Enjoy the recipe for Papa's favorite Wild West Hamburger.

A vintage handwritten recipe for a French Apple Cake from the Verdin Collection. Make this cake with eggs, Wesson oil, sugar, flour, chopped apples, nuts, vanilla, salt, and soda. Bake the cake batter in three 9-inch cake pans. Pour a boiled icing made with light brown sugar, evaporated milk, and butter or oleo over the cake layers.

Handwritten recipe gifts are a great way to celebrate and preserve your family recipes, food traditions, and memories.

A collection of handwritten recipes from the 1930s and 1940s

For some of us, the strongest memories of Mom take place in the kitchen. Reading her handwritten recipe cards puts us right back at her side.