Classic Southern Desserts

In the South, our lives revolve around food. Cornbread, black-eyed peas, BBQ, tomato sandwiches and anything sweet.  When I was growing up in rural Alabama everybody was a good cook, and every event had food. My Mama used to say Methodists couldn’t get together for 30 minutes without serving refreshements.

I come from a long line of fabulous Southern cooks, and our speciality has always been desserts. You’ll never find better sweet endings to your meals than those old-fashioned dessert recipes from born and bred Southern cooks. So put on your apron, pull out the Crisco, eggs, flour and plenty of sugar. Let’s start baking!