1950s desserts

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the most popular recipes of the 1950s

The Most Popular Recipes of the 1950s | "Feeling nostalgic? Us too. That's why we rounded up our best 1950s-era recipes that have been handed down over generations. Even if you didn't grow up eating these dishes, you can learn a lot about history from food trends." #comfortfood #comfortfoodrecipes

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Vintage recipes from the 1950s, 60s & 70s bring back so many good memories, you will be bitten by the nostalgia bug for sure! Vintage desserts that Mom & Grandma made.

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These old-school sweet treats take us back to our childhood: from traditional baked rice pudding to classic cobbler, apple crumble to old-fashioned bee stings – we’ll be passing these recipes down to our kids.

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Recipes for Cherry Wink cookies can be found in many old cookbooks, but Ruth Derousseau is credited with creating the recipe and winning the Junior Pillsbury Bake-off contest in 1950. I have several alternative versions. One recipe is nut-free and another one calls for less flour. Perhaps your old, family cookbooks contain a recipe for Cherry Winks that someone remembers making or at least eating. These cookies can be frozen for at least a month, and they add a festive touch to your dessert…

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With my birthday less than two weeks (yippee!), my thoughts have already started shifting towards how I'm going to spend it and what I'm going to serve up on the menu to celebrate it (sooo many possibilities!). I've covered such things in various posts here over the years before, so I won't veer into broken record territory here again, but just to recap, between the fact that my diet is wildly restricted due to many of my chronic illnesses that are seriously affected by what I eat, that I'm…

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Baking has made a comeback with old-school cake recipes and old-fashioned favourites hitting that nostalgic baking note. So get your vintage cake bake on and relive childhood with these retro cake recipes.

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If you need an idea for what to do with those few over-ripe bananas nobody wants to eat, consider throwing together this quick and easy banana nut cake. Gently sweet and nicely crunchy, it's a total crowd-pleaser.

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