Here's a lovely historical Valentine's Day recipe - Victorian lavender rose cookies! Learn how to make them with the help of Food.com! Ingredients Units: US 1⁄2cup butter 1cup sugar 2eggs 1teaspoon lavender, crushed 1 1⁄2cups flour 2teaspoons baking powder 1⁄4teaspoon salt For Icing 2cups powdered sugar 5 1⁄2teaspoons water 6 1⁄2teaspoons rose water Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, lavender, flour, baking powder and sa

Image courtesy of Taste.com I'd like to share a recipe for this midwinter! I found this excellent recipe for Victorian orange dumplings - all you need are oranges, breadcrumbs, sugar, eggs, and beef fat/suet! https://www.victorianvoices.net/ARTICLES/MISC/LadiesRealm/LR1902-Recipes.pdf

In Victorian times, people enjoyed a Christmas turkey instead of ham And the BBC shared this useful recipe on how to recreate Victorian-style Christmas turkey! For the turkey: 1 x 5-6kg/11-13lb 3oz turkey, preferably a bronze turkeymelted butter, for basting Forcemeat stuffing 225g/8oz dried breadcrumbs small bunch flatleaf parsley leaves, finely chopped handful fresh thyme leaves, finely chopped handful fresh marjoram leaves, finely chopped ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

This recipe, courtesy of Our Heritage of Health, is a recreation of an old 19th-century pumpkin pie recipe! Let's dive right in! Ingredients 1 1/4 cup pumpkin puree 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp ginger 1/2 Tbs. butter 2 cups milk (I used whole milk) Pie pastry for a single crust 9 inch pie Instructions Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Prepare your favorite pie crust recipe and set the dough aside in a cool place while you p