Step back into Grandma’s kitchen—where every cookie had a story. 🍪
In this video, we’re opening up Betty Crocker’s Vintage Cooky Book to rediscover 25 nostalgic cookie recipes from the 1950s–1970s that have nearly disappeared from modern kitchens. From Cherry Blinks and Cowboy Cookies to Chocolate Crinkles and Candy Cane Cookies, these are the sweet treats that defined a generation.
🎀 Whether you grew up baking with your mom or remember these from church potlucks and Christmas tins, this episode will take you straight back to that cozy midcentury kitchen smell of vanilla, butter, and powdered sugar.
👉 Stay till the end for a few surprise recipes that never made it to the modern internet!
📖 Featured in this video:
Vintage cookie favorites from Betty Crocker’s Cooky Book (1963 & 1969 editions)
1950s–1970s nostalgic cookie traditions
Classic home-baked cookies you won’t find in stores.
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I have all those books
I still have my copy from early 1970s and then a decade later got to know 2 women who were Betty. Rockers in the test kitchen editing this book.
Try the Cream Wafers. A little fussy, but yummy. I loved to look through this book when I was young and eventually bought myself and my daughters copies.
I was introduced to cowboy cookies by my godfather. He didn’t like coconut so that was left out and his wife didn’t have the patience to bother with the individual cookies so she threw it all in a pan and made bars. Delicious.
Im sure hungry for cookies after watching this!!
Thumbprint cookies were rolled in finely chopped nuts, like walnuts.
Most of the ones listed are the ones my family baked for Christmas, and the ones I still do. Make the dough ahead of time, divide or shape and then freeze. Bake as needed.
My mom made most of these cookies. Brings back memories!! I used to have the cookbook but not sure where it went
My mom and I tried to make cookies every Christmas when I was young. Many years. Bless her heart she could do a date nut bread but that was about it
50 years later, I bake 5-6 times a week. Work chocolate, bread, cakes, cheesecakes, and cookies. So many cookies. Just did 7 dozen decorated Halloween sugar cookies.
Love old cookbooks and hidden ‘finds’ from my youth that were never realized. lol
I still have and use that Betty Crocker book.
The Russian Tea Cakes are my favorite and what I bake every Christmas. My book is well loved.