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Giblet Gravy is a classic Southern favorite made with turkey or chicken stock, along with cooked, chopped giblets. This recipe is the best as it calls for making homemade stock and adding a little cream at the end. You'll want to pour this easy giblet gravy on everything! To some, the gravy is what Thanksgiving …
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Pumpkin Bread recipe using canned pumpkin, dark brown sugar, molasses, and lots of spices! It's moist and flavorful and absolutely the best pumpkin bread we've ever tasted! One of my favorite breakfasts is a slice of warm, spicy pumpkin bread with fresh strawberries and blackberries. But of course, you don't have to limit yourself to …
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Mac and Cheese with a creamy, cheesy sauce — this one is a classic family favorite! No eggs, just a luscious creaminess with LOTS of cheese! It's the cheesiest and the best! Cold, rainy, winter days...or hot, steamy, summer weekend cookouts with barbecue—both are perfect for a warm, comforting, cheesy plate of creamy baked mac and …
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Chocolate Chip Cheesecake with mini chocolate chips is the easiest cheesecake! No springform pan needed and it whips up in about 15 minutes! Everyone needs a handful of recipes that you know are easy, foolproof, and a family favorite—this Chocolate Chip Cheesecake recipe is one of those! I came across this recipe in a magazine …
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These Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Bars are decadent and delicious! They are covered in a rich nutella ganache and topped with a brown sugar streusel then a generous drizzle of salted caramel sauce. These shortbread bars will have your guests coming back for seconds and thirds! You're going to love how easy this recipe for Chocolate …
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This Dutch Baby German Pancake is light, fluffy, and delicious with a sprinkle of powdered sugar or a bit of jam—and best of all, it's quick and easy! Have y'all ever made a Dutch Baby German Pancake? I had not, until this morning. We will have a house full with our kids this coming weekend, and …
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This Skillet Dressing Recipe with Pear, Sage, and Bacon is just right for a smaller crowd—and it's bursting with fresh flavor! Why is it that we only have dressing at Thanksgiving? Or is that just me? Are the rest of you eating fabulous Southern Cornbread Dressing all year long and I just don't know about …
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Sausage breakfast pizza with eggs and cheese over a crescent roll crust is a fun and delicious cheesy breakfast. Kids love this recipe! This easy Sausage Breakfast Pizza recipe is an easy way to serve breakfast to a crowd, especially when you're feeding kids. My kids tend to love this recipe more than my Classic …
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Roasting garlic in the oven is easy and a perfect way to add flavor to many of your favorite foods. While raw garlic is pungent and savory, once you roast garlic in the oven, it becomes mellow and creamy. Have you ever made roasted garlic in the oven? It's one of those things that you …
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Chocolate Molten Lava Cake with bittersweet chocolate and cocoa has a luscious, gooey, chocolate center and can be made ahead! Perfect date night dessert! If you're searching for the perfect romantic dessert to accompany a dinner for two, this chocolate molten lava cake, with its rich, flowing melted chocolate, is probably about as perfect as …
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Tea cakes are buttery and slightly soft, not as sweet as a sugar cookie and falling somewhere between a cookie and a cake. They are an old-fashioned Southern favorite! This recipe is so easy--no mixer required and no chilling dough. You can have these wonderful tea cakes ready in about 30 minutes! What is a …
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The best chocolate buttercream frosting with a rich chocolate flavor that's ready in 10 minutes! You'll want to eat this frosting on everything! Homemade chocolate buttercream frosting is made with cocoa and melted bittersweet chocolate, giving it a deep chocolate flavor. The butter and half and half ensure that it's luscious, rich, and creamy. That's …
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Peach Chutney with fresh ginger and lime juice is the perfect topping for your grilled meats or your holiday ham! Fruit chutneys are excellent for adding that extra touch of flavor to meat, poultry, or fish. And almost any fruit can be made into a chutney, which is basically a relish. Around the holidays, I …
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Easy Sour Cream Coffee Cake with a layer of gooey cinnamon filling and streusel topping. It's easy and just right for brunch or weekend house guests! This Sour Cream Coffee Cake can feed several people and has just enough cinnamon to make it spicy and warm for the heart. You can prepare the batter for …
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Lasagna without Ricotta is made with an Asiago cheese sauce instead of ricotta cheese. This lasagna is full of robust Italian flavor and will leave your guests asking for leftovers! Note -- this post is full of tips and suggestions to help you make the best lasagna ever. I suggest you read through everything before …
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Southern green beans are flavored with bacon and cooked low and slow until tender. These green beans are so easy to make and a must-have side dish on every Southern table. I'll tell you a secret: I prefer my Garlic Roasted Green Beans, but my family loves these old-fashioned Southern green beans, cooked to death and …
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Southern Deviled Eggs are creamy with a touch of sweetness from pickle relish and a sprinkle of paprika on top. Very simple and tasty! A Southern gathering isn't complete without a plate of deviled eggs...and that plate is always a deviled egg plate. Every good Southern hostess should have one, usually passed down from her …
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Cream Cheese Pound Cake is sweet, buttery, moist, and delicious—the perfect pound cake! It's an easy go-to cake for any occasion and it's my family's favorite cake! Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe Remember those cookbooks that churches or various ladies' groups put together? Not even a hard cover book, just pages held together with a …
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Southern caramel cake with homemade caramel icing from butter, sugar, and milk. This one tastes just like Grandma's! A classic favorite, Southern Caramel Cake is just a regular yellow cake frosted with a sweet caramel cake icing. Some folks like to drizzle the caramel icing in between the layers and just let it drip from …
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This baked ham recipe features a honey and brown sugar glaze with bourbon and orange juice—better than store-bought and half the price! You don't have to buy a ready-prepared honey-baked ham to please your guests because you can make an awesome ham at home for half the price. This recipe is one of our favorites …
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This Easy Apple Strudel made with canned fruit and puff pastry will make your guests think you spent all afternoon in the kitchen, but it only takes about half an hour! Thanks to my friends at Luck's for sponsoring this post—all opinions are my own. Several years ago we were hosting our annual friends' Christmas …
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These easy Orange Rolls are made with refrigerated French bread dough, orange marmalade, and orange zest--so simple and kids love them! You can use either a glaze or a cream cheese icing for these simple, easy orange rolls and tantalize your guests with the smell of a bakery right in your kitchen. Now that our …
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Lemon Crinkle Cookies made with fresh lemon zest and juice and a nice addition of brown sugar--these are soft and chewy and full of fresh lemon flavor! When I first saw these cookies in the Best Ever Christmas Cookies magazine from America's Test Kitchen, I knew I had to try them. Chocolate crinkle cookies are one …
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Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies, also known as flourless peanut butter cookies, are gluten-free, dairy-free, and really tasty! They're the easiest peanut butter cookies you'll ever make! Did y'all ever have these easy peanut butter cookies when you were a kid? Just three simple ingredients can turn into a simple cookie that everyone loves. This …
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