A party-perfect decorated dessert: The Milky Way ice cream log from the ’60s & ’70s
Here’s a recipe for a Milky Way ice cream log – and yes, it’s actually made of Milky Way candy bars. And ice cream. With frosting.
Vintage recipes
26 ways to serve an old favorite: Hot dogs
Ideas for more than 20 vintage recipes for hot dogs, including Pronto dogs, Frank-roll slices, hotdog boats, hot dog-bacon roll-ups, franks in blankets, Snappy frank-cheese rolls and lots more. Check ’em out!
17 refreshing retro watermelon recipes
It’s surprising what you can do with watermelon – cook it, chill it, pickle it – for a side dish, salad, dessert, drink, relish or topping. Here are some great watermelon recipes for you to try!
How to make a Venetian rum cake, topped with meringue (1968)
Make this beautiful custard-filled Venetian rum cake the day before you plan to serve it, and add the toasty meringue topping shortly before serving.
Holiday hostess tree! A retro-style Christmas tree with meat ornaments (1961)
Trimmed with good-to-eat Oscar Mayer tidbits stuck on with cocktail picks, this Christmas tree with meat ornaments is sure to be the center of attraction at any holiday buffet.
Ann Page zesty baked beans & barbecue beans recipes (1955)
Just 30 minutes in a hot oven, and the bubbling goodness and tantalizing aroma of this zesty baked beans recipe will speed the family to the table on the double!
Two ways to make savory souffle salads with Jello! (1953)
If you’re a salad-lover, but you’ve run out of new salad ideas, this will be the best news you’ve read in years! It’s a completely new kind of salad. One that wins applause — especially from men — like no other salad you ever served!
Jell-O harvest ring salad recipe (1979)
Bounce a church supper! Serve up veggies in a harvest ring Jell-O mold salad, or try this recipe for a molded gelatin with a carrot-cucumber salad.
4 ways to enjoy franks and beans
Here’s an honest-to-goodness family meal that tastes like a Sunday treat — franks and beans. Here are four ways to serve them, including a franks ‘n’ beans casserole.
Summertime is the time for tall, cool rum drinks (1971)
For the boat, the beach, around the pool, or just a quiet drink on the porch, you’re invited you to try these summer rum drinks! Salud!
Deep-dish honey apple pie recipe (1951)
You’ll love to take a bite of this spicy-sweet honey apple pie. Honey, wonderfully delicate in flavor, adds a lusciousness that you have to experience.
Fun retro recipes for a really ‘with it’ 1960s dinner party!
’60s dinner party with fondue — the fun party dish! Everyone will have a ball the moment the dunking begins. These exciting party foods show you’re really with it. Plenty — and then some — to feed a crowd. Here’s how!
Chocolate chip muffins: Chocolate streusel pecan, orange butterscotch & mini-chip crumb (1987)
If the idea of Toll House chocolate chip muffins sounds delicious to you, try these three recipes for chocolate streusel pecan muffins, orange butterscotch muffins and mini-chip crumb muffins!
Pudding banana cake recipe from the 70s
It’s easy to slip on a banana cake; it can turn out too dry. But when you make it with Jell-O Brand Banana Creme Pudding, it’ll be extra moist, extra rich in banana flavor, extra delicious.
Classic country banana bread recipe (1985)
Give gifts from the heart this holiday… made with delicious Chiquita bananas. You can’t find a better gift anywhere for those special people you want to please.
These delicious & clever retro party sandwiches are edible masterpieces from the 1950s & 60s
Bite into the past with these playful party sandwiches from yesteryear. Pretty and appealing, they make for lots of conversation at lunch!
Porcupine meatballs: An old-fashioned recipe from the 50s that’s still popular today
Fun to make and fun to eat (plus super easy), your family will love this vintage recipe for porcupine meatballs!
Quick chocolate mousse recipes (1995)
Here are three quick and easy egg-free chocolate mousse recipes to try!
The quick & easy shortcut apple cobbler recipe (1971)
This recipe, which combines the popular taste appeal of apple pie filling and a tender crispy cobbler topping, is made easily and quickly with refrigerated cookies, molasses and a prepared apple pie filling.
