r/Old_Recipes
549k members
r/Old_Recipes is a subreddit with 549k members. The community frequently discusses recipe, recipes, vintage, old, and cake, and they frequently recommend/review gluten free flour, pumpkin pie, and cookie recipe, and the most common flair used is cookbook, menus, request, cake, and desserts.
Old recipes are interesting and sometimes amazing. Please share yours here.
Popular Topics in r/Old_Recipes
#1
Recipe
125 posts
#2
Recipes
79 posts
#3
Vintage
49 posts
#4
Old
37 posts
#5
Cake
36 posts
#6
Cookies
29 posts
#7
Old Recipes
23 posts
#8
Pie
19 posts
#9
Christmas
18 posts
#10
Family
18 posts
Products Discussed in r/Old_Recipes
Gluten Free Flour
6 reviews
#1
King Arthur
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
White Wings
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Namaste
4.0★ from 1 review
Pumpkin Pie
3 reviews
#1
Julia Child
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Paula Deen
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Greenspan
5.0★ from 1 review
Cookie Recipe
3 reviews
#1
Betty Crocker
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Crisco
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Jean Struve
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Old_Recipes
#1
Cookbook
: "Cleaning out my mom’s house and found this gem from 1971! I can’t wait to go through them!"
66 posts
#2
Menus
: "Menu August 24th 1896"
40 posts
#3
Request
: "Looking for old school uses for stale bread which are not bread pudding?"
18 posts
#4
Cake
: "I've made this Spicy Carrot Snack Cake recipe several times and it's very, very good! It comes from my husband's great great-aunt Hazel who was born in 1887. Recipe seen here is from the Geneva, Illinois Community Cookbook from the 1970's."
11 posts
#5
Desserts
: "Julia Child's Clafoutis aux cerises (Cherry Clafoutis) from the Art of French Cooking (1961)"
7 posts
#6
Meat
: "O'Flanagan's Sausage Supper"
7 posts
#7
Discussion
: "Can anyone help make sense of this handwriting?"
6 posts
#8
Cookies
: "Woman's day encyclopedia of cookery vol.3 Christmas cookies cookbook 1966"
6 posts
#9
Beverages
: "Kahlúa Recipe Book (from around the 80s)"
5 posts
#10
Recipe Test!
: "I tried the Grapfruit Pie"
4 posts
Member Growth in r/Old_Recipes
Yearly
+42k members(8.4%)
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Last updated: August 29, 2026