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Sweet, juicy peaches topped with a thick buttery, crunchy oatmeal crumble make this Peach Crisp one of the best summer desserts you will ever make. It is simple, comforting, and absolutely delicious served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Made with a classic white cake mix, these soft and chewy cookies come together in minutes, then get a light drizzle of vanilla glaze for just the right touch of sweetness. They are easy enough for a last-minute treat and beautiful enough for brunch or a gathering.
These rich and fudgy Guinness brownies are an easy St. Patrick’s Day dessert, or a welcome chocolate treat any time. A dark chocolate brownie mix and a splash of Guinness create deep flavor with very little fuss.
This old fashioned chocolate fudge pie has a rich, gooey, brownie-like center and a tender pastry crust. Simple pantry ingredients and an unexpected spoonful of oatmeal create a nostalgic Southern dessert.
This never-fail flaky pie crust combines cold butter and Crisco for rich flavor, tender layers, and dependable structure. It is an easy from-scratch dough for everyday baking, holiday favorites, and every pie in between.
Southern Buttermilk Pie is a creamy, old-fashioned custard pie with a flaky crust and tangy-sweet filling. This easy Southern classic is perfect for holidays or Sunday supper.
Soft and chewy Peanut Blossom cookies made with creamy peanut butter, rolled in sugar, and topped with a chocolate kiss. A classic cookie everyone loves. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, Cookie Swaps or anytime you want a special treat .
Soft and chewy gingerbread cookies dipped in silky white chocolate and sprinkled with festive holiday sprinkles. A classic Southern Christmas cookie! Easy to make, warmly spiced, and perfect for gifting, cookie swaps, or adding to your holiday dessert trays .
These Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies taste just like the ones Grandma baked, soft in the center, lightly crisp around the edges, and full of rich peanut butter flavor. A simple, nostalgic Southern cookie that’s perfect for after-school treats, holiday tins, or anytime your kitchen needs a little homemade comfort.
This classic Southern Sweet Potato Pie is silky-smooth, lightly spiced, and absolutely delicious. Made with baked sweet potatoes, butter, sugar, and warm spices, it’s the perfect holiday dessert. Easy to make and impossible to resist!
Soft, chewy Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies filled with fresh apples, oats, golden raisins, and warm cinnamon, drizzled with a sweet vanilla glaze. A cozy fall dessert that freezes beautifully and makes your kitchen smell heavenly perfect for breakfast, brunch, or entertaining.
These Soft & Chewy Chocolate Cookies are rich, fudgy, and easy to make. A family favorite that freezes well for snacks, holidays, or anytime chocolate comfort.
These Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies are chewy, buttery, and packed with sweet toffee bits. Ready in just minutes with no oven needed!
This old-fashioned homemade peach ice cream is a beloved Southern summer classic made with fresh peaches, real cream, sweetened condensed milk, and an easy egg base. Perfect for ice cream socials, porch parties, and nostalgic gatherings.
This Easy Blueberry Cake Mix Cobbler is your go-to summer dessert made with fresh blueberries (or canned!), butter cake mix, and sweet Southern charm. Perfect for last-minute guests, cookouts, or potlucks.
Soft, buttery, and full of fresh strawberries, these Strawberry Shortcake Cookies are perfect for spring entertaining, tea parties, or dessert with ice cream!
Warm, Southern Comfort in Every Bite This classic New Orleans-style bread pudding is rich, creamy, and infused with warm cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. Made with heavy cream and baked to perfection, it’s topped with a decadent buttery bourbon sauce that soaks into every bite. Whether served warm for dessert or as an indulgent brunch treat, this bread pudding is pure Southern comfort at its finest.
These easy no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies are soft, creamy, and perfect for any occasion! Made with peanut butter, cocoa, and quick-cooking oats, they come together in minutes and are sure to disappear fast. Ideal for parties, after-school treats, or game day snacks!
If there’s one dish that perfectly captures the essence of Southern charm, it’s Southern Ambrosia. This iconic fruit salad combines the bright, citrusy sweetness of pineapple and mandarin oranges with the festive flair of maraschino cherries, all embraced by the delicate nuttiness of shredded coconut. Soft, tender marshmallows add a creamy texture, creating a dessert that’s as inviting as a front porch swing and as comforting as your grandma’s Sunday best. Whether gracing a holiday table or cooling down a summer picnic, Southern Ambrosia is more than a recipe, it’s a cherished piece of tradition that brings joy to every gathering.
Mexican wedding cookies are delicate, melt-in-your-mouth treats with a rich, nutty flavor and a buttery, powdered sugar finish. Their crumbly texture pairs perfectly with the warmth of finely chopped nuts, creating a truly indulgent bite. These classic cookies are simple yet elegant, perfect for any celebration or a sweet everyday indulgence.
These buttery homemade sugar cookies are impossibly light, crisp around the edges, and melt in your mouth with every bite. Topped with festive red and green sprinkles, they bring just the right amount of holiday cheer to your dessert table. Perfectly sweet and delicately thin, they’re a treat that’s as nostalgic as it is irresistible.”
