1920s Winning Grape Nuts Recipes!

After yesterday’s posting about little antique cookbooklets, I had a request that I post a couple of 1920s Grape Nuts contest recipes, so here are a couple of the more offbeat ones:

Winning second place in the Grape Nuts contest, earning this housewife $750:

Grape Nuts Raisin Pie

3/4 cup Grape Nuts
3/4 cup raisins, seeded and chopped
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
2-1/4 cups hot water
1/4 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons butter

Mix in order given, and cook for 10 minutes. Cool. Put into a paste-lined plate and cover with half-inch strips of paste placed half an inch apart. Bake about 40 minutes. The oven should be hot for the first 15 minutes and then the heat should be reduced.

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Grape Nuts Cheese Balls

1 cup grated cheese
6 drops Worcestershire sauce
½ cup Grape Nuts
1 well-beaten egg

Mix all together and roll between hands into little balls, flouring the fingers if necessary. Put the balls into a wire basket and drop into a kettle of hot fat. In one minute they will be golden brown and ready to be served with your salad. These are especially nice served with fruit salads.

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Grape Nuts Lolly Pops

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup dark syrup
2 tablespoons vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon butter
½ cup Grape Nuts
½ teaspoon lemon extract

Boil the syrup, sugar, vinegar, water and butter until a little of the mixture will form a hard ball when dropped into cold water. Do not boil too hard. Add the Grape Nuts and stir well over a low heat, then add the lemon extract. Pour the mixture on a buttered platter and when cold enough to handle wrap a small portion aroud a small wooden stick.