Recipe Collection
Southern Favorites
Southern-rooted recipes from the FAFO Kitchen library.
This collection brings together recipes classified as Southern in the site taxonomy, from comfort-food standards to sides, sauces, and holiday staples. It is based on explicit cuisine tagging rather than a loose keyword search.
23 recipes
7UP Cake
A buttery Southern-style 7UP pound cake with a tight, tender crumb, fresh lemon zest, and a thin lemon-lime glaze that sets over the cooled Bundt cake.
Banana Pudding
To make banana pudding, whisk together a cooked vanilla custard, layer it with vanilla wafers and sliced bananas, and top with whipped cream or meringue.
Biscuits and Egg Gravy Bake
To make Biscuits and Egg Gravy Bake, mix the dough or batter gently, bake until golden, and let it settle before serving so the texture has time to finish.
Biscuits and Gravy
To make biscuits and gravy, prepare a simple buttermilk biscuit dough, bake at 450°F for 12–14 minutes, then whisk together browned breakfast sausage.
Brown Gravy
To make Brown Gravy, cook a flour-based roux, whisk in the liquid slowly, and simmer until the gravy turns smooth, thick, and properly seasoned.
Cheddar Jalapeno Cornbread
Cheddar Jalapeno Cornbread is moist, golden cornbread loaded with sharp cheddar and fresh jalapeno for a spicy, cheesy kick -- ready in about half an hour.
Chicken and Dumplings
Chicken and Dumplings simmers chicken and vegetables in a creamy broth, then cooks tender dumplings on top.
Classic Sweet Potato Casserole
Classic Sweet Potato Casserole made with oven-baked (not boiled) sweet potatoes, browned butter, and a crisp pecan streusel top, with a marshmallow option in the last 10 minutes for the camp that wants it.
Comeback Sauce
Comeback Sauce blends mayonnaise with chili sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and garlic into the peppery Mississippi classic that goes.
Deviled Eggs
This deviled eggs recipe is creamy, tangy, and foolproof — plus everything I learned from ruining three church potlucks. Real technique, reliable results.
Hamburger Steak and Gravy
Hamburger Steak and Gravy sears seasoned beef patties, then simmers them in a rich onion gravy built from the pan drippings -- Southern comfort food in 40.
Homemade Turkey Gravy
Homemade Turkey Gravy built from roasted turkey drippings, a properly cooked butter-and-flour roux, and concentrated giblet stock, finished with black pepper and a small hit of Worcestershire.
Honey Butter Cornbread Muffins
Honey Butter Cornbread Muffins are tender, golden cornbread muffins sweetened with honey and finished with a drizzle of honey butter -- ready in 25 minutes.
Hummingbird Cake
Hummingbird cake is made by combining mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, pecans, and warm spices into a layered cake batter, baked at 350°F for 25-30.
Kentucky Butter Cake
Kentucky Butter Cake is a tender vanilla Bundt cake soaked while warm with a buttery sugar glaze that forms a crisp shell and keeps the crumb moist.
Baked Southern Mac and Cheese
Baked Southern mac and cheese with cheddar, Gruyère, Colby-Jack, sour cream and eggs for a rich, set casserole with a cheesy top.
Pimento Cheese Dip
Pimento cheese does not need much persuasion. Sharp cheddar, pimentos, cream cheese, and mayonnaise already understand the assignment: salty, tangy, creamy,…
Savory Cheddar Biscuits
To make Savory Cheddar Biscuits, mix the dough or batter gently, bake until golden, and let it settle before serving so the texture has time to finish itself.
Southern Chicken-Fried Steak with Black Pepper Gravy
Southern Chicken-Fried Steak brines cube steaks in buttermilk, coats them in a craggy seasoned flour, fries them crisp, and smothers them in black pepper cream.
Southern Cornbread Dressing
Southern Cornbread Dressing made with day-old unsweetened cornbread, toasted white bread, butter-softened celery and onion, sage and thyme, and enough stock to bake up moist with crisp golden edges.
Southern Pecan Pie
Pecan pie can go wrong in two directions: syrup with nuts floating in it, or a filling baked until it has the bounce and charm of roofing material.
Strawberry Shortcake
To make strawberry shortcake, bake buttery biscuits, macerate fresh strawberries with sugar until syrupy, and layer with whipped cream.
Sweet Potato Pie
The difference between a good sweet potato pie and a grainy orange disappointment starts before the filling ever sees sugar.