Great food with a Southern accent

Category: Sweets

Apple Butter

Apple Butter

Apple Butter Wondering what exactly is apple butter?  Well, let me tell you.  Apple butter is this amazing spread of apples cooked down  with those wonderful fall spices of cinnamon and cloves.   There’s no butter in it, but you can spread it on bread or…

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Glaze

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Glaze

Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Glaze These pumpkin cinnamon rolls will surely get you in the mood for fall.  With warm cinnamon, pumpkin and maple glaze, you’ll want to make them all winter long.  Please feel free to glaze them as much as you like. …

Spiced Zucchini Loaf or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Spiced Zucchini Loaf or Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

INGREDIENTS 1½ cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground nutmeg 1/8 tsp ground cloves ¾ cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup vegetable oil ¼ cup buttermilk 2…

Autumn’s Best Apple Crumb Pie

Autumn’s Best Apple Crumb Pie

As the last of the Farmers Market treats, apples make the best comfort foods taste even better. Even if your weather isn’t cold and gray, you’ll love our version of the classic, Apple Crumb Pie. May you enjoy it around a large dining table full…

Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

Anytime there’s a gathering in the South you can bet that someone is bringing the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. It’s a staple. And that’s because it is so good. Here’s my recipe. I don’t put nuts in mine. We already have enough around our house.…

Go-To-Family-Approved-Best-Ever Banana Bread

Go-To-Family-Approved-Best-Ever Banana Bread

Bananas…I can’t say a whole lot about them. They’re good when you’ve been exercising or have leg cramps. I’ll eat them when they are really yellow. No green. No black. And I’ll eat banana-flavored pudding.  Hey, I’m from the South. It’s a staple. (I’ll share…

My Southern Red Velvet Cake 

My Southern Red Velvet Cake 

In the South, Red Velvet is your go to party cake, right there with Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. (We’ll talk about that one later on). What’s not to love with its shocking red moist interior and its sweet cream cheese icing (yes, it’s icing, not…