Fruitcake Bar Cookies

Dried fruit layered with cinnamon, brown sugar, and just enough flour and butter to hold it all together until it reaches your mouth!

Dried fruit layered with cinnamon, brown sugar, and just enough flour and butter to hold it all together until it reaches your mouth!

My friend Stacey Little showed up at a book signing with these delicious treats and I was hooked!

With spring on it’s way, these cookies are the perfect way to have a taste of sunshine!

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Oreo Cookie Balls- 3 Ingredient Easy! Ingredients1 package Oreos (or generic) 1 brick cream cheese, softened (8 ounces) 1 package white almond bark InstructionsCrush cookies very fine either by using a food processor or by placing them in a sealed bag and crushing them with a mallet or rolling [...]

I’ve had a lot of folks ask what my favorite cookie recipes are for Christmas cookie exchanges so I’m putting them together in one handy, dandy list to help you with your holiday get togethers

This is an old fashioned candy recipe that I’ve received a lot of requests for. Mama said her Mama Reed used to make it around the holidays for all the kids.

Cooking and eating have always been a big part of family gatherings. With roots from Italy and Germany, just to name a few, that is no surprise.

Pin it Easy Festive Fall Cookie Bars 1/2 Cup Old Fashioned oats (Can use quick) 1 Cups Brown sugar, packed (I use light or dark, whatever I have on hand) 2 Cups Baking Mix 1 Egg 1 Stick butter or margarine, melted 1 tsp Vanilla 1 tsp cinnamon 1 cup Butterscotch chips Combine first five [...]

These special cookies from a dear grandmother are sure to warm your heart and impress your tastebuds!

Pin itDoggie Biscuits 1/4 cup peanut butter 1- 1/2 cup water 1 cup oatmeal 1 tbsp veggie oil 2-1/4 cups whole wheat flour Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl combine peanut butter, oil,and 1 cup water. Gradually add flour, then oatmeal. Add 1/2 cup water.Roll dough to 1/4 inch thickness and cut [...]

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Pin it Welcome to Southern Plate! Sure is great to have you here! Be sure and visit my FAQ page and if you enjoy the site, you can subscribe by email to get even more Southern Plate goodness! I received the most lofty praise I could ever hope for yesterday. Deciding I hadn’t made cookies [...]

Pin itChildren have such a natural joy within them. Just being around them you can see it constantly bubbling to the surface in smiles and giggles and silly jokes. Sometimes they burst into spontaneous song about My little ponies, what they had for breakfast, or nothing at all. Makes me smile just to think about [...]

Pin it These are my brother’s favorite cookies and consequently, the ones I remember Mama making the most growing up. Unlike many of today’s cookies, these have a good crunch to them along with a pure flavor brought about by the vanilla and making them absolutely perfect for dunking in milk. Absolutely perfect. Divine. Sublime. [...]

Pin it If you enjoy reading Southern Plate, you might enjoy subscribing by email to receive an email from me each time a new recipe is posted. Click here to subscribe! Aren’t these little fellas adorable? I wanted to bring this to y’all last year but time got away with me and before I knew [...]

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!My Sweet Valentines Ingredients2/3 C softened margarine 3/4 C granulated sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1 T milk 2 tsp vanilla 2 C plain flourInstructionsIn large mixing bowl, add margarine, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix until well blended, light, and fluffy. Add milk, [...]

Pin it*If you have a service member overseas, these cookies are my most requested recipe to send. They travel very well and stay moist. I’ve had packages take as long as three weeks to arrive, only still get rave reviews when I’d tucked these bars inside! If you can, send a package. It make a [...]

Pin it Throughout my childhood, this was our one must have cookie for Christmas. Mama would make a huge batch so we all had plenty to decorate. She cut them in shapes of trees, stars, and reindeer and each of us got our own platter full. She mixed up red, green, and yellow icing and [...]

Pin itVideo About a week ago, I received a challenge from Tricia over at 1stopmom.com. She swore that she couldn’t make cookies and I said that not only could she, but I would make a video showing her how and guarantee it! The below video explains all of the details and today is the big [...]

Pin it Christmas seems to get more and more hectic each year when you have a family. Shopping, decorating, lists, baking, Christmas cards, wrapping, watching your budget, crafting, and all of the other little things we do to make the season special for our families. While our kids and spouses get to sit back and [...]

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Mexican Wedding Cookies Ingredients1/2 C Vegetable Shortening 1/4 C water 1 egg white 1 box white cake mix 1/2 C chopped nuts (optional) 1/2 C mini semi sweet chocolate chips confectioner’s sugarInstructionsPreheat oven to 375. Mix shortening, water, vanilla, and egg white thoroughly. Mix in cake mix, nuts, and [...]
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