This weekend I’m going to make candy cane rice krispies marshmallow “squares”. It’s about the level of baking or cooking I can handle this holiday season because I am just not good at domestic things like that. But I’m going to try because lockdown has me bored, so eating it is!

For today’s post I wanted you to share in the baking fun, so I searched the internet far and wide (well Etsy) to find you some fun vintage Christmas baking ideas from the 1950s that you can bake all holiday season long!

So dear readers, fire up those ovens and let the fun begin!

1950s vintage photo of young women in 1950s fashions baking cookies at Christmas Time.

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Vintage Christmas Baking Ideas from the 1950s

1950s ‘Extravagent 8 Christmas Cakes Collection’ of Baking Recipes PDF

Lots to Make! Purchase the recipes HERE.

What’s Inside:

Star Tree Christmas Cake
Yule Log
Parisian Gateaux
Snow Peak Christmas Cake
Holly Wreath Cake
Golden Bauble Christmas Cake
Basic Traditional Cake
Last-Minute Cake

Vintage 1950s 'Extravagent 8 CHRISTMAS Cakes Collection' of Baking Recipes PDF

Source: Etsy- TheAtticofKitsch

1950s ‘Almond Layer Cake’ and 2 extra FREE Cake Recipes PDF.

The Rich Cake contains folded in ground almonds and cocoa, sandwiched layers of cream butter-almond filling
Iced in pale green (go darker for that vintage Christmas look) and yellow piped stars for the topping.

1950s Vintage recipe for almond cake. Perfect vintage baking recipe for vintage christmas parties or birthdays and more.

Source: Etsy- TheAtticofKitsch

1950s Mirro Fancy Cookies And Pastries 28 Recipe Booklet (next photo is some of the easy cookies you can bake).

Purchase the PDF of the recipes HERE.

1950s Mirro Fancy Cookies And Pastries 28 Recipe Booklet-Vintage Christmas Baking Recipes

Vintage Christmas Baking: 1950s Mirro Fancy Cookies And Pastries 28 Recipe Booklet-Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipes

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Vintage 1950s Spectacular Reindeer Christmas Cake (Fruit Cake) with Royal Icing Recipe

Purchase the PDF Recipe HERE.

About:

Instructions are given for the making of the Rich Fruit Cake and also directions for Piping the Royal-Icing Decoration.

The Christmas Fruit Cake is Delicious with Mixed Fruit, Dried Pineapple, Glace Cherries, Almonds and Brandy/Rum etc. Very Rich and Dense. An Old-Fashioned Recipe that even has a layer of Almond Paste under the Royal-Icing.

Vintage 1950s CHRISTMAS Cake Recipe with Royal Icing Recipe PDF Spectacular Reindeer Baking

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I am SO IN LOVE WITH THIS COVER! How festive and fun! A “Holiday foods for festive eating”, vintage holiday recipe booklet from the 1950s.

This fun booklet was given out in the 1950’s by the New York State Electric & Gas corporation and includes over 3 dozen recipes (see a couple of those recipes below) along with 4 wonderful holiday lighting ideas too!

Vintage Holiday Recipe Booklet, 1950's Festive Holiday Recipes, Christmas Lights Ideas, New York Utility Give Away, Main Dishes to Desserts

We have for your Christmas baking enjoyment..’BonBon Cookies‘ (I first read it as Bourbon Cookies LOL!), ‘Black Walnut Cookies‘, ‘Chewy Date Bars‘ and ‘Choco-Marshmallow Cookies‘. YUM!

1950s Vintage Christmas Cookie Baking recipes

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Pillsbury’s Best Butter Cookie Cookbook-1950s vintage recipes. There are 50 wonderful and tasty Pillsbury butter cookie recipes (like the Jitterbugs in the 2nd photo) that will tempt you and your family — and amaze your friends!

Purchase the digital version HERE.

Butter Cookie Cookbook - Pillsbury's Best Cookie Recipes - Late 1950s to Early 1960s Era

I love the name of these cookies because I’m a Lindy Hopper (swing dancer) and in the 1940s the dance was also called “The Jitterbug”.

Jitterbug butter cookie recipe a cookie from sweden.

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Vintage 1950s Christmas Recipe Swiss Mountain Yule Log Cake Recipe.

Purchase the PDF digital recipe HERE (includes 4 more recipes).

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What a fun cake! A 1950s Christmas cake featuring a carollers theme.

A very rich traditional cake with all manner of dried fruits including orange marmalade & prunes. Dried peel, cherries, dates, walnuts, currants, raisins & more……
There is also an almond paste & royal-icing in swirls! Plus cute piped ‘Musical Notes’ decorating the edges.

Digital download available HERE.

1950s Christmas Recipe for a 1950s Christmas cake featuring a Christmas carollers theme. Fantastic vintage baking recipe in a PDF format so download today.

Source: Etsy- TheAtticofKitsch

This is WOW! A giant cookie Merry Go Round craft and cookie recipe-1950s. Look at how cute it is with the candy canes, sugar decorations and reindeers that are animal cookies. Love it!

Source: Etsy

Question Time: Anything catch your eye from the above? Tell me what you would bake (or maybe have baked already). Share in the comments section below.

Now if you end up making any of the baking above, please share in the comments how it went. Love to hear if you are more successful then I will be with my marshmallow things hahaha!

Further Reading: Collection of Vintage Christmas Blog Posts from the 1920s-1960s

Stay Safe and Happy Holidays!

Liz

Right now many of us are trying to figure out how to keep ourselves occupied during this difficult time. Well let the Vintage Inn help you out! I have compiled a list of Vintage ads that feature Cooking (& Baking) Recipes from the 1930s-1950s. Have some fun with them and share in the comments below on how you made out!

P.S. Some of these might not look too appetizing (that is retro food recipes for you!). Oh and a Tip! To see the recipes larger, click on the image and be taken to it is original source OR save and zoom in on your computer (that is why I do)

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Vintage Cooking Recipes as seen in Vintage Ads

1920s – 1950s

1937 Kraft Miracle Whip Salad Dressing Ad. “Even old-fashioned potato salad seems new when you glorify it with Miracle Whip’s special flavor.” The recipe is to the left in the ad.

Source: Etsy

1930s vintage ad for Two-Tone Chocolate Pie made with Baker’s Chocolate (of course you can make it with whatever chocolate you own). Made to order for the “whoever in your life (a 2020 revision)”.

1947 Birds Eye Vegetables Ad – Fish Fillets with Almond Cream Gravy. Cook in in 30 minutes flat!

Source: Etsy

1949 Snider’s Catsup Ad – Nature’s Bountiful Harvest Spiced Ham Recipe.

Source: Etsy

Vintage 1942 Diamond Walnuts advertisement. “Why be a hen-pecked hostess? You’ll hear nothing but praise for your teatime treats when you just add walnuts”.

Included are 3 great recipes for snacks that use walnuts: Walnut Gelatin Salad, Walnut Divinity, and Golden Walnut Cake Balls.