Betty Crocker's Cookbook

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

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My mother got this for her bridal shower in 1966. I stole it from her when I got married in 1992 for the Christmas cookie recipes 😁

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kspenmoll My sister has my mother‘s earlier version! 5mo

Amie My mom has the same one! 5mo

TheBookgeekFrau @kspenmoll @Amie It's such a classic! 5mo

Eggs Perfect 🥣 5mo

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Tamra

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

It‘s Thanksgiving planning time - already! 😅 This year the kids say they‘re going to help. 🤔

Betty has been my Thanksgiving grandmother since 1988. (Edition 1987)

ravenlee My sister‘s married name is Crocker, and whenever people ask about her cooking she calls it “an old family recipe, from Great Aunt Betty.” 13mo

Tamra @ravenlee 😆 good one! I‘m anxious to see how much the collections of recipes have changed by the time I gift my kids their own copies. Certainly more ethnically diverse - I hope! 13mo

5feet.of.fury Love a classic 13mo

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Tamra @5feet.of.fury a classic for classics 😁 13mo

dabbe We have the exact same book! 🤩🤩🤩 13mo

Tamra @dabbe 🙌🏾 13mo

LeahBergen Good ol‘ Betty! 13mo

Chittavrtti My classroom used her bread stuffing recipe for the community feast. 13mo

Tamra @LeahBergen I had to explain Betty wasn‘t “real” to my daughter. But she sure does feel real life. 😆 13mo

Tamra @Chittavrtti our favorite! It never fails. This year though we‘re adding cornbread dressing to the table for my daughter in her gluten free quest. Basically it will be a spread of carbs on the table. 😜 13mo

LeahBergen 😆😆 13mo

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Tamra

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Backside of said book. 😜

Ruthiella Are those scorch marks? 😱😆 🔥 3y

Tamra @Ruthiella 😳😝 Yes! I‘ve learned a couple of lessons since then. 3y

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Tamra

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Let the Thanksgiving prep begin!

I‘ve had this book since 1988 - I think it was a wedding gift? I use the same 3 recipes each year. 😄

Cathythoughts Tried & trusted 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y

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Crazeedi

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#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz
1Betty and Good Housekeeping have been with me for 45 years
2 any book set in Italy
3 red vines, caramel, Arnold palmer tea or coffee

BookmarkTavern Mmmm, I love caramel! Thanks for sharing! 4y

Crazeedi @ozma.of.oz welcome!! 4y

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Tamra

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

Let the Turkey Day prep begin! It wouldn‘t be complete without the jello marshmallow “salad.” 😋

I‘m quite certain jello is indigenous to the Americas - isn‘t there always a bowl of it on display in depictions of the first Thanksgiving meal?

ljuliel I just looked it up and flavored Jell-O was first “invented” in 1881 , by a man named Pearle and his wife May. It‘s been around a long time. 5y

Tamra @ljuliel wow, yes it has been around a long time! 5y

marleed We have a 20-yr video when neighbors from Sweden came to live in Kansas for a year while the dad was an allied officer. We fed the girls, 8 and 9 yo‘s, jello for their first time. They recently returned when their dad was honored in a hall of fame. My son has captured all that video and was able to give it to them. It was priceless as they had no memory of that singular experience. 5y

Tamra @marleed so awesome, what an experience! 5y

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lesliemarie

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DebinHawaii Classic Betty Crocker recipes and cookbooks are the best! 🥄📚❤️ 7y

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Tamra

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

Been thankful for Betty annually for 29 years now. This was a wedding gift. 😄 Anyone else in the kitchen tonight? This is when I try to get a lot done for tomorrow.

