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Retro Desserts

20 Vintage Summer Desserts For Timeless Treats

Take a trip down memory lane with the coolest retro desserts from years gone by.

How to Make Baked Alaska

Baked Alaska gets an upgrade in this brownie version that features pistachio and strawberry ice creams.

How to Adapt Vintage Recipes for Modern Kitchens

Your great-grandmother's recipe box has landed in your kitchen and you're ready to recreate nostalgic family treats. If only it were that simple. Here's how to convert vintage recipes for modern kitchens, including how to fill in the gaps for ingredient substitutions, baking temperatures, and more.

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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.

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Hint: It doesn’t have anything to do with sweetened condensed milk.

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Seven Layer Gelatin Salad

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Don't wait until the last minute to make this recipe. Each layer has to set before the next one is added.

By Allrecipes Member

Hamburger Steak with Onions and Gravy

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An easy-to-make classic featuring tasty hamburger 'steaks' smothered in gravy and onions. It's a great way to dress up a pound of ground beef, and you probably have all the ingredients on hand!

By Anne Marie Sweden

Sloppy Joes II

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Ground beef, onion, green pepper, and ketchup are seasoned with garlic powder and sweetened with brown sugar to make this hearty meat filling. Serve on hamburger buns.

By Allrecipes Member

Best Tuna Casserole

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Ready in just 35 minutes! This comfort food casserole uses pantry ingredients for convenience and potato chips for crunch.

By JAICARD

Good New Orleans Creole Gumbo

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This authentic Creole Gumbo from New Orleans starts out with a slow cooked roux.Traditional gumbo file powder is used to flavor shrimp, crabmeat, and andouille sausage.

14 Old-Fashioned Dinner Recipes Worth Making Again

By Hayley Sugg

Classic Old Fashioned

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One of the great classic bourbon cocktails, the Old Fashioned was invented in Louisville, KY. Try bourbon, rye, or a blended whiskey in this cocktail. You can also sub one sugar cube for the simple syrup.

Watergate Salad

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Pistachio pudding mix is the base for this marshmallow salad with pineapple, nuts and fluffy whipped topping.

By Allrecipes Member

My Favorite Sloppy Joes

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This is my go-to sloppy joe recipe. Liquid smoke is the key ingredient here.

Sausage, Peppers, Onions, and Potato Bake

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Sausage and potatoes combine with peppers, onion, and wine in a classic Italian dish.

Rhubarb Jam

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Use fresh rhubarb and orange juice to make this homemade sweet-tart jam.

By CHOLLOW

Classic Bran Muffins

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These moist raisin bran muffins are made with buttermilk and wheat bran.

By Allrecipes Member

Basic Béchamel Sauce

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Creamy Béchamel sauce can be used on so many dishes.

By MATHIEUDAIGLE

Homemade Sloppy Joes

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A rich beef filling in thick sauce makes the best homemade Sloppy Joes.

Chris's Hawaiian Fluff Salad

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Hawaiian dessert salad full of fruit and fluff.

By Chris Thorne

Grandma's Ground Beef Casserole

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My grandmother's old-fashioned hamburger casserole is comfort food at its best!

By LaDonna Langwell

Blackened Chicken

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Try this spicy charred chicken—a Cajun favorite, and so easy!

By Allrecipes Member

Slow Cooker Cocktail Smokies

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Easy lil smokies recipe in the slow that is perfect for potlucks.

By Malina Bleeding Heart Morris

Chicken a la King

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Creamy, dreamy, and ready in a snap from leftover chicken or turkey.

By Allrecipes Member

Apple Crisp - Perfect and Easy

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Easy dessert of fresh, crisp apples baked with a buttery cinnamon streusel.

Classic Cuban-Style Picadillo

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A classic Cuban ground beef dish — quick and easy, and great over rice.

Blackened Fish

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Seasoned fillets cooked in a hot cast iron pan until charred and flavorful.

Rainbow Pasta Salad II

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This is a really quick and easy pasta salad. Great for picnics and BBQ's.

By JENNIEANNE

Blackened Salmon Fillets

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Fire up succulent salmon with an exciting blend of Cajun-style spices.

By JEFF CALKINS

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