Our Top 10 Vintage Recipes

Chicken and Dumplings

Perfect for chilly winter nights, this main course is pure old-fashioned comfort food. It’s also speedy, low in fat and a delicious one-dish meal. —Nancy Tuck, Elk Falls, Kansas

Grape Salad

This delicious and refreshing old-fashioned recipe surprises in the best way. Everyone raves when I bring it to potlucks! For a special finishing touch, sprinkle it with brown sugar and pecans. —Marge Elling, Jenison, Michigan

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon

There's nothing like fresh salmon, and my mom bakes it just right so it nearly melts in your mouth. Plus, the sour cream dill sauce is subtly seasoned with horseradish so that it doesn't overpower the delicate salmon flavor. —Susan Emery, Everett, Washington

Corn Pudding

There’s a reason that family holidays always include this golden corn pudding side dish. It’s delicious, comforting and easy to prepare. —P. Lauren Fay-Neri, Syracuse, New York

Zucchini Cupcakes

I asked my grandmother for this recipe after trying these irresistible spice cupcakes at her home. I love their creamy caramel frosting. They're such a scrumptious dessert, you actually forget you're eating your vegetables, too! —Virginia Lapierre, Greensboro Bend, Vermont

Basic Homemade Bread

There’s nothing like the aroma of homemade bread to take you back. This simple bread recipe bakes up deliciously golden brown and is the perfect loaf for sandwiches, toast or with the evening meal. Just like Grandma used to make, and a great place to learn to bake bread. —Sandra Anderson, New York, New York

Sugar Cookies

This sugar cookie dates back to a Swedish woman born in 1877! Her daughter, Esther Davis, shared the recipe with me and she came up with all the exact measurements, since the original cookies were mixed by feel and taste. These are my favorite cookies and I hope they'll become yours as well. —Helen Wallis, Vancouver, Washington

Pork Chops with Scalloped Potatoes

Mom always managed to put a delicious hearty meal on the table for us and for our farmhands. This all-in-one comforting pork chops recipe reminds me of home. —Bernice Morris, Marshfield, Missouri

Apple Pie

I remember coming home sullen one day because we'd lost a softball game. Grandma, in her wisdom, suggested that maybe a slice of hot apple pie would make me feel better. She was right. —Maggie Greene, Granite Falls, Washington

Grandma's Honey Muffins

I can remember my Grandma Wheeler making these delicious muffins—we'd eat them nice and warm, fresh from the oven! She was a "pinch of this and handful of that" kind of cook, so getting the ingredient amounts correct for the recipe was a challenge. Now it's a family treasure! —Darlis A. Wilfer, West Bend, Wisconsin