Five Roses Cook Book

Two thousand Canadian cooks sent in their best recipes; the mill printed them, and put its own flour in every one.

This site is the complete 1913 book Five Roses Cook Book: Being a Manual of Good Recipes, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →

The Recipes

Weights and Measures

1 recipe

The Making of Bread

3 recipes

White Bread

19 recipes

Fancy Bread

29 recipes

Dainty Sandwiches

37 recipes

Rolls and Rusks

15 recipes

Buns of All Kinds

20 recipes

Biscuits

25 recipes

Gems, Scones and Muffins

26 recipes

The Breakfast Food

12 recipes

Pancakes

12 recipes

Griddle Cakes and Waffles

13 recipes

Boiled Puddings

77 recipes

Dumplings

16 recipes

Pudding Sauces

30 recipes

Pastry and Crust Making

15 recipes

Tarts, Puffs and Patties

26 recipes

Pies of All Kinds

50 recipes

Frostings and Fillings

30 recipes

Candies

5 recipes

Cake Making and Baking

154 recipes

Gingerbread

3 recipes

Doughnuts and Crullers

21 recipes

Small Cakes of All Kinds

44 recipes

Jams, Jellies and Conserves

13 recipes

Beverages

5 recipes

Filling the Cooky Jar

36 recipes

Catsup, Pickles, Sauces and Salads

30 recipes

Some Old Home Favourites

4 recipes

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The Cooks Who Sent Them

Every recipe this book still signs — forty-six Canadian cooks, by name and town, from Victoria to Bridgetown, N.S.

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The Flour Itself

The nine advertisement leaves printed among the recipes: the barrel stencil, the bag sizes, the mills at Keewatin, and a page of letters from customers.

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Highlights

Venison Pie

Wipe and cut the meat into nice pieces and dredge with Five Roses flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Place these pieces loosely…

Cream Cake

1½ cups white sugar 1 cup sweet cream ¾ cup butter 4 eggs 1 cup sweet milk 1 teaspoon cream of tartar ½ teaspoon soda 3 cups Five…

Ginger Puffs

½ cup butter 1 cup molasses (teacup) 1 egg 1 tablespoon ginger Any other spice desired 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 cup milk…

Mince Pie

1 quart fat beef (cooked well and chopped fine) 2 quarts green apples (chopped fine) 2½ cups raisins (seeded and chopped) 1½ cups…

Cheese Toast

Cut cheese up fine and mix it with 1 beaten egg, 1 tablespoon butter,½ cup new milk. Cook till smooth and pour over toast.

Mocha Frosting (No. 1)

1 cup confectioner's sugar ¼ cup butter 2 tablespoons very strong coffee (hot) 1 teaspoon cocoa 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream sugar…

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