What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

My sister and I were discussing a recipe we made when we were kids, and we've been Googling to find the cookbook it was in but can't find it. It would definitely have to have been published prior to 1975.

I am about 95% certain it was not a Betty Crocker cookbook.

IIRC it had a yellow cover and was bound with a white plastic binding comb (I remember liking to unravel it part-way and put it back together again). The cookbook had color photos of each recipe.

The recipe we are specifically looking for was something to the effect of "peanut butter creams" which were similar to buckeyes but rolled in chopped peanuts instead of dipped in chocolate. It was a great one to make with a babysitter who had failed to get permission to use the oven.

Another recipe I remember was a "salad" which was basically a halved (canned) pear made to look like the back of a rabbit: a drop of cottage cheese for a tail, a couple of slivered almonds for ears, etc. It made an impression because in my house a "salad" was exclusively iceberg lettuce with a couple of tomato wedges. I fantasized about making dinner for the family and serving that as the "salad."

I also remember there was a lasagna reciped with a picture that looked nothing like any lasagna I'd ever seen (we're not Italian but my family came from the Italian neighborhood). It almost looked as if it had marshmallows melted over the top.

I would be willing to bet it WAS Betty Crocker. I still have my old copy of Betty Crocker's NEW Boys and Girls Cook Book. It has a yellow cover and a spiral binding. Mine has a sturdier binding that what you are describing, but mine is most certainly an older edition (I was a child in the 70s, and this had actually been my father's, lol.)

I don't remember the lasagna receipe, but definitely the bunny pear halves--- https://ibb.co/eMN1W9

There isn't even an isbn on my edition, it is so old. Here is an image of the cover...https://ibb.co/fPs1W9

Betty Crocker's New Boys and Girls Cook book for the Goodreads link.

kelgar01 wrote: "I would be willing to bet it WAS Betty Crocker. I still have my old copy of Betty Crocker's NEW Boys and Girls Cook Book. It has a yellow cover and a spiral binding. Mine has a sturdier binding tha..."

You're right, Kelgar, that must be it. That's just the photo of the Bunny Salad I remember. (I also remember the picture of the "Rocket Salad." LOL! Maybe I have a dirty mind, but . . . ).

Extra points if you post the Peanut Butter Creams recipe.

Edit: I see it now - thanks!

You are welcome!

Raw egg, though, eesh. I might have to rethink making this, unless I can find pasteurized eggs.