Best Classic & Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes
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These old fashioned vintage baking recipes from the 1950s and 1960s are traditional and absolute classics. They include gingerbread, fruitcakes, cookies, spritz, and more!
The Vintage Christmas Cookbooks
I pulled out recipes from a few different vintage cookbooks this year including:
I’ve wanted the Cooky Book for a while now and put it on my 2022 Vintage Wish List. I’m so glad I finally have my own copy!
Pillsbury’s Best Butter Cookie Cookbook Recipes
I bought this booklet at a flea market (You can watch me find this cookbook and other Christmas items in this flea market haul video) because I love the cover and want to decorate with it. Butter cookies are also my favorite thing to make at Christmas and this book is full of them!
But in my opinion, don’t bother with any other recipe except My family’s favorite butter cookie recipe.
Pillsbury’s Best Loved Foods of Christmas
Spritz cookies are a very popular vintage recipe that is sure to be a winner at your Christmas party. And of course if you would like to try a classic fruitcake, I took a picture of that recipe.
Festive Foods for the Holiday Hostess
This cookbook is so cute with a gingerbread house on the front. The book was made by the Milwaukee Gas Light Company which I think is really interesting.
Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Cook Book
This cookbook has a lot of beautiful color illustrations. They have each holiday in here and I also featured this book in my vintage Halloween recipe post.
Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book
The Cooky Book has recipes for different holidays and is a very popular vintage cookbook. I highly recommend getting it if you love baking cookies!
Christmas Cookie Gift Containers - Cooky Book Craft
I actually made my own upcycled Christmas tins and wrote a DIY blog post for them. Then when I was flipping through this vintage cookbook I found a tutorial, how cool is that? They use the tins specifically for giving out baked goods and I use my tins as Christmas decor.
I hope you found a “new” vintage recipe to try! If you do let me know what you think of them.
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