1950, meet 2020.These are the cooking foundations of my family: Grandmother McArdle’s Boston Cooking School cookbook, the Betty Crocker that my family still does most of its baking from, the ...

Betty Crocker’s likeness, starting at the top left, in 1936, 1955, 1965, 1969. At the bottom left is 1972, then moving right to 1980, 1986 and 1996, which is the most recent portrait.

First published in 1950, Betty Crocker’s Picture Cook Book was the best-selling go-to guide to recipes, cooking and baking for busy homemakers. A lot has changed in 65 years but many people ...

Even though the recipe for meat-filled pancakes has largely stayed in the decade it originates from, the 1950s, we think it's ...

The recipe for retro lazy daisy cake dates to the 1930s and was part of the 1942 edition of the Betty Crocker Cook Book of All-Purpose Baking from General Mills. It quickly became one of those recipes ...

Pacific NW Magazine Find sweet comfort in these Chocolate Crinkles from Betty Crocker’s 1963 ‘Cooky Book’ Jan. 23, 2021 at 7:00 am Updated Jan. 23, 2021 at 3:14 pm (Barry Wong Photography ...

Starting in the early years of the 20th century, commercial companies started to produce mixes that promised to duplicate favorite baked goods without the work and fuss of from-scratch baking.

Some of the books are now collectors' items that sell for many times their original price online. One fan of Betty Crocker's Smart Cook, which Emel-Powell edited in 1988, said she has given ...

Food & Drink Life At 100, why American baking icon Betty Crocker is still a household name Jan. 16, 2022 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 20, 2022 at 11:32 am ...