Southern pecan pie is the crown jewel of Southern desserts, a rich, buttery masterpiece that blends the warm, toasty flavor of pecans with a velvety, caramel-like custard made from dark and light corn syrup, sugar, and just the right touch of vanilla. Each bite delivers the perfect balance of gooey sweetness and nutty crunch, all cradled in a flaky, golden pie crust.
These Caramel Apple Cream Cheese Bars are the ultimate fall treat, perfect for cozy autumn days and a delightful addition to any Thanksgiving spread. Layers of creamy, rich cream cheese blend beautifully with sweet-tart apples and topped with a delicious cinnamon crumb topping that’s drizzled with a creamy caramel sauce.
There’s nothing quite like the comforting warmth of a homemade blackberry cobbler, with its flaky, buttery crust that practically melts in your mouth. Each bite combines the perfect balance of sweet and tart blackberries nestled between layers of sugar-kissed dough. Whether you’re using fresh berries at the peak of summer or frozen ones during the cooler months, this cobbler is a simple yet irresistible treat that brings a touch of nostalgia to your table.
These fritters are light, fluffy, and packed with fresh peach goodness. Whether you choose to dust them with powdered sugar or dip them in a peach-flavored glaze, they're sure to be a hit at any gathering.
Southern Tea Cakes, a biscuit-like cookie, strike a perfect balance between sweet and savory. The soft, tender texture makes them melt-in-your mouth. Made with a few simple ingredients, they are perfect for an elegant ladies luncheon or an afternoon snack with a cup of tea.
Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with golden edges and gooey centers. Easy bakery-style cookies made with simple ingredients and foolproof tips for perfect results every time.
A true celebration of fall - the Apple Fritter Cobbler. This dessert, with its tender, spiced apples, fluffy biscuit topping, and sweet glaze, is a warm and comforting treat that's perfect for those crisp autumn evenings.
This classic snickerdoodle cookie recipe makes the ultimate soft and chewy cookies coated in a sweet cinnamon-sugar crust. Perfect for fall, holiday baking, family gatherings, or anytime you crave a timeless homemade treat, these easy snickerdoodles will quickly become your go-to cookie recipe.
These buttery shortbread cookies filled with raspberry jam will literally melt in your mouth! They are super easy to make and will be perfect for any occasion.
These light and tender cake-like cookies are so delicious! Topped with a thick, cream yummy frosting, they taste like something baked from a fancy bakery. This cookie recipe is super easy to make and you can enjoy them for any holiday or occasion!
This old-fashioned apple crisp is the perfect fall dessert. It has all the delicious flavors of the season. Sweet, juicy apples sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar and topped with a crunchy brown sugar oatmeal topping and of course, it wouldn’t be complete without a dollop of vanilla ice cream and salted caramel sauce.
Southern Banana is the ultimate comfort food and most definitely the queen of Southern desserts. A rich homemade vanilla custard is layered with delicious vanilla wafer cookies and topped with a billowing pillar of baked meringue.
This Cinnamon Roll Cherry Coffee Cake is what coffee cake dreams are made of-A sweet, tart cherry pie filling nestled in layers of flaky buttermilk biscuits rolled in cinnamon and butter and drizzled with a yummy cream cheese glaze that brings it all together. Yum!
This luscious Hawaiian Pie is like a banana split on steroids. It’s a deliciously elegant dessert that can be made in about 2 minutes-no of baking to it! Perfect for any occasion and a dessert that everyone will absolutely love!
A delicious light and fluffy salad or dessert made with pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple, miniature marshmallows, nuts, and cool whip. It can be whipped up in a snap. Perfect for potlucks! A taste of heaven on earth.
This Pineapple Coconut 7-UP Cake is a super moist cake with a deliciously refreshing lemon flavor. It’s topped with a thick luscious pineapple coconut pecan frosting. After one bite, you’ll think you’ve been whisked away to a tropical paradise. It’s a perfect springtime or summer dessert or for any special occasion or holiday.
These cookies are soft, chewy, ooey-gooey on the inside with deliciously crispy edges on the outside. They are the perfect balance of sweet and salty. The cookie recipe that you will enjoy over and over again.
This Old Fashioned Chocolate Cobbler is a chocolate lover’s dream! It’s made with just a few simple ingredients and can be whipped up in a snap. Top it off with a big ole scoop of vanilla ice cream. It’s absolutely delicious and the perfect comfort food!
This Hot Fudge Cherry Poke Cake is a super moist chocolate sheet cake that is soaked in sweetened condensed milk, a layer of hot fudge sauce, cherry pie filling, and topped with a light, creamy, fluffy whipped cream frosting.
A sweet and salty party mix made with Corn Chex’s, dry roasted peanuts, M&M’s, salted pretzels coated in a rich creamy white chocolate. It’s simply out of this world delicious and perfect for the holidays!
These Salted Caramel Fudge Brownies just may be the best thing that I have ever eaten. Seriously, what could be better than a soft, creamy, gooey homemade caramel on a rich, chewy, fudgy brownie topped with toasted pecans?
