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Category: Clara Project

A weekly cooking project inspired by vintage recipe cards, with old-fashioned recipes updated for modern ingredients and tastes.

recipe for old-fashioned cut-out sugar cookies | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: simple old-fashioned sugar cookies.

If you love crispy, flavorful sugar cookies, you’ll love this easy and foolproof classic sugar cookie recipe. It’s perfect for making pretty fall leaf shapes.

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recipe for old-fashioned potato chip cookies | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: potato chip cookies.

You can whip up a batch of these fantastic old-fashioned potato chip cookies with 5 ingredients you probably have on hand in your kitchen.

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recipe for classic French salad dressing | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: classic French salad dressing recipe.

If you think French dressing is a sweet, ketchupy mess, think again. This recipe for classic French dressing is simple, flavorful and perfect on a light green salad.

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Homemade Powdered Sugar Donut Recipe | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: classic homemade doughnut recipe.

This recipe for old-fashioned donuts is just as easy to make as a batch of pancakes. Enjoy these for weekend breakfast or on Halloween with a cup of cider.

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easy chocolate cake recipe | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: one-bowl chocolate cake recipe.

This old-fashioned one-bowl chocolate cake recipe makes what I’d call a ‘snack cake’—perfect for an after-school or late-night snack with a glass of cold milk.

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Introducing the Clara Project.

Introducing the Clara Project, where once a week we’ll prepare and post a vintage recipe. The fun will be the random draw! Are you with me?

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A new recipe project: What do you think?

Friends, I need your OK on a new project: Will you join me on a journey through my collection of vintage recipe cards?

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What a find: Vintage recipe cards.

Score! I found this bundle of vintage recipe cards in an antique store, and can’t wait to explore someone’s old family recipes.

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