Natural Foods Cookery Cookbook(1955)

This original Natural Foods Cookery Cookbook (1955), by Gertrude Anders Springer is an early natural-food cookbook that promotes moving away from refined and processed ingredients toward whole grains, natural sweeteners, and minimally processed foods. It is a small 71-page book that reflects ideas that were unusual in American cooking in the mid-1950s.

Here are a few selections from the book including an original Pumpernickel Sourdough, pancakes, waffles, wholewheat bread and molasses cookies.

Modern Remake

Whole Wheat Bread Loaf

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