Caramel surprise chiffon pie recipe (1953)
So for dessert tonight, why not start make a caramel surprise chiffon pie with that true caramel flavor you’ll never forget? Your family will love you for it.
Pineapple, coconut & rum mingle in this tropical pina colada cake (1986)
This pina colada cake is an attractive, delicious dessert made with packaged yellow cake mix, vanilla pudding mix, coconut – and, of course, rum.
Toll House quick ice cream recipe (1986)
This easy recipe for homemade Toll House quick ice cream is greatly simplified because it doesn’t need an ice cream maker — simply combine all of the ingredients and pop it in your freezer until it’s firm!
Three-pepper beef kabobs: An easy dinner recipe from 1993
For this three-pepper beef kabobs recipe, you cube the sirloin and round up the vegetables, but let the kids string them together on the skewers.
Make Rice Krispies birthday ice cream cups! (1997)
Celebrate with ice cream in a sweet bowl you can eat! These Rice Krispies cups can hold ice cream, frozen yogurt, pudding, candies, or any other kind of treat. It’s easy to make enough for everyone!
Delicious old-fashioned frosting recipes for homemade cakes & cupcakes
Cakes look custom-made when they’re frosted Frosting on the cake has come to mean an extra frippery or frivolity — something not necessary, but certainly enchanting. Nowhere
Tuna mac & cheese, ’90s-style
In a rush and need something quick for dinner? Try this tuna macaroni and cheese from the 1990s! It’s easy, delicious, and it takes just 20 minutes to prepare.
Sweet! Old-fashioned sugar cookie recipes
Back in 1971, a California newspaper asked readers to submit their best sugar cookie recipes. Most of the cookies were made with tried-and-true vintage recipes, passed down from generation to generation. Here are 8 of the best!
Mexican Chef’s Salad & Salsa De Jitomate recipes (1969)
California avocados, Doritos tortilla chips and ground beef make it hearty and nourishing. You make it fast.
Chocolate mini-chip holiday cookies (1994)
Find out how to make these pretty little rolled chocolate chip cookies that you can even decorate for the holidays!
4 fabulous Fiesta Banana Cake recipes from 4 different decades
Allow two pieces per person when you serve this luscious, moist-rich Fiesta Banana Cake! It’s just too good to last! But who cares? Your cake baking reputation will be made.
Little Easter candy nests made with Rice Krispies treats (1997)
They’ll think you’re sweeter than a marshmallow chick when you make these quick-as-a-bunny egg nests with Rice Krispie Treats and Easter candies!
Whirligig-design Devil’s food vintage chocolate cake recipe (1950)
This vintage devil’s food cake was called a “whirligig” in this recipe likely because of the spiderweb-like design in the chocolate on top. A whirligig is a
Orange-filled party cake (1985)
In the 1980s, Crisco published a series of ads featuring country music star Loretta Lynn — and this one — featuring a recipe for an orange-filled party
6 savory vintage recipes for Boeuf Bourguignon/Beef Burgundy (1970s)
Dinner can undergo a delightful change of pace when you serve beef burgundy, or as the French would say, boeuf bourguignon.
Classic cookie recipes from the ’30s
To lots of folks, the Christmas season starts when they begin to make classic cookie recipes, when people spend many hours making sweet, fruity, spicy and nutty cookies that are relished by young and old.
Layered strawberry angel food cake: Retro recipes
Here are two easy, delicious strawberry angel food cake recipes! One cake features a low-fat creamy frosting, and the other has zesty lemon curd in between the layers.
2 different retro desserts called Banana Boats (1974)
Get two ways to make Banana Boat desserts — one’s like a banana cream pie, and the other is a warm chocolaty treat made on a BBQ or grill!
Chocolate, peanut butter & banana lollipops (1980)
Three popular flavors come together in one delicious dessert in this vintage recipe for banana ‘lollipops.’ These treats are coated with melted chocolate and peanut butter chips, then rolled in a nutty cereal mixture.
How to make a cute circus train cake (1972)
This circus train makes a perfect birthday cake for a child! After you bake and frost this fun cake, let the kids decorate their own ‘cars.’
