This promo sheet from Betty Crocker features Wartime Meals (WWII) and is quite the little treasure. The back has a portrait of a U.S. soldier smiling for his mom’s oatmeal cookies. The full sheet is too long for the scanner so I’ve scanned in sections, click them to view the larger copies. The entire recipe sheet is typed out below. Exact publishing date is unknown but this would have been distributed sometime during the 1940’s.An Economy Favorite for Wartime Meals!Betty CrockerHOT GINGERBREAD RING with APPLESAUCETry it!Old-fashioned gingerbread . . . piquantly rich, black and moist. Baked in a ring mold. Served on chop plate with bowl in center filled with applesauce. Homey! Delicious!YOU NEED:Haddon Hall Gingerbread(baked in ring mold)Applesauce (3 1/2 cups sweetened thick;1 No. 2 1/2 can)Whipping Cream (1/2 cup, whipped and sweetened with 2 tbsp. sugar)FILL center of hot gingerbread ring on a serving platter with applesauce (or place the applesauce in a bowl set in center of ring)....
