The Vintage Baker More Than 50 Recipes From Butterscotch Pecan curls to Sour Cream Jumbles by Jessie Sheehan photographs by Alice Gao

If you know me, you also know my fascination for the past; of course this passion passes also through recipes. I lost the count of American baking and cooking eBooks that I downloaded in the past trying to research in particular old recipes. I feel attraction for American recipes of all sort thanks to my numerous connections in the USA and also because baking an American cake, or some cookies means anyway always a real success, also for someone not yet exactly a chef or the best baker of the world; after all, you know this sensation is more than comforting. There is a stability of ingredients and a simplicity in these recipes that it is difficult to find in other countries.

All of it thanks to the fusion of cultures in grade to make the difference and in grade to speak pretty well to the palate of people with joyous treats, great cookies, and stunning cakes and pies.

When I discovered that Chronicle Books released a cookbook about the topic I thought: I want to see it.

The Vintage Baker More Than 50 Recipes From Butterscotch Pecan curls to Sour Cream Jumbles by Jessie Sheehan photographs by Alice Gao is a cultural, historical old-fashioned reconstruction of baking recipes, passing through old recipe booklets. This trend of recipe booklets was common in the USA starting from the end of XIX century thanks to various brands that promoted their products.
Not just this, the author remarks like decade after decade ingredients of recipes changed like also ads, more captivating, inviting and dreaming.

In these recipes, what the author did in some cases was to fix the recipes for the tastes of people of our historical moment. Feel free to try of course, the original recipe.

I loved the molasses doughnuts with chocolate ginger glaze. Not just spectacular: you start your day with a chocolate-dream.

But, of course why not launch yourself in a world of aromas with the vanilla yogurt coffee cake?

You will have always close to you friends if you invite them for the afternoon tea with this Swedish tea rolls recipe.

Are you a fan of butterscotch? Try the butterscotch-potato chip balls, and if you are in love for a spice sophisticated like cardamom is, enjoy the deep-fried cookies; if  you want to cuddle your dear ones, the Blueberry Angel Food Dream recipe is there, waiting for you, like also the milk chocolate malted pudding, a dreaming dessert for everyone like also the yummy  baked Alaska Sandwich. Maybe you'll want to try your pop corns while you are watching a movie with cinnamon red hots, maybe adding also another treat: honey-roasted peanut brittle.

Beautiful cookbook, highly recommended to everyone in love for old tastes with some touch of modernity.

I thank Chronicle Books for the physical copy of this book.

Anna Maria Polidori