage collection from around the 1960s.
Recipe Cards
The recipe cards below reflect just a sampling of the family's complete card collection and focus on desserts like cakes, pies, and Christmas cookies. As you can see, some recipes are typed or handwritten on index cards, while others are recorded on pieces of scrap paper.
Click through the individual recipe cards below to view their metadata and learn more each recipe.
Abbreviations Glossary:
Each recipe is also accompanied with a transcription of the text. Here is a glossary of some common abbreviations you’ll see used in the recipes.
t. = teaspoon
T. = tablespoon
c. = cup
b. sugar = brown sugar
b. soda = baking soda
b. powder = baking powder
van. = vanilla
cin. = cinnamon
