What would you call these two recipes? As a bonus - Rhubarb Custard Pie!

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8. That is exactly how the recipe is printed in the recipe book

That one was not one of her handwritten recipes, but one of the ones published in the book. The title page of the books says, "The present volume is a compilation of recipes gathered from private sources. They have been tried and tested."

Many of the recipes leave out vital details. Usually no oven temperature is mentioned or it's described as a "fast oven". I have no idea when this was published - there is no copyright date **See below!

If I ever try the rhubarb pie recipe, I will research it - it is not at all similar to other rhubarb pie recipes I have in my collection of cookbooks!

Found a reference for this cookbook - I think you can download the whole thing in PDF format: http://mmm.lib.msu.edu/record.php?id=45187

They think it was published in 1913.