Recipes from the Library’s Collections

Get cozy with these comfort food recipes from the University Library collections.

If you make any of the recipes listed here, snap a photo and share it on social media using #UIUCLibraryCooks. We’d love to see your culinary creations!

Apple Pudding
from a handwritten, unauthored note (1915)
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Spaghetti
from The Chicago Herald (1916)
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Chicken Pot Pie
from the Prairie Farmer (June 5, 1915)
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Chocolate Pudding
submitted by a 10-year old from the Wallace’s Farmer (December 7, 1917)
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Lemon Pie
from the Prairie Farmer (May 22, 1915)
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Apple Strudel
from Lucy Parsons’ Recipes for a Red Planet (1970s)
See catalog listing
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Baked Apples
from Lucy Parsons’ Recipes for a Red Planet (1970s)
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Corn Dodgers
Lincoln-era recipe from the Illinois History & Lincoln Collections
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Note: minor modifications were made to the original recipes to ensure they would be appealing to modern tastes.

Mary Todd Lincoln’s White Almond Cake
Lincoln-era recipe from the Illinois History & Lincoln Collections
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Note: minor modifications were made to the original recipes to ensure they would be appealing to modern tastes.

Apple Pye
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (facsimile of the 1747 first edition)
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Apple Frazes
from The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (facsimile of the 1747 first edition)
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Meatloaf
from Ways of Using Popcorn (1953)
See record
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Apple Pandowdy
from a manuscript cookbook found in the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections (1933)
Complete recipe and more information found on STORIED

Apple Tourte
recipe translation from La Varenne’s Cookery (1655)
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Strawberry Float
from Recipes used in Illinois Corn Exhibit Model Kitchen, Woman’s Building, Colombian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
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Plunkets
from Recipes used in Illinois Corn Exhibit Model Kitchen, Woman’s Building, Colombian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
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Baked Fruit Pudding
from Mrs. Owen’s Illinois cook book
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Winter Soup
from Mrs. Owen’s Illinois cook book
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Prune Loaf
from the Joseph Litzelmann collection (Litzelmann of Newton, Ill., operated a boarding house called the American House) acquired in 1972
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Apple Cake
from the Joseph Litzelmann collection (Litzelmann of Newton, Ill., operated a boarding house called the American House) acquired in 1972
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