Jam Filled Bow Tie Cookies

This vintage recipe for Jam filled bow tie cookies are so delicate and delicious, this will be your go-to recipe for any cookie tray.


Just a warning, they smell so good baking you can hardly wait to eat them off the hot cookie sheet!


These buttery colorful gems are filled with a delicious filling from jams to nuts and fruits with my many suggestiosn below.


One of the unique characteristics of this cookie is how pretty they are to serve to look like a little bow for presents around the holiday especially filled with red jams.


They really look so cute on a cookie tray besides tasting delicious.


Growing up in an Italian household, you never knew what creative ideas would come out of the oven next and mom was always trying a new filling the dough is so versatile.


Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the printable recipe card.

Sour Milk Chocolate Cake

This sour milk chocolate cake is so moist and the perfect way to get rid of sour milk.


Mom would never throw away food, back in the 1940s things were tight for money and nothing went in the garbage, she always found a way to use it.


The cake was a simply delicious treat we would all look forward to and secretly happy the milk went bad.


As the years went on sometimes we would change it up with a filling or whipped cream topping, but it tasted great plain.


Chocolate cake from scratch can be intimidating but seriously this sour milk cake is super simple and perfect every time.


If you love homemade scratch cakes also try her Vintage Chocolate-Mayonnaise Cake Recipe, it's fabulous.


Scroll down to the recipe card for this easy cake recipe and it's printable, read my other suggestions I have to make these different each time.