1950s
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-minute fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes
Get the famous Can’t Fail 5-minute fudge recipe, plus 10 more fast vintage fudge recipes that you can easily make right at home!
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How to make an old-fashioned chocolate mint sundae cake (1949)
Chocolate mint sundae cake “Yes! It’s easy to get better cakes — use Spry with Cake-Improver!” says Aunt Jenny. “It is proof you’re wanting, ladies?
1990s
How to make a ‘Hollyday’ mint pie (1990)
Celebrate this season with this quick and easy Hollyday Mint Pie recipe. You’ll love how easy it is to get into the holiday spirit.
1950s
A sweet collection of cute & very colorful classic Christmas cookies
Get colorful classic Christmas cookies for treats like stained glass cookies, Merry Maker cookies, peppermint pinwheels, Christmas bell and tree cookies, ribbon Christmas cookies, pastel pretties & more recipes.
1800s
Flavor the old-fashioned way: How to make homemade extracts from essential oils
Flavors, extracts and essences Essential oils are obtained from woods, roots, barks, leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, etc., by the process of distillation. Extracts are produced
1960s
Classic Christmas sweets: Homemade candy & fudge recipes (1960)
Joyous in the holiday season, homemade candy & fudge are gifts happily remembered: golden taffy nuggets sweetly flavored with molasses, white velvet creams, chocolate cream fudge and more.
1990s
Traditional Christmas fudge & vintage one-bowl holiday fudge recipes from the ’90s
These two delicious holiday fudge recipes will really make a lasting impression, whether you make the Christmas fudge with chocolate chips, or the other with unsweetened chocolate!
1960s
6 cute cupcakes with fluffy frosting and delicious decorations (1995)
Need some cute cupcakes that are easy to decorate and won’t take too much time (or money)? Get some great cupcake decorating ideas here from 1995!
1980s
Quick no-bake dessert recipe for rich and creamy chocolate mint pie (1985)
Get rich quick: Creamy chocolate mint pie You can get this rich and creamy warm-weather dessert made in minutes when you follow our easy two-step recipe.
1800s
100 years of classic mint julep recipes (1862-1962)
It seems that there are almost as many mint julep recipes as there are people who enjoy these frosty alcoholic beverages. We searched through newspaper and book archives to collect these nine julep how-tos that span a century. Take a look at what we found!
1980s
Mint magic brownies recipe (1986)
There’s magic in the rich, chocolate moistness of Duncan Hines’ brownies — and in how deliciously they disappear. Mint magic brownies recipe Ingredients 1 Duncan
1970s
Cool mint cookie pie & butter mint chiffon pie: Pastel mint dessert recipes from the ’70s
Butter mints – tiny sweet treats sometimes called pastel mints or pillow mints – are used in both of these retro pie recipes from the seventies.
1980s
Double chocolate mint cookies recipe (1986)
Here’s a mint chocolate chip recipe for delicious cookies! Introducing: Magnificent mint-chocolate morsels Double chocolate mint cookies recipe Ingredients 1 (10 oz.) pkg. (1-1/2 cups)
1960s
Triple play: Double-peppermint cake, Java angel cake & nutmeg cake recipes (1964)
Double-peppermint cake recipe Looks like a birthday party! For more flavor coordination, serve this cake with chocolate ice cream. Ingredients: 1 package white cake mix
1970s
Family-style Baked Alaska in strawberry or peppermint (1972)
New route to Alaska. Family-style Baked Alaska from Betty Crocker. Look hard? It’s not. Look delicious? It is. Betty Crocker has designed a new family-style
1960s
Chocolate mint-whipped cream cake recipe (1968)
Chocolate Mint-Whipped Cream cake Take a poll of favorite desserts and chances are you’ll come up with chocolate cake and whipped cream. Add a hint
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