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    Southern Shortcut Recipes

    Southern cooking recipes with classic comfort food flavors you love (and a few new ones), made with shortcuts so you can enjoy them sooner!

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    Enjoy the flavors of the South with these time-saving, easy Spring desserts, weeknight casseroles and simple side dishes.

    • Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with cake mix scored into slices in the pan topped with chopped peanuts.
      Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
    • Chicken and cheese casserole with scoop out of a blue casserole dish.
      Easy King Ranch Chicken Casserole
    • Three thin sliced Southern fried green tomatoes with cornmeal on brown paper with green tomatoes in background.
      Best Fried Green Tomatoes (Perfect Every Time)
    • Crispy baked chicken wings on a white plate, set on a checkered tablecloth
      Easy Baked Crispy Chicken Wings

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      Sugar Cookie Bar Cookies
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      Date Nut Balls
    • Mini twice baked potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet
      Mini Twice Baked Potatoes (Air Fryer and Oven)
    • Apple pie dip topped with chopped apple pie filling in a green apple-shaped dish
      Apple Pie Dip
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    About Kathleen

    Welcome to Grits and Gouda! I make classic Southern recipes (some with a fresh twist) with shortcuts! Drawing on my experience as a former test kitchen director, my goal is to get you in and out of the kitchen quickly so you can enjoy time with your family.

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    Baking

    I share all my baking shortcut tricks from 2 Ingredient Biscuits to making caramel icing with no candy thermometer.

    • Slice of chocolate peanut butter cake on a plate in front of a 9x13 pan
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake (9x13)
    • Peach Crumble Cobbler piled high in a white bowl next to blue and white cloth.
      Easy Peach Crumble
    • Bakery style chocolate chunk banana muffins in brown parchment liners and bite taken out.
      Chocolate Chunk Banana Muffins
    • Banana nut bread mini muffins with pecans in white wooden bowl.
      Banana Nut Bread Mini Muffins

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    Southern Side Dishes

    Everything you need to serve alongside main dishes and casseroles! Don't forget the cornbread! 

    • Air fried butternut squash halves on a white plate, garnished with herbs
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash Halves
    • Roasted parsnips and carrots served on a wooden platter
      Roasted Parsnips and Carrots
    • Honey roasted carrot sticks next to an air fryer.
      Honey Roasted Carrots (Air Fryer)
    • Whole fresh green beans with bacon and brown sugar in a cast iron skillet with spoon dripping sauce on beans.
      Skillet Green Beans with Bacon and Brown Sugar

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    Southern Appetizers & Snacks

    All your game day, holiday party and afternoon treat recipes in one place.

    • Cranberry Olive Cheese Bites arranged on a white marble platter with rosemary sprigs, set in front of a Christmas tree background
      Olives and Cheese Skewers with Cranberries
    • A white bowl of candied jalapenos with tiny fork in it next to a jar of cowboy candy with jalapeno peppers on the surface.
      Candied Jalapeños (Cowboy Candy)
    • Peanut butter chocolate rice crispy treat bars stacked on white plate on wood slab.
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Bars
    • Four jars of pickled cucumbers sit on a table.
      Easy Dill Pickles for Canning

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      Mandarin Orange "Pumpkin" Treats (Healthy Halloween Snack)
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      Mummy Brownies
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    Hi y'all! I’m Kathleen. I share Southern shortcut recipes! I’m a food stylist, cookbook author, and former test kitchen director in Alabama. I take traditional Southern recipes you know and love (and a few new ones) and make them with shortcuts so you can enjoy them faster.

    More about me →

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