Retro Recipes

Looking for recipes from days gone by? Allrecipes has more than 790 trusted retro recipes complete with ratings, reviews and baking tips.

close up view of Homemade Crispy Hash Browns served with a fried egg and bacon on a plate

35 Classic Diner Food Recipes You Can Make At Home

A casserole dish with funeral potatoes, garnished with chopped parsley

15 Easy 9x13 Vintage Casseroles That Deserve a Comeback

a slice of grandma's lemon meringue pie

15 of Grandma's Best Recipes for Summertime

close up on a large bowl of waldorf salad

Retro Salads Are Trending Again—and Here Are Our Community's 14 Favorite Recipes

low angle looking at a slice of key lime pie served on a plate and garnished with a lime slice and cream

Easy Key Lime Pie

close up view of Apricot and Peach Fried Pies garnished with powdered sugar on a cooling rack

Apricot and Peach Fried Pies

a low angle view of two classic old fashioned cocktails

Classic Old Fashioned

a close up, low angle view of a single sloppy joe

a close up view of a single bowl of creole gumbo served with steamed white rice and fresh herbs

Good New Orleans Creole Gumbo

a high angle view of a plate of the best tuna noodle casserole with the casserole dish sitting nearby

Best Tuna Casserole

close up on a plate full of hamburger steaks with onions and gravy

Hamburger Steak with Onions and Gravy

A bowl of Watergate salad topped with maraschino cherries and sprinkled with chopped nuts, presenting a vibrant green hue typical of the dessert.

Watergate Salad

a close up view of a bowl of slow-cooker cocktail smokies. A slow cooker sits in the background

Slow Cooker Cocktail Smokies

Grandma's Green Bean Casserole in a green dish

15 Old-Fashioned Casseroles That Never Go Out of Style

overhead view of bechamel sauce in a gravy boat garnished with fresh herbs

Basic Béchamel Sauce

a bunch of bran muffins on a wire cooling rack

Classic Bran Muffins

overhead view of Chicken A La King on a blue plate

Chicken a la King

an overhead view of baked sausage, peppers, onions, and potatoes in a white baking dish.

Sausage, Peppers, Onions, and Potato Bake

A plate of sliced blackened chicken served over mixed greens with lemon slices

Blackened Chicken

close up view of a sloppy joe in a bun, on a plate

Homemade Sloppy Joes

Golden-brown chicken kiev split in half to reveal the herb stuffed center.

Chef John's Chicken Kiev

A bowl of apple crisp, topped with vanilla ice cream and served with coffee

Perfect and Easy Apple Crisp

A platter of southern fried chicken livers served with dipping sauce

Southern Fried Chicken Livers

looking down at a bowl of Cuban style picadillo

Classic Cuban-Style Picadillo

Grasshopper Cocktail

close up view of cheese fondue on skewered bread over a pot

A bowl of brown sugar smokies (smokie sausages wrapped in bacon) served with toothpicks on the side

Brown Sugar Smokies

A jar of blackened seasoning mix with a wooden spoon

Blackened Seasoning Mix

Two fillets of blackened fish served over yellow rice and garnished with chopped parsley

A high angle looking at grandma's ground beef casserole.

Grandma's Hamburger Casserole

A blackened salmon fillet served over a bed of greens

Blackened Salmon Fillets

High angle shot of a baking sheet of prepared oysters Rockefeller and lemon slices

Rockin' Oysters Rockefeller

close up view of Ground Beef and Cabbage in a green bowl

Ground Beef and Cabbage

overhead angle looking down at shrimp egg foo young, topped with chopped green onions

Shrimp Egg Foo Young

Close up on two coupe glasses of Manhattan cocktails garnished with cherries

Manhattan Cocktail

close up view of German Pork Chops and Sauerkraut in a pot

German Pork Chops and Sauerkraut

Sausage and Sauerkraut

close up view of Seven Layer Dip in a yellow baking dish with a serving spoon next to the baking dish

Sliced Debbie's Amazing Apple Bread on a white platter

Debbie's Amazing Apple Bread

close up of a plate full of bacon wrapped smokies on a white platter

Bacon Wrapped Smokies

A dish of banana pudding with a large serving removed

Homemade Banana Pudding

super close up on a 7 UP cake with a glaze over top

close up on a whole chicken pot pie with a serving missing

Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Turkey à la King

high angle, looking at a pineapple upside down cake on a platter, with a slice cut

Old Fashioned Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

looking at a slice of shoofly pie on a plate with remaining in pie dish behind

My Grandma's Shoofly Pie

Chef John's Shrimp Cocktail

Mama's Tomato Gravy

Cajun Blackened Catfish

close up on a glass of old fashioned cocktail garnished with maraschino cherries

Old Fashioned Cocktail

Sliced salmon loaf on white platter with blue band

Looking at a few fried apple pies on a cooling rack with one cut open to see filling.

Fried Apple Pies

Close up on a baked Alaska with a large slice missing.

Individual Beef Wellingtons

Individual Beef Wellingtons

Classic Whiskey Sour

looking at a whole beef Wellington with a few pieces sliced next to sauce in a bowl

Beef Wellington

close up view of Potato Chip Cookies

My Grandmother's Potato Chip Cookies

The Original Donair From the East Coast of Canada

Banana Bran Muffins

close up on a bowl of classic beef stroganoff over pasta, garnished with fresh herbs

Chef John's Classic Beef Stroganoff

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