Lamb shanks in foil bundles: 3 recipes from the 1960s
A new way to make Lamb Shanks tender and juicy. Bargain cuts cook fork-tender in “Quilted” Kaiser Foil. Beats old-time pot roasting. Rich juices are in! Pot washing is out!
2 delightful & delicious caramel-pecan cheesecake recipes (1999)
These two gooey and delightfully-indulgent caramel-pecan cheesecake recipes come to you from the late 1990s!
The best way to make a cake from scratch: Easy tips & checklists from the cake-baking masters of the 50s
Turns out the majority of baking techniques our great-grandparents used to make a cake from scratch still apply today.
Peach icebox pie: A transparent pie made with gelatin, fruit and vanilla wafers (1949)
It’s a see-through dessert! This gelatin-based pie offers a clear filling, making it possible for you to see the embedded peaches and cherries when looking at the whole pie, and with every slice.
3 Musketeers chocolate velvet pie (1969)
Chocolate Velvet Pie – Made with 3 Musketeers Bars Chocolate Velvet Pie recipe Ingredients 1/2 package pie crust mix Four 3 Musketeers Bars (or 16 Fun-Size bars) 2
Jell-O Waldorf Wheel ring recipe (1979)
This molded gelatin recipe is Jell-O’s take on the classic Waldorf Salad — a turn-of-the-century hotel menu item that featured apples, celery, nuts with a creamy dressing on top.
Snickers bar chocolate rice pudding recipe (1969)
Desserts made out of candy? Kids growing up in the late ’60s and early ’70s probably could hardly believe their good luck when this Snickers bar chocolate rice pudding recipe showed up.
How to make Shepherd’s pie, in both old and new styles
Shepherd’s Pie prepared in old way, but with modern-day products (1961) By Cecily Brownstone Among my collection of old cookbooks is one called “What to Do With
A birthday cake is a personal gift (1965)
A birthday cake is a personal gift by Elizabeth Sparks – High Point Enterprise (High Point, North Carolina) June 24, 1965 Happy Birthday! Nothing says “Happy birthday” like
Pumpkin Dutch Apple pie recipe (1994)
Here’s a little tasty twist on the classic Thanksgiving dessert: Pumpkin Dutch Apple pie, featuring several of the season’s best flavors!
Vintage slow cooker recipes: Pot roast stroganoff (1974)
Here are three delicious vintage slow cooker recipes for Crock Pot dinners — a pot roast stroganoff, a rich chicken dinner, and a savory lamb stew.
Make a delicious and sweet heart-shaped cake, the old-fashioned way
Make this pink heart-shaped cake for Valentine’s Day – or a bridal party or for a birthday, for a wedding anniversary, or just to please someone you love.
Chocolate angel swirl cake recipe (1986)
Create a taste of heaven Dreams of a heavenly light Christmas will come true when you start with Duncan Hines light, delicious angel food cake. Chocolate angel swirl
Kookie brittle recipe (1967)
Toll House Kookie Brittle recipe A delicious variation on America’s favorite cookie treat Ingredients 1 cup margarine 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 2
Ice cream-lined cake recipe (1949)
Like ice cream and cake at your house? Here’s a delightful new way to serve it, based on a recipe from the late 1940s (which was pretty much the cake heyday).
Icy Christmas cakes recipe: Mini glazed cakes from 1969
Icy Christmas cakes are little festive holiday cakes — like glazed cookies with a warm spiced flavor, plus a sweet burst from candied cherries.
6 classic lamb recipes: Broiled, baked, browned & beyond (1969)
Here are six classic lamb recipes — including those broiled, baked or browned in a skillet — and given that extra touch that makes for a main course with guest appeal!
Truffles, torte, PB&J pie & banana pudding: Vintage cream cheese-based dessert recipes (1985)
Recipes for Philly Pleasures: Truffles, torte, PB&J pie & banana pudding These luscious new recipes all begin with Philadelphia Brand cream cheese, which actually has half the calories
Easy sugar cookies made with vegetable oil (1964)
Cookies made without butter? This vintage recipe uses vegetable oil instead.
