Happy Halloween!

Pro tip: Serve Witches’ Cauldron Soup with the recipe for Black Cat Cupcakes on the back of the card.

(In other words “any vegetable soup.”)

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What, didn’t they have bacon in 1971?

Although, I cannot argue with a recipe containing potatoes, onion, butter and oil. I’ll just pretend it says bacon (or chicken) fat. Also bonus points for hash browns, not home fries.

It’s a busy week in kitchens… don’t work so hard. Or, at the very least, try to relax with a nice muffin after all the holiday cooking is done!

Beer Bisquick Muffins recipe:

3 C. Bisquick
5 Tbsp. sugar
10 oz. beer

Found in an independent spiral-bound cookbook, “Chapter SL Cooks.” Palma Hyland has a couple of other recipes in it that speak straight to my heart: “Ham and Cheese Rollups” and “Crabby Eggs.” Good stuff. I bet those beer muffins are going to go great with leftover ham…

Black Cat Cupcakes. Mmmmm. I mean Boooooo. I mean Happy Halloween!

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The Fall Classic is in full swing. The Cubs are in the World Series. This is the Have A Ball! Baseball Mitt Cake from Betty Crocker Recipe Card Library. 1971. You think that was a long time ago? Last time the Cubs were in the World Series it was 1945.

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