When a recipe has been passed down for generations, you can bet that it’s trustworthy. Old-fashioned recipes are time-tested and Grandma-approved. Best of all, they usually remind you of your childhood – when Grandma would actually make them for you!
The recipe that makes me most nostalgic is probably my family’s beef stew and biscuits – the ultimate comfort food. The soggy, sweet biscuits soaked in the beef stew was so addicting, I definitely went back for seconds. It’s such a simple, vintage recipe but I remember it so well! What recipe comes to mind when you think about your family dinners growing up?
Grandmas always seem to have a collection of recipe cards that are just the best. While we love our cookbooks and our digital copies, you know those stained recipe cards got it right!
Here’s our collection of old-fashioned recipes from RecipeLion.com that are absolutely timeless. They’re just as tasty today as they were ages ago!
Grandma’s Favorites: 11 Old-Fashioned Recipes
- Grandma’s Secret Meatball Recipe
- Grandma’s Magic Cake
- Grandma’s Zucchini Squares
- Grandma’s 5-Star Cabbage Rolls
- Grandma’s Slow Cooker Green Bean Casserole
- Grandma’s Party Pleasing Jello Mold
- Grandma’s World Famous Dinner Rolls
- Grandma’s Famous Sugar Cookie Bars
- Grandma’s Wisconsin German Potato Salad
- Grandma’s Famous Stuffing
- Grandma’s Lazy Daisy Cake
Craving MORE Nostalgic Recipes?
Critics are raving about cookbook author and Cutthroat Kitchen star Addie Gundry’s new cookbook Retro Recipes from the ‘50s and ‘60s!
“It takes a genuine senior citizen to recall popular foods from the 1950s and ’60s. But baby boomers’ offspring no doubt will have relished many of the recipes Gundry has collected…Most recipes are a breeze to concoct from pantry staples, but even Gundry’s simplified beef Wellington has its place for celebratory dinners.” —Mark Knoblauch, Booklist
“This collection of popular recipes from the 1950s and ’60s contains what you might expect to find in a cookbook from the time or written on weathered index cards in grandma’s recipe box…Gundry has made it easy for theme-party planners to find the necessary recipes all in one place.” —Publishers Weekly
From 1950’s casseroles and elegant hors d’oevres to more modern, adventurous dishes, this collection of vintage recipes is sure to inspire any home cook. Available NOW on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble!
What recipe is your Grandma famous for?
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All of the recipes look terrific and hopefully easy to prepare. Keep them coming!!!!
Glad you like them! Let me know if you try any. 🙂
Great Memories!
I treasure Grandma’s spiral bound, yellowed paged, fading script that captures many of her favorite recipes. The hand-written script is fading here and there but their are many Family Recipes.
I remember Grandma and Grandpa stirring the large, very large, vintage crock filled with Her home-made Rhubarb Wine! I also remember gathering the dandelion heads for home-made Dandelion Wine! She also wrote her recipe for Raisin Port Wine, but that is not a part of my memory!
Thank you for this moment to recall, shed a tear, and smile…
Thanks for sharing, Jan! Nothing beats Grandma’s notes. Cherish those wine recipes. 🙂
My grandmother taught me how to make her fudge. I am now the only one in the family that makes it.
How sweet! Keeping the tradition alive. Thanks for sharing!
Grandma’s sunday soup. Depending on what she had which for most part was chicken. She would boil cut up chicken, add Mexican squash, corn, carrots, and potatoes and other spices. It was the best soup because she would always add some cilantro.
Grandma always made it seem easy, didn’t she? Hope you have that soup recipe. Thanks for sharing!
While my Grandma always had a table full of food for an army, her kolaches always scored!! Being Czech, she made REAL kolaches with sweet dough and not just pigs in a blanket!! She got me going and experimenting in the kitchen and now I own a Fat Free, Sugar Free, Gluten Free Bakery. We make our brownies and fudge out of beans, our icing and tortillas out of cauliflower, and much more!! Thanks Grandma!!
My grandma was an excellent cook! I have, however, lost my favorite recipe. Does anyone have a recipe for soft, chewy applesauce cookies? She frosted them lightly with some unknown icing stuff. It was soft, too. I would sure like to have this recipe again.
My grandmother, along with her 2 sisters, were wonderful bakers & cooks. Hard to decide what was very favorite, but it was probably her Almond Crescent Cookies.
1/2 pound unsalted butter
2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup ground almonds
Combine all ingredients. Knead -roll dough, and break off small pieces. Flatten and shape into crescents.
Place on parchment sheet on baking sheet. Bake in (pre-heated) 325 degree oven 12 – 18 minutes.
Remove when cookies begin to get golden. Baking time varies by how flat you have pressed the cookies, and ovens. Cool cookies on rack. Dust with powdered sugar.
I can’t pick any one recipe, but my Grandpa & Grandma would make oyster chowder
most Saturdays, for our dinner. At the time, my Mother, brother & I lived with them, while my father was stationed in Va.
My sister gave me a vegetable plastic bag full of my Grandma’s recipes. I’ve gone through a few, they’re not in any order. Sure brings back a lot of very fond memories !