Classic Southern Desserts

In this post I'm going to share my tips and tricks for pulling off the Ultimate Coca-Cola cake! It's rich with chocolate and the bubbly effervescent cola adds a whole new experience to this rich cake!

In this post I'm going to show you how to make a simple pecan pie cookie, perfect for a quick treat! This recipe will be particularly exciting during the holiday season.

If you're looking for a fluffy, crisp, old-fashioned Sugar Cookie, do I have a treat for you! This is a simple sugar cookie recipe, packed full of flavor, and straight from Grandma's cookbook!

If you're looking for the easiest, tastiest cookie bar out there, you can stop your search! These Magic Cookie Bars are going to sweep you away with their simplicity and their luscious flavor profile!

If you're looking for the perfect Christmas candy, one rich with flavor, you're going to love these delicious snowballs!

If you love the light, sweet texture and flavor of divinity but you've been scared to make it because you think it's too difficult, think again! This easy recipe comes together with ease and tastes amazing.

If you love the crisp sweet flavor of brittle with the yummy crunch of peanuts, this is the recipe for you. This brittle is a family recipe, passed down over multiple generations. It's easy, and definitely one you'll pass on to your friends and loved ones.

In this post I'm going to show you how to make my very favorite pie of all time: Coconut Cream Pie. It's lush, rich, sweet, and loaded with coconutty goodness! Perfect for special occasions or any day of the week!

Coconut cake is a popular offering in the south, but there’s no reason why we need to limit it geographically! This luscious cake is perfect for families across the globe and great for Christmas, Easter, and every day in-between! 

If you’re looking for a luscious pie with both fantastic flavor and a memorable look, you’ve come to the right place! This blackberry pie is delicious and beautiful. 

In this post I'm going to share a luscious pecan pie recipe that incorporates an extra ingredient sure to make you swoon. . .chocolate!

If you're crazy about brown butter and pecans you're going to love this easy cake. It's topped with a crunchy praline topping and rich with flavor. Best of all, it starts with a boxed mix!

If you love the warm rich flavors of apple and cinnamon and the lovely crisp crunch of a flaky crust, this is the recipe for you! Thanks to the addition of canned apple pie filling this Easy Apple Pie comes together so easily. . .but it tastes like it took hours!

If you love the combination of cinnamon and sugar and you happen to love streusel topping with crunchy toasted pecans, then I've got the perfect recipe for you. This Easy Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake is perfect for breakfast. . .or any time of day!

They're tart, sweet, crisp and creamy. These luscious lemon bars are all of the above. . .and then some!

If you love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate, you've definitely come to the right place. Today's recipe is those soft, fluffy peanut butter cookies with luscious Hersheys Kisses on top.

If you're looking for a luscious cobbler with that crisp homemade crust you grew up eating, you've come to the right place. This easy recipe calls for canned pie filling but a crust so flaky and delicious you'll swear you're sitting around grandma's table eating it.

If you're in the mood for a summery cake, filled with tropical flavors, you've come to the right place. This delicious Pineapple Coconut Cake with Lime will make you feel like you're on a Caribbean beach, ocean waves crashing in the background.

If you love a great pecan cookie, one with a hint of salt, you're going to flip over these Potato Chip Cookies. They are the perfect combination of crunchy and soft, salty and sweet.

If you're looking for a classic sheet cake with rich chocolate cake and luscious chocolate-pecan frosting, you've come to the right place. This will be a big hit at your next gathering, and you don't have to live in Texas to enjoy it!

If you love the ease of a bar but the luscious richness of pecan pie you're going to flip over this simple pecan pie bar recipe! It merges both of those worlds into one dreamy bite, loaded with flavor and crunch!

If you're in the mood for banana muffins but you don't want to take the time to make them from scratch, I have great news for you! You can start with a simple white cake mix and turn it into the best banana muffin you've ever tasted!

If you're looking for a classic pound cake to serve at your next get-together, you can stop looking! I've got a luscious butter pound cake recipe for you that's going to thrill and delight your guests and make you proud to serve it!

If you've been on a search for the best banana bread recipe out there, search no more! This one is absolutely perfect! Best of all, this Old-Fashioned Banana bread recipe is super easy to whip up in a hurry! It's loaded with flavor. . .and thanks to a secret ingredient (mayonnaise!) this banana bread is moist, flaky, and super tasty!

If you're looking for a rich, moist cake, loaded with flavor, you've come to the right place. This Old Fashioned Chocolate Mayonnaise cake is a southern favorite guaranteed to please everyone on your guest list. And this yummy recipe takes things a step further, adding a rich chocolate frosting with mayonnaise in it, as well!

Every baker needs an amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe, one that causes people to stop in their tracks and say, "Oh my goodness, this is the best cookie I've ever eaten!" This recipe will bring that sort of reaction. It's got the charm of a traditional chocolate chip cookie with something extra--the bliss of browned butter.

This is a fun twist on a traditional Thumbprint cookie that uses cherry preserves (or sour cherry spread) in the center of a delicious almond-infused s

I started to call these my "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" cookies because I (literally) throw everything in them that you can think of. Crunchy. Salty. Sweet. Savory. It all goes in these yummy Peanut Butter Ranger Cookies. You're going to love them because they hit all of the notes. Literally, all of the notes.

It's so easy to turn a yellow cake mix into this easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake! One can of sliced pineapple rings, 1 cup of brown sugar, some maraschino cherries, and the usual ingredients for a boxed cake mix. . .and you're good to go. Talk about an easy dessert!

Have you ever had a hankering for something sweet but couldn't quite put your finger on what you really wanted? These chocolate chip blondies are perfect for days like that! Not quite a cookie, not quite a brownie, not quite a cookie bar. Gooey, chewy, and crisp on the edges. . .they are (in a word) perfect.

If you enjoy red velvet cake with luscious cream cheese frosting you're going to flip over these yummy Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies. They're simple to make and loaded with rich cocoa flavor. Best of all, the recipe starts with a boxed cake mix!

delicious balance of strawberry preserves and fresh strawberries. And, on top of it all--homemade whipped cream, stabilized with lemon pudding. Yes, please! This Strawberry Lemonade cake is visually stunning and (truly) one of the best cakes you'll ever put in your mouth.

Warm, nutty, buttery, loaded with caramelized bananas. . .this rich cake is perfect all year round!

If you love the sweet flavor of German Chocolate cake and you're nuts about coconut pecan frosting, you've definitely come to the right place! In this post I'm going to give you my tips and tricks for one of the most classic cakes of all time--German Chocolate! And best of all. . .it starts with a boxed mix!

These cookies go by different names. Some call them Mexican Wedding Cookies, some call them Snowballs. Some call them Pecan Sandies, others call them Pecan Balls. Some folks call these soft bites of wonderment Mexican Wedding Cakes or Russian Tea Cookies. No matter what you call them, they're delicious and super easy to make.

This is the perfect easy fudge recipe, only calling for three ingredients: chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and Oreos! I call this my "Leftovers" fudge and it's exactly what the name implies--fudge that's made out of leftovers.

If you're looking for the perfect Snickerdoodle recipe--light and fluffy and filled with cinnamon and sugar--you've come to the right place.

These amazing chunky oatmeal Craisin cookies are a cross between a traditional old-fashioned oatmeal cookie and a chunky, heavier bite of muffin.

Coconut, pecans, cream cheese frosting, and the tastiest, flakiest cake ever. Enjoy this Italian Cream Cake recipe, y'all!