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Delicious vintage holiday desserts are as easy as pie! Get recipes for old-fashioned apple crunch cake, pumpkin cream pie delight & luscious pecan pie.
For the merriest of holidays, here is a collection of classic gingerbread houses! See a half-timbered country gingerbread house, a church with twin towers, a marvelous Victorian manse — take your pick.
More than good, Libby’s pumpkin pie is smooth, gently spicy and perfect! Get the classic pie you love – the original vintage recipe is right here.
Here’s how to make two moist and delicious loaves of classic cranberry-pumpkin bread. This retro recipe makes a breakfast or dessert that’s filled with warm and fruity flavor, and just the right blend of fall spices.
Christmas toy cookies for kids of all ages 44 fabulous designs, from drums to choo-choo trains… fun to bake, even more fun to eat! Christmas
Here’s a scrumptious apple tart recipe what was worth $40,000 as the winning pie from America’s Bake-Off Contest in 1986!
Inside the rambling 160-room Winchester Mystery House, doors lead into blank walls, staircases end in midair, trap doors spring to the floors below, and elevators rise through the roof.
Get seven holiday cookie recipes from the ’80s: Chocolate chip squares, Mocha shortbread cookies, Chocolate almond macaroons, Butterscotch apple cookies, Butterscotch bars, Chocolate-dipped brandy snaps & Snowballs
50 million moms can’t be wrong (1970s) Moms know, nothing draws out creativity like the Etch A Sketch magic screen. The power of imagination. To
Campy or vampire spoof, call it what you like – The Lost Boys, a movie starring Kiefer Sutherland – is decidedly offbeat entertainment… with a twist.
Why do so many people still love vintage Peanuts stickers sheets? ‘You’d be astounded at the enthusiasm of Peanuts collectors,’ said cartoonist Charles Schulz in 1989, who once resembled his round-faced Charlie Brown character.
Here’s a look back at a few of the recipes for Grape Nuts stuffing that have been published in newspapers over the years!
Temptation squared: Classic cookie bars recipe from 1987 Chunky chocolate cookie squares recipe Ingredients 2-1/2 cup unsifted flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt
‘Family Ties’ has the most enviable time slot in network TV, following ‘The Cosby Show.’ But the four-year-old sitcom has managed to create its own following, and now clocks in at #2.
‘The Cosby Show’ enters millions of American living rooms precisely because it so well mirrors those living rooms. Sure, the Huxtable family is funnier, wealthier and more idealized than most.
Try these two retro cherry coffee cake recipe from the eighties – cherry swirl cake and a holiday cherry coffee cake, which is especially popular at Christmas.
While boxes of Jell-O pudding pops may be but a memory, we can still remember their glory days through these magazine ads and TV commercials!
Larry Hagman has a juicy, lip-smacking role, and he plays it to campy perfection. His J.R. Ewing on Dalas is rotten to the core. If he had a redeeming feature, he’d probably swap it for cash, and use the money to swindle somebody.
There’s a lot of magic and humor practiced in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Written and directed by John Hughes, this energetic and offbeat comedy captures the best feelings about being young.
Charlotte Rae, the lovable and comical housekeeper on ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ brings the same characterization to ‘The Facts of Life’ as Mrs Garrett, housemother to five teenage girls at Eastlake, a college preparatory school.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the 1985 TV season is the success of ABC’s “Growing Pains,” a family sitcom starring former talk-show host Alan Thicke as psychiatrist Jason Seaver.
19-year-old Debbie was not even born during the heyday of the bubble, the beehive, the flip and the bouffant hairstyles — yet, she regularly performs a grooming ritual that dates back to that other era: she is a hair-spray fanatic.
The television sitcom Cheers ran on NBC from September 30, 1982 until May 20, 1993 — that’s 11 seasons, and a total of 275 half-hour episodes. Here, see the Cheers theme song from the opening credits, plus the song lyrics, along with a little look back to 1993, at the end of the show’s run.
Brunette Alison and blonde Larisa show off the newest, sexiest ’80s swimsuits for every figure type… yours included. 1986 was time to shine in a swimsuit that makes you look terrific!
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!
Do you remember these totally awesome TV catchphrases of the ’80s? Which of these lines from the eighties do you still find yourself saying every now and then?
Here’s a great new way to make the good old green-bean-bake – in the microwave! Green beans, soup and more help update a classic Thanksgiving recipe.
Prom gowns are going romantic! Full-length pink taffeta-confections – like those from Gunne Sax — are the hottest-selling dream creation as high school prom season nears. Take a look back!
What were the hottest toys in 1987? See them in this vintage Toys R Us toy & game catalog insert! The slogan that year: ‘You’ll never outgrow us.’
Elegant strawberry-apricot cake How do you top this tempting cake? The only way to top our elegant strawberry-apricot cake is with your own colorful Cake
Make honey-cornmeal biscuits — either cut-out or drop biscuits — and smooth, sweet honey butter with these recipes from 1987.
You’ll never forget the first time! From the creators of “The Young and the Restless” The Bold and the Beautiful Series Premiere Monday, March 23
Bringing you the finest in family entertainment, Disneyland is reaching for the stars like never before!
Give someone you love a ring tonight Another delicious recipe from the Jell-O pages Holiday ribbon ring recipe Ingredients 2 (4-serving size) package Jell-O Brand
It’s just layer after layer of delectable ingredients, spread on top of the other right in the baking pan. And suddenly you have the best batch of cookies you never mixed up.
Create a holiday sensation with Duncan Hines & a bowl full of cherries Duncan Hines special moistness and your special touch create a holiday sensation, the
Hershey’s rich cocoa fudge recipe from the ’70s & ’80s 
The Banana Splits intro, theme song, lyrics & more about this trippy retro kids’ show (1968-1970) 
Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics 
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
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