Hershey Foods Corporation

I expected them this book to be fun--but I never expected it to be amazing!

First, the ingredients are inexpensive and easy-to-find. I find it's easy to whip up many of these recipes with what's already in the house. If you really want to make sure, just look through the book for pantry ingredients that show up repeatedly (like sweetened condensed milk, toffee bits, or sweetened flaked coconut, as well as chocolate of course) and be sure to have some on hand. The book of course uses brand show more names, but it's easy enough to extrapolate to your own favorite brands or store brands. These recipes also tend to be inexpensive because they rely so heavily on simple pantry goods like chocolate chips, flour, and oats.

What truly amazed me, however, is how reliably these recipes come out. They don't just come out looking nice, or tasting good; they come out perfect every time. It's clear to me that these recipes were very thoroughly kitchen-tested. And beyond that, every single thing we've made so far has tasted so good that we simply couldn't keep it around the house! The oatmeal toffee bars were to-die-for. The butterscotch cheesecake bowled us over. In fact, if you care about your weight, I have this piece of advice for you: before you make any recipe from this book, invite a few friends over! Otherwise you'll definitely gain some weight.

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More than recipes, this is a story of Milton Hershey and a "Through the Years" cookbook.
Introduction to Chocolate Memories
1899 to 1909 Candies
The Teens:Cookies
The Twenties:Beverages
The Thirties:Puddings, Ice Creama and Other Treats
The Forties:Pies
The Fifties:Cakes
The Sixties:Frostings, Fillings, and Sauces
The Seventies:Breads
The Eighties:Microwave Sweets
Recipe Index:Special HersheyHints; Photography Credits
Each decade has a short story of the history of events and recipes.
Gay 90s Pulled show more Taffy, Nickelodeon Peanut Butter Bars, Jazz Age Eggnog, Top Hat Custard Ice Cream, Big Band Black Bottom Pie, Pony Tail Pound Cake, Moon Walk Peanut Butter Sauce, Disco Berry Loaf and for the Eightes: Kiss Me Quick Teacakes.
Milton Heshey and his wife Catherine, did so much for their employes like building the town for them but also others of need.
He said "What I want to do is find a practical use for what I have and put it to work in a way to benefit others". show less

This is a lovely cookbook from the Hersey company put out in 1934 but updated for modern tastes and availability. Great stuff in here! Many kid-friendly recipes too.

A reproduction edition of the 1934 original, produced in 1983. Great old photographs of food and film stars. The recipes have been tested and updated and should provide plenty of ideas for keen bakers.