Ruth's Recipe Tin: 100 Old-Fashioned Holiday Sweets

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Mother's holiday recipe cards, written out in full, with the little mistakes to avoid.

100 recipes · 7 chapters · 137-page PDF · Instant download · Nothing is shipped

On my kitchen shelf sits a dented red recipe tin. Every holiday recipe Mother trusted is in it, written by hand on little cards that get softer at the corners every year. This book is those cards, written out in full: the Thanksgiving pies, the Christmas cookies, the old-fashioned candy, the holiday cakes, and the no-bake treats for that busy last week.

Every recipe gives you:

The story from Mother's card
Full ingredients in US cups and spoons
A step-by-step method
Make-ahead notes, so you can bake early
"Where folks go wrong": the small mistakes that ruin a batch, and how to avoid them

Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print just the recipes you need.

You will get a PDF (2MB) file

What's inside: 100 recipes in 7 chapters

Pie Crusts and Thanksgiving Pies (15): Mother's never-fail crust, pumpkin, pecan, apple, sweet potato, chess, buttermilk, shoofly, mincemeat
Old-Fashioned Puddings (7): Indian pudding, persimmon, steamed cranberry, Christmas plum pudding
Christmas Cookies (25): gingerbread men, spritz, snowballs, kolaczki, Linzer cookies, pecan tassies
Old-Fashioned Candy (15): fudge, divinity, caramels, pralines, toffee, homemade marshmallows
Holiday Cakes and Breads (17): fruitcake, Yule log, stollen, pumpkin roll, Lane cake, cinnamon rolls
No-Bake and Last-Minute Sweets (13): buckeyes, peppermint bark, truffles, icebox cake
Finishing, Keeping and Giving (8): royal icing, seven-minute frosting, hard sauce, caramel sauce

Plus the holiday baking calendar and the kitchen charts.

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Contents: every chapter and recipe

A full recipe, with "Where folks go wrong"

The holiday baking calendar

Cold-water candy stages

Kitchen charts

A note from Ruth

Pull up a chair, honey.

Handwritten recipe cards fade, get stained and get thrown out. And the most important parts were never written down at all: "Take it out while it still shivers." "Not on a rainy day."

So I wrote Mother's holiday cards out in full, with every step, and I explained the notes from the margins, so they never get lost again.

Keep your oven warm and your recipe box full. - Ruth

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More than recipes

Holiday baking calendar: plan the weeks so nothing is rushed
Cold-water candy stages: soft ball to hard crack, the way Mother tested them
How to store holiday baking: how long each treat keeps, and why crisp and soft cookies never share a tin
Packing tins for giving: pack and mail cookie tins so everything arrives whole
Kitchen charts: measurements, oven temperatures and pantry substitutions
Recipes by occasion: quick lists for trays, gifts and last-minute treats

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Questions folks ask

A 137-page PDF book with 100 holiday recipes, the baking calendar and the kitchen charts. Pay securely through PayPal. Payhip and PayPal handle the payment, so we never see your card details. Your download link appears right away and also arrives by email.
No. This is a digital book only, so nothing is shipped. You can start baking today.
No. Every recipe is written out in full, with a step-by-step method, make-ahead notes and the mistakes to avoid. The book has no food photographs; the pictures on this page are real pages from inside it.
Yes. It's a regular PDF, so it opens on a phone, tablet or computer. In the kitchen, many people find a tablet or a printed page easiest.
Yes. Print the whole book, or just the recipes you need, on regular printer paper at home. Keep them in a binder, or tuck them into your own recipe tin.
US cups, spoons and degrees Fahrenheit. The kitchen charts include oven temperatures in Celsius and measuring equivalents.
The videos on Ruth's Recipe Tin tell the stories behind old recipes. This book has the full holiday recipes, written out step by step, all in one place.
No fancy equipment. The candies use a heavy pot and a candy thermometer, and the book also explains the old cold-water test to double-check it.
Your download link is also in the receipt email from Payhip, so check your inbox and spam folder. You can download the book again from that email.

Bring the old holiday recipes back this year

100 recipes from Mother's red recipe tin, written out in full, with the baking calendar, candy test and kitchen charts. A 137-page PDF for $19.99, ready to download in a minute.

Keep your oven warm and your recipe box full.

Ruth

Get the book for $19.99

Ruth's Recipe Tin: 100 Old-Fashioned Holiday Sweets

What's inside: 100 recipes in 7 chapters

Look inside the book

A note from Ruth

More than recipes

Questions folks ask

What do I get, and how does it work?

Will anything be mailed to me?

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Can I read it on my phone or tablet?

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Bring the old holiday recipes back this year

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