EASY BAKED TOMATOES

             1 medium tomato             a pinch of pepper
             ⅛ tsp salt                  ½ tbsp butter

Clean one tomato per person. Cut the stem end out of each tomato, leaving a small indentation. Sprinkle the salt and pepper into this opening and then top with the butter.

Place the tomato(es) in a baking dish and bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes.

Adapted from the “Centennial Cook Book & General Guide” (1876). Discover more vintage recipes at the Padgett Sunday Supper Club (clubpadgett.com)!