r/Old_Recipes

545k members
r/Old_Recipes is a subreddit with 545k 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, desserts, discussion, and recipe test!.
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

#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
: "Found this Quirky Book"
93 posts
#2
Menus
: "Menu July 3rd 1896"
21 posts
#3
Desserts
: "Popcorn Pudding. Brought to You By Sesame Street's 1968 Cookbook"
18 posts
#4
Discussion
: "Saving a bit of history"
11 posts
#5
Recipe Test!
: "Ok I made the lettuce bars"
9 posts
#6
Request
: "This is a longshot, but...?"
8 posts
#7
Cake
: "My most-baked find from this sub. The Perok cake."
7 posts
#8
Cookies
: "Who’s brave ??? Moist Lettuce Bars (sorry to anyone who hates the word moist)"
4 posts
#9
Vegetables
: "Artichoke…what? [From The Art of Cookery made plain and easy by Hannah Glasse 1747]"
3 posts
#10
Bread
: "Cottage Cheese Dill Bread"
3 posts

Member Growth in r/Old_Recipes

Yearly
+43k members(8.5%)

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Last updated: July 22, 2026