These cinnamon rolls have power behind them – real power. You could pretty much get anything you wanted if you showed up toting a plate of these babies, warm with icing oozing down the side. …
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I sure am looking forward to the holidays and hope you are, too! I’ve decided to take a little time away from the internet and spend it focusing exclusively on my family for the next week. I’m going to miss y’all terribly but my kids are growing up so fast that I just want to enjoy them during this special time of year. While I’m away, I hope you’ll enjoy the following recipes, some of my favorites at Thanksgiving. If you have any questions just leave them here in the comments and I’m sure one of our other Southern Plate Family members will pop in and help you out!*Just click on the title to go to the recipe and for easy printing instructions (just the recipe only), visit my Frequently Asked Questions page.
Overnight Turkey: Always Moist, Easy, and Delicious
Pecan Pie Muffins (sneaking off with my mother’s personal cookbook!)
Pumpkin Spice Muffins With Streusel
Apple Dapple Cake (Crowd Pleaser)
Grandmama’s Crock Pot Chicken And Dressing
Congealed Salad (with my favorite ingredient!)
Cranberry Relish – Serve with a side of love
Holiday Fruit Salad (My favorite thing in the world to eat!)
Granny Jordan’s Frozen Cranberry Banana Salads
Homemade Caramel Corn to fight Thanksgiving Munchies
Grandmama’s Sweet Potato Casserole
Old Fashioned Fruit Cocktail Cake
These are just a few of the recipes that came to mind which are already on SouthernPlate.com. There are a little over three hundred recipes and tutorials up now, all directly from my family to you. If you’d like to browse them a bit, just click here to look at the Southern Plate Index.
Also, if you have any last minute pies and don’t want to make an elaborate crust or don’t have a store bought one (there is absolutely no shame in using a store bought crust as long as you make the pie with love!), here is my easy peasy Mix In The Pan Pie Crust recipe which I love!
I also wanted to share a few special ideas with you, that I truly feel will bring more meaning and happiness to your Thanksgiving and Christmas!
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This is my third Puff Pastry post for Pepperidge Farm and I gotta admit, those folks have me hooked. I’m plotting how I can work in a holiday party or two just so I can …
Don’t forget to enter to win your Thanksgiving Turkey from Butterball by clicking here. Winner announced November 16th!
My mother loves homemade cranberry relish, she always has. Me, I was a died-in-the-wool devotee of “the kind …
Turkey Winners! Congratulations to: Tracey Bentley, Tiffany Schmidt, and Sally Rector Patterson!
Only thing I hate about giveaways is that everyone can’t win! I really need to be Oprah one day…
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps made the easy way and the inexpensive way – at home!
Come meet me November 17th when I’ll be speaking as part of the Livingston Concert Lecture Series at historic Athens State University in Athens, Alabama. I will be speaking and then taking time afterward to …
WINNERS OF SEATTLE’S BEST GIVEAWAY!
Special thanks to Seattle’s Best coffee for offering us such a great giveaway and thanks to everyone who entered. The winners are listed below. Please send an email to me with …
Back in the old days (a whopping whole year ago) I tried not to let on when I was bringing you a recipe that I developed myself. I was afraid if y’all knew I had …
I have some perks today! I’m so excited to be able to bring you this FREE E-Issue of Southern Beauty Magazine, which includes an exclusive Southern Plate Column and Recipe (page 92 ~giggle~).
Simply click on …
Today I’m bringing you a much beloved recipe from the South. From what I read and hear, it isn’t nearly as popular outside of our little geographic region as it is here, but folks in …
I’m just barely getting these ideas to you in the nick of time – Three of my favorite kid friendly Halloween crafts that are also great for classrooms and even class parties!
My mother always took …
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Aren’t these little fellas adorable? I wanted …
Today I’m bringing you another puff pastry recipe in honor of Pepperidge Farm’s 1,2,3 Puff! Contest. Submit your original Puff Pastry recipe for a chance to win an all expense paid trip to New York …
This past weekend I came across ground beef in five pound packages for $6.25. A few years back I would have considered that expensive but these days it is at least four dollars cheaper than …
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Today I want to bring you a great recipe recycling leftovers into a delicious new dish, but I also want to share my heart with you a little bit and I know you’ll indulge …
Todays post is quick and easy to throw together and serves as a wonderful side dish but the versatility allows you to use leftovers to turn this into a main entree! The fun thing about …
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My first memories of apple fritters come from a family trip to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee when I was about seven years old. Up until then, I’d never had them before but it was …
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I’ll be bringing you a new apple recipe each day this week! I originally published this one Jan 11, 2009 and am republishing it for you today. I do hope you get a chance to …
My Grandaddy loved stews and soups. He had a special bowl that he liked to eat stew out of and Grandmama always served him in that bowl.
I do much the same thing with my coffee, …
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I’ve always loved hairbows, really big ones! I was one of those little girls who identified with Laura Ingalls, but still thought Nellie Olsen was the luckiest girl in Walnut Grove to always have those …
Berry pie, berry pie
I’m gonna make him a berry pie
I wanna be the apple of his eye
So I’m gonna make him a berry pie
This post is brought to you because of Dolly Parton – and …
If you ever want to get a hankering to make pies, see that movie Waitress. I watched the entire thing thinking of nothing but baking. Keri Russell did a pretty good Southern accent too (thank …
I learned at a young age the value of the wisdom which can only be gleaned by those who have lived a lifetime before us. My parents taught me to listen and they drove the …
