Forgotten Church Supper Recipes: Old-Fashioned Casseroles, Family Suppers, Potluck Favorites, and Homemade Desserts (Vintage & Retro Recipes)

Remember the casseroles, potluck dishes, and homemade desserts that everyone brought to church suppers? The tables were filled with bubbling casseroles, homemade rolls, creamy salads, baked beans, and cakes cut into generous squares. Neighbors exchanged recipes, families returned for seconds, and favorite dishes became part of the memories people carried home. Forgotten Church Supper Recipes, part of the Vintage Recipes Series, brings that style of American home cooking back to the kitchen with 60 old-fashioned recipes inspired by church potlucks, fellowship dinners, and community cookbook favorites. This collection combines recognizable comfort foods with less-common dishes that deserve another look. The emphasis is on familiar ingredients, practical preparation, satisfying family meals, and food meant to be shared. Inside you'll find: Old-Fashioned Casseroles: Chicken Spaghetti Casserole, Johnny Marzetti, Tater Tot Hotdish, Chicken Divan, and other covered-dish favorites. Hearty Family Suppers: Chicken and Dumplings, Porcupine Meatballs, Ham Loaf with Brown Sugar-Mustard Glaze, and Slow-Braised Pot Roast. Traditional Potluck Sides: Funeral Potatoes, Southern Pineapple Cheese Casserole, Baked Corn Pudding, and Molasses and Bacon Baked Beans. Retro Salads: Overnight Seven-Layer Salad, Copper Pennies, Three-Bean Salad, Ambrosia, and Lime Gelatin Salad. Homemade Breads: Refrigerator Yeast Rolls, Buttermilk Drop Biscuits, Southern Spoon Bread, and Skillet Cornbread. Old-Fashioned Desserts: Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake, Sour Cream Raisin Pie, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, and Peach Cobbler. Potluck Sweets: Banana Pudding, Cherry Delight, Church Window Cookies, Seven-Layer Magic Cookie Bars, and Strawberry Pretzel Salad. Cooking for today's kitchen, with the character of yesterday's recipes. Many dishes rely on everyday groceries, pantry ingredients, and uncomplicated cooking methods. Some can be assembled ahead of time, while others use slow braising, stovetop simmering, baking, or refrigeration to develop their familiar textures. The collection also recognizes that not every meal needs to feed a crowd. A chicken casserole can become a family dinner. A pan of cornbread can accompany an ordinary supper. A homemade pie can bring back a tradition without requiring a special occasion. Rather than offering endless variations of the same dish, the book moves between substantial main courses, distinctive vegetable preparations, chilled salads, breads, cakes, pies, and nostalgic sweets. For readers who remember church basement dinners, inherited recipe cards, or community cookbooks—and for home cooks exploring vintage American recipes for the first time—this is an opportunity to revisit a practical, generous style of cooking. The recipes everyone asked for—and nobody wanted to forget.