All you need is shelled peanuts and salt to make this traditional Southern boiled peanuts recipe. The peanuts are boiled to the texture of your choice and are the perfect homemade salty snack to enjoy with an ice-cold glass of beer or soda. Boiled peanuts have been popular in the South since at least the Civil War when our troops used to carry them as a large part of their rations. With salt ... Continue Reading
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Candied Peanuts (2 Ingredients Only)
Using just two ingredients, these sugar-coated candied peanuts are crunchy, sweet yet savory, totally addictive, and taste like a homemade version of Boston Baked Bean peanut candy. Let me list all the reasons why I love this candied peanuts recipe. First, it's so easy to make. You just need a little bit of patience as you make the sugar syrup and then cook the peanuts. Second, you only need ... Continue Reading
Microwave Chex Mix
Crunchy, flavorful, and oh-so-easy to make, this microwave Chex mix recipe is the perfect year-round party snack. Did you know? The original Chex mix recipe was introduced in 1955 by Chex Cereals as a means of boosting the cereal's popularity amid the growing market of sugar-sweetened kid's cereals. It was an instant hit and variations have been party favorites ever since! Personally, I ... Continue Reading
Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Icing
Transform an ordinary yellow cake with this delicious sweet and nutty old-fashioned peanut butter icing recipe. It's a must-make for peanut butter fans! Today, I'm sharing a recipe with a big old root system behind it: yellow cake with old-fashioned peanut butter icing. The cake we’re going to use is just a boxed mix because spoiler: it’s not the cake that is important here, it’s the icing. ... Continue Reading
Homemade Fudge With Variations
Take this easy, melt-in-your-mouth, and creamy homemade fudge recipe and with one simple adjustment, you can create the fudge flavor of your dreams. That might be Cinnabon fudge, peanut butter fudge, or classic chocolate fudge. For me, the ultimate Christmas treat (besides anything and everything my mother makes) is homemade fudge! Decadent, rich, and so good, you'd best not make it too many ... Continue Reading
Recipe for Caramel Corn
No holiday gift or snack is quite as scrumptious as this recipe for caramel corn. It features freshly popped popcorn coated in a sweet homemade caramel sauce. Several years back, I got the bright idea of making homemade caramel corn to take to Thanksgiving to help sustain us until dinnertime. Not only was it a hit with the kids (and kept them considerably more patient) but the adults seemed to ... Continue Reading
From Scratch Bran Muffins
If you're on Facebook or Pinterest, please consider using one of the buttons above to help support Southern Plate, thank you! I promise I'm gonna show you how to make these delicious, old fashioned, easily customizable, from scratch bran muffins in this post, but I gotta drive around the bend a bit first... Have you ever eaten at a Picadilly restaurant? My great grandmother used to consider ... Continue Reading
