Christy’s Crock Pot Chili
Sun, 10/12/08 – 9:03 PM | 21 Comments

Any southerner worth their salt has a great chili recipe, preferably a signature one. This is why I set out several years back trying out this one and that, tweaking and adding until I came …

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Melt In Your Mouth Doughnuts, Made At Home! (Foolproof and GREAT For Beginners!)
Saturday, 3 Jan, 2009 – 11:02 | 26 Comments
Melt In Your Mouth Doughnuts, Made At Home! (Foolproof and GREAT For Beginners!)

Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
Look at that photo. Is your mouth watering yet? How about if I told you that you could make these amazing treats, serving them warm and golden to your family, with no …

Daddy’s Coconut Cake
Monday, 22 Dec, 2008 – 9:19 | 11 Comments
Daddy’s Coconut Cake

This is my Dad’s favorite cake at Christmas time and its just divine beyond compare. Another great refrigerator cake, it can be made three days ahead of time and then left to sit in the …

Double Layer Peppermint Bark (Especially for Mrs. Alexander’s Third Grade Class!)
Friday, 19 Dec, 2008 – 10:34 | 9 Comments
Double Layer Peppermint Bark (Especially for Mrs. Alexander’s Third Grade Class!)

*Today is the last day to earn your entries into the Southern Beauty Magazine Giveaway of a beauty basket with over $200 worth of products! Southern Plate readers can also get buy one, get one …

Overnight Pull Aparts - Christmas Breakfast with our *Guest Blogger!*
Sunday, 14 Dec, 2008 – 9:23 | 10 Comments
Overnight Pull Aparts - Christmas Breakfast with our *Guest Blogger!*

I am THRILLED to be able to post this recipe on Southern Plate from Laura over at Real Mom Kitchen! I asked Laura if she would like to be a guest blogger, knowing she’d bring …

Monkey Bread (For little Christmas Monkeys)
Wednesday, 10 Dec, 2008 – 14:11 | 23 Comments
Monkey Bread (For little Christmas Monkeys)

I had planned on being a good girl and bringing you another mix yesterday and today, but you know how life can interrupt your plans! I was a wee bit under the weather yesterday and …

S’Mores Kits - Great Gift For Classmates - From Guest Bloggers Brady & Katy!
Sunday, 30 Nov, 2008 – 9:37 | 53 Comments
S’Mores Kits - Great Gift For Classmates - From Guest Bloggers Brady & Katy!

While I dig in to do several tutorials today, two guest bloggers are here to bring you a great and inexpensive gift idea for classmates, young children, or even a thoughtful little gift for coworkers …

Holiday Fruit Salad (My favorite thing in the world to eat!!)
Monday, 24 Nov, 2008 – 13:24 | 21 Comments
Holiday Fruit Salad (My favorite thing in the world to eat!!)

Alright, I know I always tell you how much I love everything I post here. Well, I decided when I started Southern Plate that if I didn’t love a recipe, I just wouldn’t post it. …

Homemade Caramel Corn Fights Thanksgiving Munchies!
Thursday, 20 Nov, 2008 – 16:37 | 30 Comments
Homemade Caramel Corn Fights Thanksgiving Munchies!

I don’t know how Thanksgiving works with your family but I imagine it is somewhat similar to how it works with mine. Siblings, spouses, kidders, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, and anyone else who happens to want …

Save Money AND Give Better Gifts! Old Fashioned Christmas Makes A Return With Gift Giving Mixes!
Monday, 17 Nov, 2008 – 13:41 | 77 Comments
Save Money AND Give Better Gifts! Old Fashioned Christmas Makes A Return With Gift Giving Mixes!

This year we all seem to be feeling or at least dreading the crunch on our wallets more than ever. Whether its fear of job security, more payments than usual, or a simple lack of …

Chewy Sugar Cookies and KING ARTHUR FLOUR GIVEAWAY!
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 14:20 | 142 Comments
Chewy Sugar Cookies and KING ARTHUR FLOUR GIVEAWAY!

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 …

Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing (And why you are a good Mama if your cake is ugly)
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 15:20 | 20 Comments
Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing (And why you are a good Mama if your cake is ugly)

I try to teach optimism to my kids. I’ve always felt that teaching children the benefits of a positive attitude is a vital lesson which will benefit them the rest of their lives. I tell …

Perfect Pecan Pie (Guaranteed not to be Pecan Soup!)
Wednesday, 5 Nov, 2008 – 15:18 | 24 Comments
Perfect Pecan Pie (Guaranteed not to be Pecan Soup!)

