El Molino Best Recipes Cookbook | 1953 Vintage Cookbook | Mid-Century Promotional Cookbook | Bixley Shop

El Molino Mills was a local specialty food company in the Los Angeles area for many years offering different flours and baking mixes. This was their popular cookbook. In fact, this is a copy from their 14th printing with more than 430,000 copies sold to that point.

According to the introduction... "El Molino Best Recipes was the result of more than 35 years' accumulation of best recipes shared by friends with a touch of imagination who had discovered true satisfaction from whole grain foods. It was designed to giude homemakers who were eager to learn basic methods in preparing more nourishing meals."

ABOUT EL MOLINO MILLS 
El Molino Mills was based in Alhambra, very near Los Angeles. They appear to have been founded in 1926, “between Alhambra and Los Angeles… with a capacity of 10,000 barrels of flour and 2,500 tons of feed per year.” They advertised not just whole grains, but also whole grain mixes, at least in the Los Angeles area. “Have you tried… El Molino Muffin Mix?” asks a 1949 advertisement in the Los Angeles Tidings. “Equally delicious for Hot Cakes, Waffles, Cookies… Just add Milk and Egg.”

BIXLEY NOTES
• El Molino Best Recipes
• Published by El Molino Mills, 1953
• Soft cover cookbook with plastic ring binding
• Measures 6 3/4" x 4 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In good condition
• Covers are a bit distressed from years of use
• Pages are in good condition

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