Retro 40's ~ Ice Cold Milk and Cinnamon Roll Cookies!

Welcome !

I'm so happy you've stopped by for a visit ~ pull up a chair and help yourself to some icy milk and cookies fresh from the oven.

This week for Tablescape Thursday we're taking a trip in the Way-Back Machine.

Afternoon Milk and Cookies as may have been in the 1940's

Cinnamon Roll Cookies ~   

The taste and texture is very similar big cinnamon rolls ~ lots of cinnamon-sugar  filling, a crisp edge on the outside of the roll, tender center and a slight crackle from the glaze.   A tiny bit lighter in calories for 2011 ~ some of the butter has been replaced with applesauce.

Some of the last roses from the gardens ~ plucked yesterday, just in time as we had our first freeze of the season last night, so we'll say goodbye to the roses until late next spring.

Most of these are David Austin Heirloom, English Climbing roses; fragrant, prolific bloomers, dependable and hearty. *heart*

Of course the milk has to be chilled in a vintage glass milk bottle.

This one happened to be a lucky find recently at a local antique store.

Imagine my surprise when I spotted it on the very last aisle,  on my way out of the shop.

Yippee! A bottle from our hometown dairy in the San Francisco Bay Area. 


The same dairy products my sis, brother and I grew up with ~ delivered right to the porch by our friendly milkman.  You can probably imagine how my heart skipped a beat when I spotted this little prize. :)

From back in the day when there were dairy cows grazing the hills surrounding the Stanford University campus. 

(Note that both those hunky Stanford U. athletes as well

as little growing boys loved their Piers Dairy ice cream, as advertised on the back of the bottle.)

This one predates me; I barely remember the switch to brown glass milk bottles.


 The change from clear glass to brown occurred after it was discovered that milk develops flavor changes and nutrient loss ~ riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin A (particularly in added vitamin A), vitamin C, and added vitamin D when exposed to light.

As long as we're taking a trip down memory lane, I decided put the apples in a vintage Homer-Lauglin "Sunrise Brand" Dinnerware serving bowl, sold exclusively through Sears Roebuck as "first quality china", from the mid 1920's to early 40's. 


As much as I love the clean lines of modern, as well as old world, country-style rustic, I really like the detail on the older everyday US dishware.  

I acquired this one on the secondary market ~ I wonder what stories it could tell us . . .

The fluted luncheon dishes are vintage Staffordshire~ 
Manufactured by Myott the pattern is "Olde Chelsea" England.  


The rose is a David Austin English Heirloom, climber (Abraham Darby), intensely fragrant, prolific bloomer, and virtually disease free. I absolutely love David Austin Roses!

The tablecloth is vintage mid 40's - early 50's.

April Cornell napkins

Flower vases are vintage English stoneware Marmalade jugs

Swirl glasses are European "no name"

If you would like the recipe for the delicious Cinnamon Roll Cookies, you'll find them on Once Upon Plate the Recipes site ~ click HERE.

Thank you for visiting today!

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