Southern with a twist

1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup cocoa 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Mix sugar, cocoa, butter and milk together. Over medium heat, bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute. Add vanilla. Cool partially, then beat with a mixer for 3 minutes or until spreadable consistency. This is not a fluffy kind of frosting that you use to decorate a cake. I did use it on the layer cake in the picture, but this is more of a icing that would go on a sheet cake, like Texas Sheet Cakes. The mixture…

I was thumbing through a few old church cookbooks and an old Hometown Recipes book and came across my Aunt Dot's recipe for "Cheese Penn...

Here's a twist on your usual cornbread. It's great with a big ole bowl of chili or chowder! Yum!!! When Vidalia Onions are not in season, I use any sweet onion. They all work, but my favorite is the Vidalia! I didn't quite let the onions cook long enough. I should have put them on the bottom rack to get more color. 1 stick butter, melted 3 large Vidalia onion, sliced 1/2 inch thick (or enough to cover the bottom of the pan) 3 (8 ounce) packages cornbread mix 3 eggs, beaten 1 cup whole milk 1…

This cake is incredibly moist. The directions took me by surprise, but it is a very old recipe. Use you own judgement or follow my revised directions at the bottom. My family went to visit my (Great) Uncle Perry in Virginia every summer, and we went to Williamsburg, Virginia as often as we could while there! For me anything that has Williamsburg in the title has to be awesome! :-) 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp Kosher salt 1 1/2 cups buttermilk…

In the South, raw fries are kind of like homemade potato chips. However, they are not always served crunchy... Raw fries are potatoes tha...

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Sausage balls are a classic American appetizer that are especially popular around the holidays. My Cajun twist on the recipe can’t be beat!

Take a baking sheet, and line it with parchment paper. Place a metal cooling rack on top of the parchment paper. Chef's Note: The cooling rack will raise the catfish off the...