50 Best Old Fashioned Desserts

These old fashioned desserts are just like the ones your grandmother used to make! From custard pies and hot milk cake to vintage candies and fudge, there are plenty of old world dessert recipes to choose from.

Pie Old Fashioned Desserts

1. Nanny's Oatmeal Pie from Jessica N Wood
2. Amish Buttermilk Pie from Tastes of Lizzy T's
3. Classic Southern Buttermilk Pie from My Recipes
4. Old Fashioned Custard Pie from Flavorite
5. Grandma's Egg Custard Pie from Allrecipes
6. Traditional Shoo Fly Pie from Our Heritage of Health
7. Grandma's Chocolate Pie from Cooking Chef
8. Grandma's Butterscotch Pie from Allrecipes
9. Depression Era Apple Candy Pie from Food.com
10. Old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie from OMG Chocolate Desserts
    

    Cake Old Fashioned Desserts

11. Old Fashioned Hot Milk Cake from Culinary Hill
12. Old Fashioned Sugar Cake from Chocolate Chocolate and More!
13. Vanilla Depression Cake from Premeditated Leftovers
14. Oatmeal Cake from Taste and Tell
15. Grandmother Crisp's Caramel Cake from The Collected Room
16. Old Fashioned Butter Cake from Flavor Catalog
17. 1930’s Cheese Cake from Just a Pinch Recipes
18. Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake from Call Me PMc
19. Kentucky Butter Cake from Cookies and Cups
20. Chocolate Crazy Cake (No Eggs, Milk, Butter) from Sweet Little Bluebird
21. Super-Moist Old Fashioned Chocolate Mayo Cake from Just A Pinch Recipes
22. Old Fashioned Chocolate Buttermilk Cake from Flavorite
23. Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Cake from Cooking Channel
24. 1950s Hot Milk Sponge Cake from Recipe Lion
25. Depression-Era Chocolate Cake from Our Heritage of Health
26. Family-Favorite Peanut Butter Cake from Taste of Home
27. Grandma’s Old Fashioned Tea Cakes from Allrecipes
28. Old Fashioned Lemon Icebox Pie from Rock Recipes
29. Old Fashioned Banana Cake with Banana Frosting from Bake This Cake
30. Old Fashioned Apple Upside Down Cake from Rock Recipes
31. Farmer's Daughter Cake from Cooking with Carlee
    

    Cookie Old Fashioned Desserts

32. Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies from Naive Cook Cooks
33. Great Grandma Mary's Slice-n-Bake Cookies from Bless This Mess
34. Poor Man’s Cookies from Taste of Home
35. The Best Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies from The Domestic Rebel
36. Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies from the hungry bluebird
37. Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies from Taste of Home
38. Depression Era Oatmeal Cookies from A Cozy Kitchen
39. Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies from Mom Foodie
40. Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Pinwheels from Clean and Scentsible
41. Grandma Krauses’ Coconut Cookies from Taste of Home
    

    Fudge and Brownie Old Fashioned Desserts

42. Grandma's Old-Fashioned Rich Fudge Brownies from Wicked Good Kitchen
43. Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Fudge from CincyShopper
44. 50 Year Old Lunchroom Brownie Recipes from Unknown Source
    

    Other Old Fashioned Desserts

45. Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Doughnuts from Handle the Heat
46. Homemade Buttermilk Old Fashioned Doughnuts from The Domestic Rebel
47. Prune Pudding from NYT Cooking
48. Poor Man's Pudding from A Hippie in a Minivan
49. Depression Bread Pudding from Southern Plate
50. Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler from Key Ingredient
51. Grandma’s Old Fashioned Rice Pudding from Kraft
52. 1920’s Rice Custard from Cup of Zest
53. Old-Fashioned Butter Tarts from Art and the Kitchen
    

    Candy Old Fashioned Desserts

54. Old-Fashioned Brown Sugar Candy from Grandma’s Vintage Recipes
55. Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle from Real Life Dinner
56. Old-Fashioned Peppermint Taffy from Taste of Home
57. 3 Ingredient Old Fashioned Potato Candy (No Bake) from Creme de la Crumb