Jeanne Robertson’s 7-Up Pound Cake 1 cup butter or margarine 1⁄2 cup shortening 3 cups sugar 1-1⁄2 teaspoons lemon extract 1-1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract* 5 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 7 fluid ounces 7-Up (Can use diet) In a large bowl, place butter, shortening, and sugar. Beat until it is fluffy and well mixed. Add [...]
Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Pie 9inch deep dish pie shell 1 Cup confectioner’s sugar 1/2 cup peanut butter 2 cups milk 2/3 cup sugar dash salt 1 tsp vanilla 3 eggs, separated 4 tablespoons corn starch 1/4 cup sugar (for meringue) Bake empty pie shell according to directions. In a small bowl, place confectioner’s sugar [...]
Cinnamon Sugar Tortilla Chips 1/2 Cup Sugar (or sugar substitute, Ideal is my new favorite!) 1 Tablespoon cinnamon 1/2 cup butter 2-3 flour tortillas Melt butter in microwave. Brush one side of each tortilla with melted butter. Stir cinnamon and sugar together* and sprinkle over buttered side of each. Repeat with other side. Cut each [...]
Unfried Fried Ice Cream Container Vanilla Ice cream (I am using 48 oz size) 3 Cups Honey and Oats Cereal* 3 Tablespoons butter 3 Tablespoons sugar 1 Tablespoons cinnamon Scoop frozen ice cream out onto waxed paper lined baking sheets and place in freezer for at least an hour, or until hardened. During that time, [...]
WELCOME to Southern Plate! I’m so thrilled to have you here, my only regret is that I can’t give you a hug through the computer! Sit back, get comfy, and sit a spell because you’re a grand addition to the family. If you like, you can subscribe via email just to make sure you never [...]
Welcome to the newly designed SouthernPlate.com! There are a lot of improvements in store to make the site more user friendly, including buttons at the bottom of each post that allow you to print only the recipe! For now only the most recent posts have the print button but I’m working to add it to [...]
I’ve had a lot of folks ask for ice cream recipes lately so today I wanted to bring you one of the easiest ones around, with only three ingredients! The great thing about this ice cream is how incredibly low maintenance and customizable it is. Add in your favorite flavored carbonated drink and fruit of [...]
Summer time is here and with it comes some of my favorite cold desserts! Today I’m bringing you a brand spanking new freezer pie that I know you’re gonna love. Seriously, you are going to LOVE this pie! A while back I posted a sneak peek for my book and featured the cover, which was [...]
If you’re new here, Welcome to Southern Plate! Sit down and get comfy because you are a grand addition to our table. You might want to check out our FAQ and subscribe by email so you don’t miss a thing! Gratefully, Christy Hello, from Christy’s Mama. I thought I would give Christy a chance to [...]
If you’re new here, Welcome to Southern Plate! Sit down and get comfy because you are a grand addition to our table. You might want to check out our FAQ and subscribe by email so you don’t miss a thing! Gratefully, Christy “You’re only spending one night, Katy” “But PLEASE Mama, can’t I just spend [...]
I know you’re busy. Believe me, I do. I don’t care what it is you list as your job description on your Facebook page, I know your time is a valuable premium and you’d rather have a little more of it. Know what else, though? I also know that you like to eat. If you’re [...]
If you’re new here, WELCOME to Southern Plate! We’re thrilled to have you as part of our big old home on the web. You might want to check out our FAQ page or Subscribe by email so you don’t miss a thing. Sit a spell and stay a while, we sure are glad you’re here! [...]
One of the things I enjoy doing above all others on Southern plate is taking those lost and nearly-lost recipes of days gone by and posting them in hopes of bringing them back from the brink of extinction. This is especially important to me in preserving our food heritage because our most cherished recipes were [...]
I’m thrilled and grateful to bring you a guest blog post by everyone’s favorite Southern Plater, Bill Gent. I first “met” Bill not long after I started Southern Plate and we took up like peas and carrots right from the start (I’m the cute little pea and he calls me sis!). He’s just another dear [...]
I put a little video of me chatting with y’all at the bottom of this post. If you’re new here, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY! I’d love to have you subscribe by email and please feel free to chat with the rest of the family in the comments section! I’ve had strawberries on the brain lately. [...]
Wanna meet some good people? Join us on the Southern Plate Family Page on Facebook! This is a recipe I got from my Grandmother Cornetha. She and my Papa Reed (Mama’s Daddy) got married when my mother was fourteen, adding a whole other branch to our family tree. Honestly, at this point we got one [...]
Valentine’s day at my house is all about family. Just as my mother before me, I like to cook a special meal for my kids and our traditional meal has become heart shaped meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and cinnamon love knots. It may not sound romantic but it sure does sound like home and what could [...]
To view a full index of all of the recipes I’ve posted (about three hundred), click here. Thank you so much for visiting! Gratefully, Christy For me, the ultimate Christmas treat (besides anything and everything my mother makes) is fudge! Decadent, rich, and so good you’d best not make it too many other times of [...]
This is the busiest time of year for most of us. We have all of the decorations to put up and tend to, presents to shop for and wrap, visits to Santa, to see lights, to see family…and on top of it all we really want to bake and prepare treats for those we love [...]
Today I’m bringing you my last puff pastry post for Pepperidge Farm, a flaky and delicious Rustic Apple Strudel. The recipe is based off of one I found on their website, with a few minor alterations, most notably the term “rustic”, which I will explain in just a minute. I want to thank Pepperidge Farm [...]
I get a little long winded in this one, y’all. Feel free to scroll down to just the recipe if you like If you’ve never had Sawdust pie before, I really do feel it could become a fast family favorite. The taste is rich and buttery, and whipped cream and sliced bananas set it off [...]
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. Regardless of their power, though, I want you to try to use them only for good. Rather than taking over [...]
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 obvious that my parents were no strangers as they hunted down one particular restaurant just to partake of the treat, [...]
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 try it, it’s one of my all time favorites! Gratefully, Christy 
I first had this cake when I was [...]
Did you know that you can subscribe to Southern Plate by email to receive an email from me each time I post a new recipe? Click here. To view a full index of all of the recipes I’ve posted (well over two hundred), click here. Thank you so much for visiting! Gratefully, Christy Ladies and [...]
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 bless her heart, she has no idea! You see, there is a song of hers on [...]
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 you Kerri, and bless your heart). This is a point of contention among Southerners because all too often actors and [...]
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 lessons of my grandparents home through repetition and life application. These are things I was fortunate enough to be taught [...]
