recipes

Granny’s Green Jell-O Salad

Granny’s Green Jello Salad (with Cottage Cheese & Pineapple) is a delicious retro dish that my father’s mother made for just about any special occassion including church dinners, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.

Classic Rachel Sandwich

This is the sister sandwich to the Reuben.

Classic Reuben Sandwich

A good ole’ fashioned Corned Beef Reuben Sandwich. Pile it high and serve on rye.

Sloppy Joes

This homemade sloppy joe recipe is quick, easy, and inexpensive.

Tomato Soup Spice Cake

Based on a classic retro 1950s recipe created by the Campbell Soup Company. You can’t taste the soup, just a deliciously moist and fluffy spice layer cake.

Evelyn’s Carrot Cake

Evelyn’s famous carrot cake is so moist and delicious your family is sure to ask for second’s.

Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

One taste of this recipe and you’ll know why Ranch is the most popular dressing in America.

Killeen’s St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake

This recipe is said to have come from the original bakery of gooey butter cakes.

Paula Deen’s Gooey Butter Cake

This recipe for Gooey Butter Cake is by Paula Deen.

My Favorite Eggnog Recipe

A beverage classically served during the Christmas holidays.

Sugar’s Deviled Eggs

Deviled eggs are perfect for potlucks, tailgates, and summer suppers.

Hollywood Cafe Fried Dill Pickles

These fried Dill Pickles were made famous by the former Hollywood Cafe in Hollywood, Mississippi.

French Fried Pickle Slices

These fried pickles were an appetizer prepared for the 1962 Newspaper Food Editors Conference in New York City.

Classic Pecan Pie

Pecan pie came to be closely associated with the culture of the Southern United States in the 1940s and 1950s.

Buttermilk Chess Pie

This buttermilk pie has the wonderful tangy flavor from buttermilk, lemon juice, and zest.

Southern Chocolate Chess Pie

This rich and delicious chocolate chess pie is a true Southern classic.

Lemon Chess Pie

The filling on this pie is pure lemon, and sooo creamy and delicious!

Traditional Chess Pie

This recipe first appeared in the Fort Worth Women’s Club 1928 cookbook, and perhaps the earliest printed reference to chess pie.

Sweet Tea Pie

Sweet tea pie was created by Mississippi chef Martha Hall Foose as her entry in the 1987 Crisco State Fair Pie Baking Contest.

Shrimp and Grits

This award winning rendition of an American South favorite comes from The Swamp Fox Restaurant & Bar in the Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina.

Smoked Gouda Grits

These creamy Southern style smoked Gouda grits taste like Sunday brunch.

Charleston Style Grits

This recipe is one of the Chef Emeril Lagasse’s signature breakfast dishes.

Mayhaw Jelly

Mayhaw jelly is a rare delicacy made from the tart red berries that grow in river shallows, creek beds, swamps, and byous of the American south from Georgia to Texas.

Benedictine Spread

This recipe is an adaptation of a sandwich spread made at Emma Lou’s Cafe in Louisvill’s Highlands neighborhood. It can also be used on celery sticks, crackers, and numerous other ways. Whatcha Need: 1 1/2 seedless cucumbers 1/2 small white onion (vadalia or other sweet variety) 1 1/2 teaspoons Kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon white pepper […]

The Masters Pimiento Cheese

Pimiento cheese has been served annually for over 40 years at the Masters Gold Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.

Red Rind Pimiento Cheese

Homemade Pimiento Cheese is a classic Southern recipe that’s rich, creamy, and so easy to make.

Apple Cheese Casserole

This wonderful casserole pairs cheddar cheese and apples.

Girl Scout S’Mores

This is the original 1927 recipe for “Some More” as it appeared in the Girl Scouts manual.

Dr Pepper Bundt Cake

While this recipe uses boxed cake mix and boxed pudding mixes, we had to include it because it’s so doggone delicious.

Spicy Dr Pepper Ribs

If you like barbecued spareribs, you’re going to absolutely love these.

Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce

This thick, sticky sweet sauce with it’s cherry and spicy overtones is perfect for grilled chicken, brisket, or pulled pork.

Dublin Dr Pepper Braised Short Ribs

Although Dublin Dr Pepper is no longer available, the use of regular Dr Pepper will provide outstanding results in the preparation of this delicious dish.

Paula’s Spicy Southern Fried Chicken

This is a great recipe if you like fried chicken, and who doesn’t.

Grandma’s Fried Chicken

It’s the buttermilk batter that gives this chicken its crunchy texture.

Classic Texas Caviar

Texas caviar, also called cowboy caviar, is a bean salad consisting of black-eyed peas lightly pickled in a vinaigrette dressing, often eaten as a dip with tortilla chips.