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1940s

Maple Pumpkin Spice Cake with Caramel Frosting
Cakes, Frostings & Accompaniments, Vintage Recipes

Maple Pumpkin Spice Cake with Caramel Frosting

Spooky Butterfinger Finger Cookies
Cookies, Vintage Recipes

Spooky Butterfinger Finger Cookies

Bess Truman’s Ozark Pudding
Pies & Tarts, Vintage Recipes

Bess Truman’s Ozark Pudding

3 Easy Vintage Summer Desserts
Cakes, Crisps & Crumbles, Vintage Recipes

3 Easy Vintage Summer Desserts

Date & Apricot Bars
Cakes, Cookies, Vintage Recipes

Date & Apricot Bars

Strawberry “Long Cake”
Cakes, Vintage Recipes

Strawberry “Long Cake”

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Each recipe is sourced from vintage cookbooks, recipe boxes, and friends like you!

We love sharing stories—whether it’s the history behind a dish or ingredient, a peek inside cookbooks from the past, or a closer look at the cooks who first wrote down or passed along the recipe.

Follow along, because every recipe holds a story!

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