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Category: Desserts

Lattice-top cranberry pear pie with visible pear slices and ruby cranberry filling

Cranberry-Pear Pie

A holiday-ready cranberry pear pie with whole cranberry sauce, sliced pears, cinnamon and a lattice crust, preserved from a verified Jersey County community cookbook recipe.

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Pumpkin pecan pie

Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Vintage Pumpkin Pecan Pie recipe preserved from Favorite Country Recipes (1981), a Tampico, Illinois community cookbook, with the original ingredients a…

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Apple crumb pie with sliced apples and a golden buttery crumb topping

Apple Crumb Pie

A vintage apple crumb pie with tart apples, cinnamon and a buttery crumb topping, preserved from a verified Jersey County community cookbook recipe.

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No bake pumpkin pie with whipped cream

No Bake Pumpkin Pie

Vintage No Bake Pumpkin Pie recipe preserved from Favorite Country Recipes (1981), a Tampico, Illinois community cookbook, with the original ingredients…

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A growing collection of vintage desserts and sweet recipes from the Nostalgic Foodie archive. Expect pies, chilled desserts, fruit-forward favorites, old-fashioned bakes and other nostalgic sweets, with preserved source details when known and modern notes kept separate from the original record.

20 recipes in the archive