This classic Southern Strawberry Pretzel Salad combines a salty-sweet pretzel crust, creamy cheesecake filling, and a bright strawberry gelatin topping. Perfect for holidays, potlucks, and summer gatherings, this make-ahead dessert is always a crowd favorite and easy to prepare.
Rich, chewy, moist red velvet cake brownies swirled with a delicious creamy, sweet cheesecake filling.
This no-bake Berries and Cream Punch Bowl Cake is the perfect red, white, and blue dessert for summer! Layers of angel food cake, fresh berries, and sweet cream come together in one cool, refreshing treat, perfect for the Fourth of July or any warm-weather gathering.
Lemon-Raspberry Tassies are perfect for springtime entertaining. The rich, flaky shell is filled with a delicious lemon chess filling and topped with a fresh raspberry and a sprig of mint.
This fabulous frozen dessert is a cool, refreshing treat with a delicious pistachio flavor that’s topped with whipped cream, chopped pistachio nuts and chocolate-covered toffee candy bars!
I believe, and this is saying a lot, that these cheesecake bars are the best thing that have come out of my oven in a long, long time. Oh my goodness, seriously they are to die for! You can’t just have one! I almost ate the whole pan myself!
Soft Cut-Out Sugar Cookies will be your go to sugar cookie recipe for any occasion. Use your favorite cookie cutter shapes and have fun baking, frosting and decorating!
Just when you thought life couldn’t get any sweeter….here comes a crunchy, gooey, buttery, chocolatey slice of heaven, Chocolate Pecan Pie with a little splash of bourbon. That’s Kentucky bourbon, of course! As you know, anything with chocolate in it is my weakness. And then when you add loads of crunchy pecans and freshly whipped cream. Oh my, It’s enough to bring a strong man to his knees! This slice of heaven is a perfect ending to a holiday meal or to take to a potluck or office party. I promise everyone will rant and rave over it!! It will become a holiday favorite!
Red Velvet Cake needs no introduction. It’s simply without question the holy grail of holiday cakes. It’s beautiful, magical, mysterious, romantic, and undoubtedly one of the best tasting cakes that I ever put in my mouth!
Oh my goodness, I adore this dessert, and it’s ridiculously so easy to make!
I think classic strawberry shortcake is the most beautiful and luscious of all the Southern desserts, especially in the spring and summertime. It certainly is a favorite at my house.
This easy Southern Strawberry Cake starts with a simple cake mix but tastes completely homemade thanks to a few special touches. Made with strawberry puree, fluffy whipped egg whites, and rich strawberry cream cheese frosting, this moist strawberry layer cake is perfect for Mother’s Day, birthdays, church dinners, potlucks, baby showers, and summertime gatherings.
Easy Southern pear salad with canned pears, mayo, shredded cheese, and cherries is an old-fashioned favorite for holidays and potlucks.
This Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting is the bomb! It’s my absolute favorite vanilla butter cream recipe. I use it a lot especially for frosting cup cakes.
Coca Cola cake is a Southern specialty. It’s a super moist chocolate sheet cake made with Coca Cola, that’s topped with a fudgy-marshmallow chocolate Coca Cola frosting. It’s ooey gooey chocolate goodness all rolled into one cake!
This has to be my favorite summertime salad. It's so refreshing and delicious! Sweet, tender grapes are nestled between rich creamy layers of cream cheese, sour cream and sugar and then sprinkled with a crunchy brown sugar pecan topping.
These classic lemon bars feature a buttery shortbread crust topped with a bright, sweet-tart lemon filling and a subtle hint of coconut. This easy homemade lemon bar recipe is perfectly balanced and ideal for spring desserts, showers, potlucks, and holiday dessert.
There are so many things that I love about springtime in the South. The gorgeous blooming azaleas and dogwoods just make our Southern landscape look like a fantasy land, but spring in the South also means strawberry season and that excites me because I adore this beautiful sweet Southern berry. It’s a time to celebrate!
This is a treat-yourself- kind –of-cookie. Reserved for those days when you need a little chocolate pampering. So go ahead pour yourself a glass of cold milk, curl up on the couch and savor every single bite of these marvelous, sinfully delicious Chocolate Chip Brownie Cookies!
This classic Southern peach cobbler is everything summer should taste like, sweet, syrupy peaches baked into a golden cobbler crust that magically rises to the top and topped with vanilla ice cream. An easy recipe you’ll make again and again.
This classic sour cream coconut cake is given a lemon twist, making it the perfect cake for your Easter Dinner or a spring dessert.
Learn how to make smooth, creamy homemade lemon curd with fresh lemons, butter, sugar, and eggs. This easy lemon curd recipe is perfect for cakes, biscuits, scones, and desserts.
Looking for a last minute dessert kind-of- dessert to bring to a family dinner or potluck at the office? Don’t despair! I have got you covered! It’s a Pecan Pie Trifle layers of chunked pecan pie, whipping cream/Mascarpone cheese mixture, fudge, caramel and toasted pecans. Doesn’t that sound divine? Well, it is!
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