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Easy Baking, Vintage Recipes & Desserts

  • Vintage metal pan with chocolate chip muffins, whole and halved. Light wooden board, white surface.
    Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • White marbled surface with decorated and plain holiday cut out cookies.
    Sour Cream Cut-Out Cookies
  • Pulla Bread (Finnish cardamom bread)
  • Glass jar with blueberry sauce, a spoon, white background.
    Blueberry Sauce (topping)

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What will you take?

Christmas Potluck

I put together our favorite recipes to take to a holiday potluck party or for planning one if you want to host a more relaxed gathering.

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  • Mini Bundt Cakes (assorted toppings)
  • Gray background with stack of gingerbread sandwich cookies on a white plate.
    Gingerbread Sandwich Cookies
  • Whole and slices of coconut bundt cake with powdered sugar on a beige plate. Close up image.
    Coconut Pecan Pound Cake
  • Top view of beige plate with Christmas chocolate covered cookies. Marble surface, sprinkles, candy canes.
    Christmas Chocolate Covered Oreos

Holiday ideas

Candy & Treats

  • Pile of chocolate peanut clusters on a white plate set on a pink surface with loose peanuts around.
    Chocolate Peanut Clusters
  • Vanilla marshmallows piled on a wooden board with hot chocolate mugs in the background.
    Homemade Marshmallows
  • Top view of wooden board with dulce de leche squares.
    Dulce de Leche Fudge
  • Single bitter white truffle with other silver and white on bluish grey plate
    White Chocolate Coconut Truffles
  • Chocolate fudge squares in a stack with a white background.
    2 Ingredient Fudge (with condensed milk)
  • Pieces of marbled white and brown chocolate bark on a white surface. Top view.
    Chocolate Cookie Bark (4 ingredients)
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Vintage Recipes

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Cakes & Cupcakes

  • Close up slice of plum upside-down cake being lifted. Cups in the background.
    Plum Upside Down Cake (gluten-free)
  • Rose petals sprinkled on chocolate glazed mini bundt cake. Greenish plate.
    Glazed Mini Chocolate Bundt Cakes
  • Dry green plate with single glazed mini pumpkin bundt cake. Wooden board, cinnamon sticks.
    Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes (with Cinnamon Glaze)
  • White background with stack of whole and halved small almond rectangular cakes.
    Financiers Recipe (French almond cakes)
  • White plate with ricotta cake slice. A fork, lemon slices, white background with whole cake.
    Ricotta Cake
  • Top view of white plate with orange bundt cake with glaze. White background.
    Orange Bundt Cake
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Cookie Jar

From classics to creative combos, our cookie recipes are easy and delicious. Browse dozens of ideas to make your next baking project a success and satisfy that sweet tooth!

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  • Close up of golden French bread on metal sheet pan
    Baguette Recipe (no knead)
  • A single golden muffin on a white surface, open paper liner
    Oatmeal Muffins
  • Single slice of Oreo cheesecake being lifted on a metal cake server. Whole cheesecake below. Grey and white background.
    Oreo Cheesecake
  • Cut glazed lemon loaf cake on a white paper on a wooden surface.
    Lemon Pound Cake
  • Several stacked alfajores on a grey wire rack.
    Alfajores Recipe (Argentinian alfajores de maicena)
  • Striped blue white kitchen towel with white bowl containing serving of cherry cobbler with ice cream. A gold spoon, white marble surface.
    Dump Cake Recipe

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Brunch & Breakfast

  • Whole savory crepe cake on a plate. White marbled surface, bowl with mayo.
    Savory Crepe Cake
  • Tin molds with golden popovers. White paper on a wooden surface. Light gray background.
    Popovers (5 ingredients)
  • Bread pudding with ham and cheese in a rectangular baking white dish. Serving missing.
    Ham and Cheese Strata (savory bread pudding)
  • Three slices of French toast with butter and dripping syrup. White plate, Light wood background.
    Eggnog French Toast
  • Close up of two ham and cheese sliders stacked on a white plate. Gray background.
    Ham and Cheese Sliders
  • Stack of gingerbread pancakes with whipped cream and syrup on white plate. Christmas decorations, white background.
    Soft Gingerbread Pancakes with Whipped Cream
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Cobblers & Dump Cakes

Two ways to make this quick, old-fashioned dessert that never goes out of style. It's still a favorite for potlucks, cookouts and weeknight desserts.

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Pies & Tarts

  • Apple Frangipane Tart
  • Peanut butter chocolate fudge tart on a white plate. Silver fork, white background.
    Chocolate Peanut Butter Tart (no bake)
  • Whole baked cherry galette on a white surface.
    Cherry Galette
  • Close up of chocolate cream tart with whole cherries on top. Gray background.
    Black Forest Tarts
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Cheesecakes

A classic dessert that is always a hit and never goes out of style!

