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!
Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Potato Chip Cookies Ingredients2 -1/2 oz almonds (Optional, I omit them) 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 2 tsp vanilla 1 cup crushed potato chips 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour InstructionsGrease cookie sheet(s). Cream together butter and sugar, then vanilla. Alternate adding in chips and flour. Add [...]

A little comfort food with a side of comfort…

Pin itJune is National Dairy Month! To celebrate it, we were invited to visit an Alabama dairy farm courtesy of the Southeast United Dairy Association. We had a WONDERFUL family day and I’m so excited to bring you along with us in today’s post! This is Mr. and Mrs. Childers, who celebrate their 47th wedding [...]

Pin it Jyl’s Favorite Lemon Meringue Pie With Cookie Crumb Crust Some people in this world take care of others. Chances are, you’re one of those people. The ones who step up to the plate when things need doing. When your Mother gets sick, when someone gets hurt and needs help around the house, when [...]

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

Pin it One of the questions I get asked the most from SouthernPlate.com is “Where did you get your canisters? I love them!”. Well thank you so much,I’m tickled to death that you like them as much as me! I’ve never been able to tell folks where they could get their own until today though, [...]

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 [...]

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 itAs I enter my third November with SouthernPlate.com, I thought I’d bring you some past November favorites from the site. Hope you enjoy them! Sawdust Pie 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 [...]

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 itIf 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 [...]

Pin it 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. [...]

Pin itYou know, I don’t have a plan for anything I’m going to write on any given day on Southern Plate. I usually just wake up and see what I’m in the mood to talk about and run with it. Sometimes I can loop it into being related to that days recipe and sometimes I [...]

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 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 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 [...]

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Mama Reed’s Tea Cakes Ingredients1 Cup butter or margarine 1 Cup sugar 3 eggs 3 1/2 Cup self rising flour 1 teaspoon vanillaInstructionsCream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix again. Add vanilla and flour and mix well. Roll thin on floured board, cut with cookie or biscuit cutter. [...]

Pin it Add this recipe to ZipList!Dishpan Cookies Ingredients2 Cups light brown sugar 1 Cup white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 Cups Oil 4 eggs 4 Cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups quick oats 4 Cups cornflakesInstructionsIn a very large bowl or dishpan, cream sugars, vanilla, oil, and eggs. [...]
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