TricksyTails That's the stuffing recipe I use! ♥️🍞 7y

merelybookish I have pecan pies to make! 7y

riversong153 Almost done for the night! 7y

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Tamra @TricksyTails it‘s soooo good! 😋 I pull this book out once a year to make 3 staples in it for Turkey Day. 7y

melrailey I love that cookbook! I make the blueberry muffins with streusel topping. Yum! 7y

melrailey Oh and yes I‘m cooking desserts. I‘ve actually just finished but my cheesecake has to sit in the oven for two hours so I‘m taking a bubble bath, drinking a glass of wine and reading (or checking Litsy). 7y

Tamra @merelybookish my favorite pie! Ironic bc I don‘t have much of a sweet tooth! 😄 7y

Tamra @riversong153 good for you!! I have to put another pie in & I‘m debating green bean casserole & clean-up. 😏 7y

Tamra @melrailey 👏🏾👏🏾 The wine keeps me prepping. 😂 7y

Aswenson I love my Betty Crocker holiday cookie book! 7y

Tamra @Aswenson 👍🏾 I have a 1963 BC “Cooky” Book from my mom. Brings back memories! 7y

Laura317 I have my mother‘s as well as my own BC cookbook. I prepped the deviled eggs and potatoes tonight. Rest will be done tomorrow. 7y

Lola I have one more thing to make tonight and then a quick thing to put together in the morning. The hub and kids were actually an amazing help this year. 7y

Tamra @Laura317 ooooooo deviled eggs! I might have to do that! 7y

Tamra @Lola lucky you! I got a little help from the kids and my husband did the shopping which is an enormous help! 7y

heikemarie My dad and mom got this as a wedding gift, and my dad got it for me as a college graduation present 🧡🧡 I love cooking because of this book! 7y

Nat_Reads Lovely!! 7y

Tamra @inwhichHeikereadsharder ❣️ So wonderful!! 7y

Tamra @Nat_Reads 😁 7y

Jinjer So far tonight we have made pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cranberry sauce & prepped the yam casserole. 7y

Tamra @Jinjer 😋😋 7y

TricksyTails Ooh which other ones do you use? 7y

batsy Oh wow I can't wait to see pics of Thanksgiving spreads 😋😋😋 7y

mrp27 In the kitchen! Hosting and cooking for my family. Happy Thanksgiving! 7y

AmyG I use this. And I got it when I got married, too. 7y

Tamra @AmyG must be tradition! 7y

Tamra @mrp27 Happy Eats!! 7y

Tamra @TricksyTails just the instructions for roasting turkey & the gravy & the stuffing. 😄 Which do you use? 7y

TricksyTails Same!! 😊 So simple but comes out perfectly every time! Happy Thanksgiving!! ♥️ 7y

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DeeLew

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I always have to make at least one recipe from my mom's old cookbooks for Thanksgiving and Christmas. This pumpkin bread is one of my favorites. I couldn't find the exact cookbook in the database but close enough. I have so many cookbooks that have been handed down from Grandma to Mom to me. They are ragged and well worn from many years of use. 😊💜

LeahBergen 😍😍 8y

KVanRead Those are the very best kind. 😋 8y

Zelma I love it! 👍 8y

PurpleyPumpkin Looks yummy!👌🏼 8y

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GlitteryOtters

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

I have a lot of fancy, new cookbooks, but sometimes the 45+ year old cookbooks you learned to cook on are the best ones for the job. #kickingitoldschool #litsycooks #happythanksgiving #veganizedrecipe #bananabread

bookishkai Betty Crocker is still my go-to. I have my grandmother's much used and well loved first edition, plus all her recipe cards. 8y

Mcoun I have that exact edition of Betty Crocker and my copy is in similar condition. It is a great standby for traditional recipes. 8y

SharonGoforth I have it, too!! 8y

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SusanInTiburon I come from a Fanny Farmer family, but I know exactly what you mean. 8y

Suzze That is the one I got for my wedding shower in 1973. 8y

GlitteryOtters @suzze this is the copy my mom got at *her* wedding shower (with her first husband) in 1973. She cooked a little at that time, but not too much and all in a more Californian/Mediterranean style and she was marrying a guy from Oklahoma. His parents realized she needed good instruction on how to make the type of food he loved, so they gave her the newest version of their family favorite cookbook (and that's how we became a Betty Crocker family) 8y

