Grub Americana

recipes

Homemade Twinkies

You might even like these little filled cakes better than the popular commercial brand. This would make a great supervised project for the kids.

Mary Anne’s Twinkie Cake

No, it’s not a cake that tastes like a Twinkie. It’s a cake made out of Twinkies! If it sounds perfectly sinful, it’s because it is.

Patriotic Twinkie Pie

The only thing more patriotic than making this is sharing it with your fellow Americans.

Twinkie-Misu

You might want to bust out the good china for this one. Tastes great on paper plates too.

Sorghum Candy with Peanuts

This recipe for retro Sorgham Candy with Peanuts comes from the Brimley Estate in McKinney, Texas and date back to 1987.

Peanut Brittle with Sorghum

This Peanut brittle is a delicious treat, perfect for the holidays or anytime you need to satify your sweet tooth.

Corn Casserole

This no-fail corn casserole recipe is so easy and versatile.

Grapette BBQ Sauce

Grapette BBQ sauce was made in-house and used exclusively at the famous Shack barbeque near the capital in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas.

Shoofly Pie

This recipe is a twist on the authentic American Shoofly pie that comes to us from the Pennsylvania Amish, Mennonites, and Pennsylvania Dutch; we shall be grateful to them forever.

Pineapple Sorghum Cake

This delicious cake recipe comes from Mark and Sherry Guenther of the Muddy Pond Sorghum Mill.

Best Sorghum Cookies

This cookie recipe comes from the back of a Kentucky sorghum can. They are soft, chewy, and freeze very well.

Sorghum Molasses Pie

This is an adaptation of an old Appalachian recipe. While similar to Shoo Fly Pie, is does have a slightly different flavor profile.

The Elvis

This was “The King” Elvis Presley’s favorite sandwich.

The Francesca Grilled Cheese

With fresh mozzarella, pepperroni and grilled shiitake mushrooms, this sandwich is like the Mona Lisa of grilled cheese.

Jim Beam Fruit Punch

This whiskey fruit punch has a bit of a sophisticated touch due to the usage of champagne as the sparkling ingredient.

Tennessee Whiskey Pork Chops

The sauce in this recipe, enlivened with cider vinegar, cayenne, brown sugar, and vanilla, adds a delicious smoky, yet mellow flavor to the chops.

Bourbon Pecan Pie

This recipe combines two of the South’s favorite ingredients– pecans and bourbon.

Bourbon Peach Cobbler

This Peach Cobbler has a bourbon spiked fresh peach filling topped with buttery and flaky dough.

Vieux Carré

An almost forgotten classic cocktail that was invented in 1938 by Walter Bergeron, the head bartender at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans.

Pawpaw Bread

This wonderful fruit bread is made from the largest edible fruit native to North America.

Pawpaw Pie

Pawpaw is indigenous to the U.S. with a taste is similar to banana and makes a wonderful pie.

Pawpaw Preserves

Pawpaw preserves are extremely versatile and makes an excellent topping for ice cream and yogurt.

Fannie Farmer’s Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese

This Macaroni & Cheese recipe appears in the 1946 edition of Fannie Farmer’s Boston Cooking School Cookbook, and is probably the best recipe ever written for this wondrful comfort food. Please Note: CHEAP CHEESE will give you BLAND, FLAVORLESS dish. Recipe Makes 4 Servings Whatcha Need: 1 package (8 ounce) macaroni 4 Tablespoons butter 4 […]

Classic Chicken Gumbo

An excellent option if you’re looking for authentic yet uncomplicated Louisiana-style soup.

Corn Puppies

This recipe is by Andria Scott Hurst from Southern Living (June 1997).

Corn Dogs

Try this hot dog on a stick. A great alternative to the dog in a bun, but just as delicious.

Browning Heights Burger

The secret to a juicy burger is using 75/25 ground beef. The additional fat in the Meat will result in a juicier, more tasteful burger.

Sonic No. 1 Burger

Try this clone recipe of the signature burger served at Sonic, America’s largest drive-in chain.

In-N-Out Double Double Burger

If you don’t happen to live near an In-N-Out burger restaurant, but would like to taste their famous burger, this recipe will come very close to giving you that experience.

Fritos Texas Loaf

This vintage recipe is for one the best meatloaves you’ll ever taste.

Fritos Fruit Cake

This recipe is said to have been the first official recipe developed by Mother Doolin and later refined and by Miss Morris in the Fritos consumer service department. This version is just as it was published on the back of a 29-cent bag of chips in 1932. Recipe Makes 2 Loafs Whatcha Need: 2 cups […]

Woolworth’s Frito Pie

This is the recipe said to be invented in the 1960s by Teresa Hernandez, who worked the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth’s in Santa Fe, New Mexico.