Aspics without ado (1966)
To make a dazzling display at any dinner or lunch, serve a shimmery, splendorous aspic. (What’s an aspic? A savory, rather than sweet, gelatin encasing meats, fish,
Date-walnut double decker bar cookie recipe (1972)
This delicious date-walnut double decker bar cookie has a buttery, pastry layer topped by a moist, chewy layer filled with dates and walnuts. Find out why it’s been a favorite since the ’70s!
Mince parfait pie & Date nut parfait pie (1952)
This delicious mince parfait pie is a twist on the old-fashioned favorite, mince pie. These holiday parfait pies are so beautiful, and so easy!
Paula’s golden cream chocolate cake (1938)
Paula gives mother-in-law her comeuppance! “That little flibbertigibbet!” I thought the minute I clapped eyes on my son’s bride coming down the Pullman steps. “can’t boil water,
Caramel apple cheesecake recipe (1998)
Give Uncle Ed a reason to stay awake after his Thanksgiving turkey dinner Caramel apple cheesecake >> You might also like: Libby’s famous pumpkin pie recipe (1987)
Thanksgiving leftovers? Try a turkey-cranberry layer loaf & this turkey salad (1948)
Give new life to your Thanksgiving leftovers with these two old-fashioned turkey recipes from the 1940s!
Chocolate refreshers brownies with nuts & dates (1960)
Goody for you! Who can resist Chocolate Refreshers brownies, made with nuts and dates and semi-sweet morsels?
Cookie ice cream sundae pie recipe (1960)
Ice cream scooped into a sweet cookie crust — perfect for parties!
Easy ‘square dance’ retro checkerboard cake (1950)
This easy cake with a cute retro checkerboard cake is shown here in pink and yellow, but you could make it with any two-color combination
Try pumpkin cake instead of pie for Thanksgiving (1948)
A wonderful twist on Thanksgiving tradition — a light, appetizing treat from the forties – pumpkin cake!
Try this nutty golden harvest pumpkin pie recipe from 1959
This nutty classic dessert recipe – a retro golden harvest pumpkin pie – is made the way grandma used to make it back in the fifties. Take a look!
5 ways to make buckwheat pancakes the real old-fashioned way
Buckwheat pancakes made of pure buckwheat are best, but as some do not like the distinct flavor of the grain, here’s a variety of old-fashioned recipes.
Two different ways to make an old-fashioned cranberry-pumpkin pie
The combination of fresh cranberries and pumpkin is a rare treat, especially when contained in a delicious holiday pie. Find out how to make two different old-fashioned cranberry-pumpkin pie recipes here.
Zesty horseradish dip: Vintage recipe from 1972
This zesty horseradish dip recipe gets its zing from both radishes and horseradish, smoothed into a savory sour cream and beef soup mix base.
Pumpkin chiffon honey pie: A vintage recipe for a light no-bake pumpkin pie sweetened with honey (1948)
Your guests will hope for more as they taste the super-goodness that honey brings to this glorified pumpkin pie — the pumpkin chiffon honey pie.
Old-fashioned banana cream pie made with powdered milk (1956)
Never before a banana cream pie so light, so tender. Light in calories, too. The secret is ‘Magic Crystals’ that burst into fresh milk flavor, without heavy fat.
Double chocolate chunk ice cream pie recipe (1988)
This vintage recipe for a chocolate pie features a filling of ice cream blended with pudding, then studded with bittersweet chocolate and poured into a graham cracker crust.
Try these 3 prize-winning orange cake recipes (1964)
Here are the top 3 prizewinning recipes from the All-Florida Orange Dessert Contest in 1964: Orange sunburst cheesecake, Orange loaf cake & Orange party cake.
Pride O’Pumpkin cake will spice up your autumn (1953)
This Pride O’Pumpkin cake is a real holiday cake… fragrant with spices… crunchy with tender-sweet nuts. Get the retro recipe from the ’50s here!
Choc-o-Lantern Halloween cake recipe (1948)
You’ll be the star of the party when you serve this Choc-O-Lantern Halloween cake. Bewitching and so delicious!
It’s the Great Pumpkin cookie recipe! (1986)
Libby’s Great Pumpkin cookies. This is one big, delicious cookie. It’s also one wholesome cookie, because it’s made with America’s favorite pumpkin, Libby’s.
