Hurricane Milton showed up this week. To calm the nerves I baked. Fortunately my area of Florida was spared. So as the storm moved on, in the new cool morning temp, I sipped a lavender latte and had a slice of this. Hello Fall. BOTTOM CAKE LAYER2-1/2 cups flour2 teaspoons baking powder¼ teaspoon salt8 tablespoons…
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Sheet Pan Pecan Pie
Sheet Pan Pecan Pie When you need to feed a huge crowd, this is what you want on the dessert table. Pecan pie is loved by southerners old and young. Sheet pan desserts can be cut small into bite size pieces for parties where guests graze or like bite-sized snacks. Ingredients: For the Crust: For…
Banana Pudding
Does anyone really have to sell you on banana pudding? The classic southern dessert on potluck, barbeque, cook out tables for any celebration under the sun. I have made this a number of ways but this version is the one I use the most. It’s a little more work than instant vanilla pudding and vanilla…
Southern Peach Berry Cobbler
This is a crowd favorite cobbler. Southern style biscuit like batter baked around bubbly sweet fruit and topped with vanilla ice cream. Anything leftover will cause a fight about who gets to take it home. Originally, I made this with peaches and blueberries, my dad’s favorite. But I have landed on using yellow and white…
Country Ham Scones with Pecan Cane Syrup Butter
Nothing pleases me more as a chef then to immerse myself into culinary culture. I created these scones to highlight cane syrup, one of the souths favorite but also forgotten sweet condiment. These are aggressively southern, utilizing staple ingredients that would be easily found in any southern farm kitchen. Smoky, salty country ham meets sweet…
Sheet Pan Blueberry Pie
LOVE blueberry season. My Great Grandmother Lola used to get lost in the woods picking huckleberries; a wild blueberry-like cousin. She would come home with bites and scratches all over, but a pile of berries gathered in her dress. I think about her every time I am picking my weight in blueberries at a u-pick…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
This isn’t a typical chocolate chip cookies post where I tell you I have the best recipe. Because I just don’t. There are not only tons of recipes, but people love these cookies in very specific ways. I have at least a dozen recipes for chocolate chip cookies. I think they are all amazing they…
Fairytale Eggplant Tart
I’m a southern girl through and through and if you say tomato pie I will hunt you down to get a slice. But I am here to tell you, this one is the closest second best. This, like the majority of what I do when I jump in the kitchen, is put together. Sometimes its…
Fall Spiced Squash Pie
Fall Spiced Squash Pie Basically a pumpkin pie, but more delicate in taste. To me, any fall squash lends itself to dessert. Ingredients: 3 cups of cooked cubed cushaw squash4 eggs1 tsp of cinnamon1/4 tsp of nutmega dash of cloves1 t dried ginger2 tsp vanilla1 1/2 cups sugar1 pt heavy cream1/2 tsp of pink Himalayan…
Sugar Cookies
This is the perfect sugar cookie recipe I use year round. They hold their shape and are buttery and soft to the bite. They lend well to decorating whether you use icing or imprints. Delicate enough to serve with tea yet sturdy enough to use with kids. I love all cookies but there is something…
Savory Tart Dough
Think biscuit meets tart/pie dough. You’ll want to keep this on hand. I came across it by a colleague of mine from culinary school. I have adapted it over time, but for the most part this recipe has stayed the same and consistently produces a tasty savory crust. Options are limitless as to what can…
Fruit Cake Cookies
I know I know fruit cake!? But seriously, these things are addicting. I like to believe that these are what fruit cake should be. These were my great grandmother Monnie’s special cookies that she would always make during the holidays. Passed down through my Grandmother, and then onto my mother, these were made all through…
Market Brownies
My first job in the culinary world was at a little deli in a residential town center. We opened early in the morning, served fresh brewed coffee, homemade baked goods, and deli salads by the pound. I didn’t know it at the time but this would be the cornerstone of the career I chose. And…
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