Vintage recipes

From very early on in Chronically Vintage's life, sharing recipes - both vintage ones and others that have been a much beloved part of my family's meals for years now - has been an integral element of this site, and something - as a massive fan of food history and cooking alike - that I've really adored doing.

The number of recipes that have appeared over the years continues to grow all the time, and so I thought that it would be awesome if there was one handy-dandy sport where you could easily look back through all of the recipes that have ever appeared on this site.

Below, organized alphabetically within various categories, are many diverse, easy-to-make, delicious dishes that have been featured in various posts over the years. Please note that this list is updated shortly after each time a new recipe is added to the site, so be sure to check back often for oodles of yesteryear culinary inspiration.

Happy cooking and bon appetit!



Appetizers and Snacks

Broiled Green Onion and Cheddar Cheese Puffs

Deviled Eggs 

Lily Tea Sandwiches

My favourite Vintage Inspired Cheese Ball



Breads & Muffins

Pan Cooked Irish Soda Bread

Orange Raisin Muffins



Breakfast & Brunch

Creamed Chicken and Corn Meal Waffles

Hominy and Chili Scramble

Maple Syrup and Bacon French Toast Sandwich

Rosemary, Baby Potato and Fried Egg Skillet

Souper Mushroom Scramble



Cookies

Baby Ruth Cookies

Banana Drop Cookies

Cherry Nut Shortbread Cookies

Cherry Snowball Cookies

Chocolate Sugar Crisp Cookies

Spiced Apple Cinnamon Butterscotch Chip Cookies



Desserts

Apple Crisp

Apple Dumplings

Checkerboard Cake

Choco-Walnut Potato Cake

Chocolate Almond Cream Roll

Chocolate Bread Pudding

Chocolate Brownie Pie

Chocolate Chip Cake

Chocolate Fudge Pie

Chocolate Marshmallow Pie

Chocolate Meringue Pie

Chocolate Pear Cream Pie

Chocolate Peppermint Parfaits

Citrus Pear Pie

Coconut Pumpkin Chiffon Pie

Cranberry-Apple Pie

Double Chocolate Marble Cake

Fruit Salad Pie

Gingerbread Peach Cake

Lemon Chiffon Pie

Lemon Gold Cake

Magic Chocolate Pie

Maple Syrup and Apple Bread Pudding topped with Sugared Apples

One Bowl Chocolate Cake with Chiffon Frosting 

Orange Cake

Peaches 'n' Cream Cake

Scalloped Bananas

Spring Rhapsody Cake

Springtime Berries 'N' Cream Roll-Ups

Strawberry Long Cake 



Drinks

Five Vintage Cocktail Recipes (to help you ring in the New Year!)

Seven Delightful 1950s Party Punches



Frozen Desserts

Chocolate Ice Cream

Frozen Custard

Frozen Fruit Salad

Kool-Aid Ice Cream

Lemon Blossom Cake

Lemon Freeze

Magic Florida Lime Icebox Cake

Maple Nut Ice Cream

Peppermint Brownie Baked Alaska

The Ice-Creamiest Ice Cream

Vanilla Ice Cream



Holidays

Assorted 1950s Halloween recipes

Christmas Tree Cookies

Christmastime Chocolate Mint Brownies

Coconut Snowman Cake

Delightfully Decorated 1950s Christmas Cake

Easter Egg Cake

Easter Glory Cake

Gingerbread Cookies

Swedish Crisps (Cookies)



Jams and Sweet Sauces

Eunice's English Lemon Curd

Ten-Minute Cranberry Sauce 



Main Dishes & Savoury Sauces

Busy Day Baked Beans

Chicken Noodle Casserole

Crème Fraiche, Sweet Corn & Tuna Penne

Cornpatch Meatballs

Garden Patty-Go-Around 

Grandma Jean’s Classic Hamburger Picnic Pie

Harvest Chicken 

Hearty Sausage Macaroni Casserole

Highland (Beef) Pot Roast 

My Mom's Classic Turkey Pot Pie

Penny-Wise Chicken Pot Pie

Sauce Parisienne

Schill Family Spaghetti Sauce

Spaghetti Stuffed Peppers

Super easy 1940s salmon cakes

Tomato Rarebit

Turkey Roulettes 

Welsh Rarebit



Salads

Corn Beef and Slaw Salad

Fresh Mint and Fennel Salad with Shaved Parmesan

Grape Cluster Salad

Peach Blossom Salad

Quinoa, Bell Pepper and Green Onion Salad



Side Dishes

Chef's Potato Salad

Chuck Wagon Beans

Crowd Pleasing Creamy Coleslaw

Feta Cheese and Mixed Spring Veggie Pilaf

Gluten-free Turkey Stuffing 

Mushroom Rice Pilaf

My Mom’s Traditional Turkey Stuffing

Oyster Corn Bread Dressing (Stuffing)

Time Saver Corn Meal Dressing (Stuffing)



Soups & Stews

Asian Chicken Noodle and Vegetable Soup

Chinese Style Noodle Soup

Creamy Gala Apple, Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup

Milky Way Soup

Tomato Fish Chowder



Vegetable Dishes

Parsnip, Potato and Caramelized Onion Mash

Scalloped Tomatoes

Spanish Beans







{Wonderfully lovely 1940s illustration of a woman cooking a meal in her kitchen as the winter snow piles up outside. Image via Captain Geoffrey Spaulding on Flickr.}