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Quick and Easy

Toppings & Sauces

  • Glass bowl with pumpkin butter on a wooden board. A jar and small pumpkin on the white background.
    Homemade Pumpkin Butter
  • Spooning apple butter from a jar on a gray wooden board.
    Apple Butter Recipe
  • Quick blueberry compote in white bowl with silver spoon. Blue white cloth surface.
    Blueberry Compote
  • Lifting a spoon full of lemon curd from a white bowl. Colorful cloth as background.
    Homemade Lemon Curd
  • Spooning dulce de leche from a metal can on a light gray surface.
    Dulce de Leche from Condensed Milk
  • Spooning caramel sauce from a mason jar on a wooden board. White background.
    Caramel Sauce
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Pure nostalgia

Vintage Classics

  • Sliced glazed ham on a white platter with orange slices and thyme.
    Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham
  • Several slices of apple-stuffed pork roast on a yellowish plate over an orange napkin.
    Pork Roast with Apples
  • Ham spread in a white bowl. Silver spoon inside. Two-tone sesame crackers.
    Old Fashioned Ham Salad (spread)
  • Close up yeast rolls in a basket with beige cloth. White background.
    Soft Homemade Dinner Rolls
  • Glass of eggnog with cinnamon stick on a white board. Wooden spoon, anise stars.
    Homemade Eggnog (with or without alcohol)
  • Close up of green beans with almond topping. White platter. Top view.
    Green Beans Almondine
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All the Chocolate

Chocolate lovers, look no further for a vast array of recipes featuring your favorite ingredient!

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✨ Heritage Recipes

From travels around the world and well-kept family recipes.

  • Top view of glass jar with chimichurri sauce and silver spoon, white surface
    Chimichurri Sauce (authentic recipe)
  • White marble surface with glass bowls containing creamy rice pudding. Cinnamon sticks and lemon peel strips around.
    Cinnamon Rice Pudding
  • Scoops of strawberry ice cream in white bowl, more strawberries around, white surface, grey background.
    Strawberry Ice Cream (no churn)
  • Close up of jar with dulce de leche on a white surface
    Homemade Dulce de Leche
  • Single slice of ricotta pie on parchment over wooden table, with book, pan in background
    The Best Ricotta Pie (Italian recipe)
  • Whole and slice of dulce de leche cheesecake on a pink cake stand. White background.
    Dulce de Leche Cheesecake
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Muffins & Quick Breads

Perennial favorites that are easy to make. Whether you eat them for breakfast, brunch, for an afternoon snack or a bake sale, we got you covered.

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A sweet finish

Fruit Recipes

  • Top view of jar with apple cider mix. White ceramic spoon. White surface.
    Homemade Apple Cider Mix
  • Top view of pear upside down cake on a white plate. Pecans, coffee cups, silver forks. Whitish background.
    Pear Upside Down Cake
  • Stack of plum crumble bars. Whitish surface and background. Whole plums.
    Plum Crumble Bars
  • White plate with pile of cinnamon apple chips. White background.
    How to Make Apple Chips
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Scones & Biscuits

From old-fashioned favorites to family recipes. Whether they're plain, glazed, sweet or savory, they're always welcome.

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Vintage Cakes

  • White plate with two slices of lemon poppy seed cake, a silver fork, grey background.
    Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
  • Slice of vanilla dulce de leche cake on a white plate. More cake in the background.
    Dulce de Leche Cream Cake
  • Cake server with slice being pulled out of glazed chocolate bundt cake, white background.
    Chocolate Bundt Cake
  • Squares of vanilla cake with chocolate chips on parchment paper.
    Chocolate Chip Cake
  • A berry topped chocolate torte on a pink cake stand with one slice being removed. Grey and white background.
    Chocolate Torte
  • Whitish background and plate with eaten slice of jam covered cheesecake with a silver fork.
    Sour Cream Cheesecake

Vintage Cookies

  • Close up of several homemade graham cracker on a white surface.
    Homemade Graham Crackers
  • Close up of white plate with stack of cookies with pouring peanut butter. Light gray background.
    Peanut Butter Cookies
  • Stack of glazed lemon shortbread cookies on a green colored wooden board.
    Lemon Shortbread Cookies
  • Glazed ricotta cookies with lemon zest on white parchment paper.
    Lemon Ricotta Cookies
  • Two leaning shortbread dulce de leche cookies on a white paper and wire rack. Light grey background.
    Dulce de Leche Cookies
  • Three chocolate cookies stacked. Top one is bitten. White and red background.
    Double Chocolate Cookies
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