As kids, one of our favorite Sunday desserts was pecan pie. It seemed like Mama made one almost every Sunday, too. That was the day when we always had even more dinner guests than usual.
You …

Mexican Wedding Cookies
Monday, 3 Nov, 2008 – 1:41 | 26 Comments
Mexican Wedding Cookies

This is the first of many cookies recipes to come! Tune in every week through December for a new
(and unique) cookie recipe as well as a gift mix, complete with preprinted tag and instructions! …

Buttermilk Congealed Salad (And A Multitude Of Tangents…)
Tuesday, 28 Oct, 2008 – 12:59 | 34 Comments
Buttermilk Congealed Salad (And A Multitude Of Tangents…)

Southerners LOVE congealed salads! We have recipes for them which include all manner of fruits AND vegetables. They are a throwback to days when food was scarce and gelatin was cheap. Door to door salesmen …

Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes
Tuesday, 21 Oct, 2008 – 16:50 | 21 Comments
Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes

I’m the one posting, but this tutorial was all done by Mama so I’ll let her voice take over from here!

This was a favorite dish that I enjoyed as a child at Mama Reed’s. …

Mama’s Amazingly Easy Coconut Pie (That she makes for me)
Sunday, 19 Oct, 2008 – 15:24 | 27 Comments
Mama’s Amazingly Easy Coconut Pie (That she makes for me)

Today, I am bringing you a very special pie, for many reasons. For one, it is one of my mother’s favorite pies to make and one of my favorite pies for her to make for …

Mama Reed’s Southern Tea Cakes
Wednesday, 15 Oct, 2008 – 22:09 | 23 Comments
Mama Reed’s Southern Tea Cakes

If you’ve never had a southern tea cake, they are rather difficult to describe. I can assure you though, despite appearances, it is nothing like a cookie. This tender little cake is soft and pillowy, …

Dishpan Cookies ~Have you baked for anyone lately?~
Friday, 10 Oct, 2008 – 18:56 | 32 Comments
Dishpan Cookies ~Have you baked for anyone lately?~

I suppose I’ve always had a soft spot when it comes to homemade cookies. As a girl, my mother made fresh homemade cookies twice a week, every week!
She didn’t realize how long cookies would keep …

Lemon Chess Pie
Friday, 26 Sep, 2008 – 13:50 | 17 Comments
Lemon Chess Pie

The first time I remember hearing of a chess pie was as a little girl at my grandmother’s house. There was this pie on their dining room table and my grandparents and their friends had …

Mix in the Pan Pie Crust ~Quick and Easy!~
Friday, 26 Sep, 2008 – 13:00 | 17 Comments
Mix in the Pan Pie Crust ~Quick and Easy!~

*The canning tutorial is being postponed. I will have it up this weekend. I got a spark of inspiration in the middle of the night last night which resulted in me singing Harry Connick Jr …

Better Than “Have You Lost Weight?” Cake
Monday, 22 Sep, 2008 – 14:36 | 82 Comments
Better Than “Have You Lost Weight?” Cake

My mother has always called this Better Than Robert Redford cake. No disrespect to Mr. Redford, but in 2008, I feel its time for a new name. I have often heard it referred to as …

Guest Blogger! ~ Peanut Butter Cornflake Bars ~
Friday, 19 Sep, 2008 – 23:56 | 7 Comments
Guest Blogger! ~ Peanut Butter Cornflake Bars ~

Hi, I’m Donna from Yellow Jeep Blonde and Christy invited me to be a guest blogger today on Southern Plate!” I am so excited!

My website is a fairly new adventure, but …

Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake
Sunday, 14 Sep, 2008 – 4:00 | 18 Comments
Strawberry Punch Bowl Cake

You may recognize this as a “trifle” but here in the south, we call them “punch bowl cakes”. Any southern lady worth her weight in salt has at least one pretty glass punch bowl, usually …

Apple Week Finale: Apple Skillet Cake
Saturday, 6 Sep, 2008 – 0:49 | 12 Comments
Apple Week Finale: Apple Skillet Cake

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week as much as I have. Be sure to check out the other great apple recipes I have posted. My final recipe (but by no means the last one in …