The great marshmallow pumpkin recipe (1986)
A great marshmallow pumpkin is the perfect touch for a Halloween party: a confection of a centerpiece the kids can make.
Frightfully fun-to-make Halloween treats (1998)
CBK Halloween cookies recipe During the festive trick-or-treat season, Cynthia Bruce Kramer watches her sweet and spooky Halloween cookies fly off the shelves. Now you can get
Easy, colorful Jello desserts: Fruity heaven, Berry banana & Fruit float (1985)
Go bananas! With oranges, peaches, pears & Jell-O gelatin Go ahead. Whip up something delicious. With the perfect twosome. Jello brand gelatin and fruit. They’re easy to
Kraft cheese souffle recipe (1948)
You’ll amaze folks with your skill (needn’t tell ‘em how easy it was!) and delight everybody with this grand-tasting cheese souffle.
Banana-marshmallow pie recipe (1963)
Banana Mallow Pie Made with the world’s only “instant” meringue! You make it good and easy with Kraft miniature marshmallows — the good kind that stay soft
Chocolate-peanut cream cake recipe (1939)
Just try this moist-keeping Peanut Cream Cake, rich with Baker’s Chocolate Was it you we heard wishing for a summer cake recipe? We know you’ll like this
Marshmallow fudge cake & Chocolate marshmallow cake recipes
Campfire marshmallow fudge cake (1925) 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups sugar 4 squares bitter chocolate, melted 2 eggs 2 cups cake flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2
Recipes for a successful party: ’60s California Dip & international variations
You make it in a flash. Just pour an envelope of Lipton onion soup mix into a pint of sour cream. Stir it with a fork… chill. You’ve got it.
Three zesty ’60s holiday side dish recipes: Turkey fruit salad, cranberry fruit molds & supreme salad dressing (1963)
Check out these zesty retro ’60s holiday side dish recipes for a tasty turkey fruit salad, cranberry fruit molds and salad bowl dressing supreme, all from 1963.
Chocolate orange cream pie recipe (1938)
“I got love and kisses for my Chocolate Orange Cream Pie!” “And I owe it all to Aunt Hetty’s sharp tongue!” Chocolate orange cream pie dessert recipe
Jell-O pudding macaroons (1968)
To munch on, brunch on, midnight snack on – pudding macaroons. Anything this easy deserves to be enjoyed often.
Savory vegetable ice cream recipes from the 60s, made with tomatoes, cucumber & avocado
At first glance, vegetable ice cream looks like a terrible idea… but it’s actually not quite that bizarre when you realize these aren’t desserts, but are meant to be served as a salad, or a light and savory chilled palate refresher.
Ice cream sundae pie recipe (1982)
Make an ice cream sundae even better – make it an Ice Cream Sundae Pie. Here’s how to make this frozen treat with a vintage ’80s recipe!
Easy Skippy peanut butter ice cream (1973)
Whipping up a batch of this homemade peanut butter ice cream is a lot easier than you probably think. Here’s a retro recipe to try!
Frosty rainbow pies: Homemade fruit sherbet-style desserts (1972)
Use your favorite fruit juice and create frosty rainbow pies with a light sherbet-like filling frozen in a light and flaky pie crust shell.
Light, luscious summer salad dressing recipes (1982)
Light ‘n luscious summer salads Karo and California summer fruits make it simple. Light ‘n luscious summer salads with fresh peaches, plums and nectarines. And nothing tops
Ritter baked beans ‘n’ bacon (1950)
“Best beans we ever tasted!” your whole family will say. Ritter’s beans-with-pork are in a class by themselves… Here’s an especially tempting, easy way to serve baked
20 delicious ways to serve potatoes
There are many ways to turn the humble spuds into a tasty side dish. Here are 20 different ways to serve potatoes, including scalloped, fried, mashed and stuffed!
3 swell one-dish dinners from 1950
Three simple one-dish meals that are simply swell! 1. Hearty Hash Casserole Tastes like you’d spent hours preparing it – instead of minutes. Because it’s Armour Corned
