Hey, my mom used to make that!

Add some retro to your tomato juice

This 1960 ad from Sunkist suggests you squirt some fresh lemon juice into your tomato juice.

I don't drink tomato juice. Not even as a Bloody Mary. Very strange, I know. But I do love lemons. And they look so pretty in this ad, I couldn't resist.

Click here for another retro way to doctor up your tomato juice.

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What do you call a retro recipe that's a cross between muffins and quick bread? Bruffins.

I found this recipe in a 1959 issue of Co-ed magazine. Co-ed billed itself as the magazine "for girls and homemakers of tomorrow."

Here's the 1959 recipe for Dole Tropical Bruffins.

1 can (8 3/4 or 9 oz.) Dole Crushed Pineapple
2 bananas
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2/3 cup Grapenuts cereal
2 cups biscuit mix
1 teaspoon salt

For glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar, unsifted
2 tablespoons pineapple syrup

Preheat oven to 425˚ and grease muffin tins. Reserve 2 tablespoons of syrup from the pineapple for glaze. Slice bananas and mash with fork. Combine sugar, egg and milk; mix well, then add Grapenuts, undrained pineapple, banana, biscuit mix and salt. Stir mixture about 25 strokes until blended but not smooth. Spoon into muffin tins, almost to the top, and bake for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, blend glaze ingredients in small bowl until smooth. Loosen bruffins with small knife and while still hot, place each, top side down, into the glaze. Transfer to cooling rack.

Makes 6, large enough to slice, using 3 1/4-inch tins — or 12, using 2 1/2-inch tins.

Click here for an awesome retro breakfast idea from Aunt Jemima.

Retro Brunch: Bacon and Egg Pie (today we call it quiche)

Bacon and Egg Pie is the perfect brunch food.

Actually, it's a perfect meal for any time of day.

Here's a close-up of this 1959 recipe:

If you don't feel like making your own pie crust, substitute a refrigerated Pillsbury pie crust. I've tried other brands, but I think Pillsbury is the best.

For the cheese (which I shred rather than grate), Gruyere is my favorite for quiche.

Click here for a retro recipe for Egg Nests.

Via old school paul

Super-easy retro muffins to make tomorrow morning

Here's a close-up of the muffin recipe from the vintage Mazola oil ad.

Click here for another retro muffin recipe.

Via vintage.kitten

Retro Sunday Brunch: Creamy Salmon casserole recipe from 1970

Here's a brunch idea for tomorrow, Creamy Salmon Brunch.Plus a bonus recipe for Salmon Stuffed Tomatoes.

The recipes come from this 1970 ad.

Here are close-ups of the two recipes:

Click here for another retro breakfast recipe.

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Sunday Brunch: Retro Pancake Corn Fritters

Here's Wesson Oil's retro recipe for Pancake Corn Fritters:

Blend together 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk

Stir in 1 cup pancake mix, 1 12-ounce can whole kernel corn - drained

Fluffy fritters need a light hand so don't over-beat. Drop by teaspoonfuls into hot Wesson Oil (1 inch deep) and cook slowly until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
Makes 20 to 24 fritters.

Serve hot with lots of Log Cabin Syrup.

Click here to see a few more retro breakfast recipes.

Via Mr. Breakfast

Breakfast recipes from a 1956 Bisquick pamphlet (plus a bonus recipe for dumplings)

I found this Betty Crocker's Bisquick Cook Book at a flea market. "Cook book" is a bit of a misnomer. This is really more of a booklet.

Back of the 26-page booklet:

Here are some breakfast recipes, made with Bisquick, from the 1956 booklet:

And the bonus, non-breakfast recipe:

For a retro-fabulous idea for making pancakes, click here.

Start the New Year with Welsh rarebit for breakfast

Here's the 1946 recipe for Ched-O-Bit Egg Rarebit.

This is basically an easy Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit. 

Don't worry, no bunnies are harmed in the making of this dish. It's simply toast covered with melted cheese, topped with an egg, and baked in the oven.

I'm not sure Ched-O-Bit cheese is still on the market. Substitute Velveeta instead.

Here's a close-up of the recipe:

Click here for an even easier-to-make holiday breakfast idea.

Aunt Jemima was a genius

Not sure if this is part of a vintage ad or taken from an olde timey recipe booklet. Regardless of its origin, it's an awesome idea.

Cook the bacon first. When it's done to your liking, pour some pre-made Aunt Jemima pancake batter over each bacon strip. Flip when bubbles start to appear on the uncooked side of the pancakes. Pancakes are done when they're a light golden brown on both sides.

Click here to see a vintage breakfast recipe for egg nests.

Via The Chicagoist

Ice cream for breakfast — a retro recipe that could only have been cooked up by Madison Avenue

This vintage Cream of Wheat ad is great, isn't it?

If the kids get to have ice cream in their cereal, then mom can have a Margarita for breakfast. It's only fair.

And I just happen to have a retro Margarita recipe. Click here.

Via JoeInSouthernCA