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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📺 Thank you for watching! This video was written, voiced, and produced with care by Nostalgia Calling. Every episode is crafted to bring back the flavors, stories, and comforts of the past—one nostalgic bite at a time.
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I have that exact cookie book and use it all the time 😊
Cherry coconut bars are the best!
I still have that cookie cookbook. I remember making cookies from this book when I was just a kid.
Oh my goodness!!! My copy of that book is a mess!! I used it all the time as a child and then as a mom. The spiral bound cover is off, and page 19 with Ethel’s Sugar Cookies went missing for a while. The book now lives at my daughter’s house, in a cellophane sleeve, with all of the best recipes stained with ingredients and food coloring. I asked my middle son just yesterday, what he wanted for Christmas. His reply was, “Cookies.”
Thank you for this little bit of nostalgia 🧡
And Do Not Double the Candy Cane cookie recipe!!
I still have my Grandma's copy of this book. She called it her "Cooky Booky". I'm now 72 and this brings back good memories. Now if only I liked to bake.
I can always rell if snickerdoodles are made with the Betty Crocker recipe. I have my mom's, copied onto a recipe card from her old early 1950s cookbook.
Oh, gosh, I was just thinking about these last night!
I still have this cookie book and let me tell you they are
some of the best cookies I’ve ever made
The narrator makes it sound like Betty Crocker was a person. Betty Crocker is a company. There was never any such person called Betty Crocker, which was very disappointing to me when I found that out some years ago.
Candy cane cookies!!! Good Christmas memories!