GlitteryOtters @SusanInTiburon we came into Betty Crocker not by intent, but by accident (my mom's first husband grew up eating food from an earlier version of this cookbook, so his parents gifted it to her so she'd know how to make all his favorite dishes, as she grew up cooking a more California/Mediterranean style, and cooking by instinct, without recipes as that's how her mom cooked). After the divorce she felt this was still useful, so she kept it & used it 8y

GlitteryOtters @SharonGoforth I have both this and the edition available in 1999 (since that has some new and different recipes, and I got it on remainder when I worked at a bookstore, so it was a cheap edition). The cookies and sweetbreads from this edition are basically my childhood desserts, so I still use it a lot (if I switched banana bread or cranberry bread or zucchini bread recipes, I think my husband would revolt!). I just veganize the recipes. 8y

GlitteryOtters @Mcoun yes it is--plus it has so many of the cookies and sweetbreads we regularly had as desserts when I was a kid. That snickerdoodle recipe was my favorite! 😋😋 8y

Suzze @GlitteryOtters I have three copies, my mom's from the 50's, my wedding copy from the 70's and and the update from the 90's. It's funny how recipes my mom made from it are now healthier in the 90's copy, even though they keep the integrity of the 50's recipe. 8y

GlitteryOtters @bookishkris this is my mom's old edition & it is full of recipes she clipped out from magazines, my step grandma's family bread recipe that has been in use in her family or ours for well over a century, a few handwritten recipes from some of my mom's elderly customers over the years. It is very treasured. 8y

GlitteryOtters @Suzze I have the 90s edition too and you are right, they did a really good job at updating it (and the reference sections with cooktimes for different veggies is my go-to when I am cooking...I swear, I can never remember how long it takes to cook each vegetable, even the ones I cook constantly. I always have to look it up). 8y

SharonGoforth @GlitteryOtters Mine is from the 70's. Love the cookie recipes! 8y

lynneamch I have this one too! I have to keep mine in a box as it completely fell apart. Still pull it out for certain recipes--especially pies. Yum. Strawberry Glacé is the best. 8y

GlitteryOtters @lynneamch it is such a good cookbook! 💕 8y

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DGRachel

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

Note to self: when making dinner, be sure it is very fragrant if you plan to check Litsy while it cooks, so you don't burn down the house. #blameitonlitsy

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I've almost done that 😳 8y

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TeR

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

This is my mom's Betty Crocker cook book from 1961❤️. I am at her house at the end of my big trip home for a visit. Just finished packing ( had to find room for all the books...yikes). Now my feet are up & I'm perusing betty😄

bookishkai I learned to bake from my mother's copy of this, and I now have my grandmother's first edition from 1950. 8y

Megabooks I have my mom's 1960s Joy of Cooking!! 💙💚💜❤️ 8y

Texreader It is so much fun to read old cookbooks. The use of lard always cracks me up! 8y

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Lizpixie Are you interested in joining #litsygoesroundtheworld book club? It's the same as the one @MrBook is running but it's for international littens. 8y

TeR @Lizpixie yes... Sounds like fun😄 8y

Lizpixie It's being run by @pppooraikul so just let him know you're interested👍 8y

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LibrarianJen

Betty Crocker's Cookbook | Betty Crocker

I guess I should make a copy of this page before it's totally ruined! This was my moms cookbook she got in the 80's. We are having Brenner tonight. 🍽

britt_brooke 💙 8y

marixa I love hand-me-down cookbooks! 8y

LibrarianJen @marixa so do I! I inherited all my moms and grandmas cookbooks when they passed. I also have my great-grandmas wooden rolling pin! ❤️ 8y

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marixa Yes! And a massive cast-iron frying pan! 8y

LibrarianJen @marixa 👍🏽and yellow-orange nesting Pyrex mixing bowls from the 60's! 8y

Readingrobin Still have my Betty Crocker I bought in 1984! 8y

LibrarianJen @Readingrobin maybe this is the same copy! 8y

Yournewfriendsams So impressed you're cooking brenner 🙌🏽 Ours is usually stale cereal 😫 8y

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