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    Christmas

    Welcome to my Christmas recipe collection where every recipe has a shortcut to make your holiday cooking easier. You'll find easy classic Southern dishes with an easy twist along with holiday recipes made in the air fryer and Instant Pot for your Christmas dinner or parties.

    • Slice of chocolate peanut butter cake on a plate in front of a 9x13 pan
      Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cake
    • Close up of sour cream potato salad in a blue rimmed bowl.
      Sour Cream Potato Salad with Bacon
    • white bowl full of green beans and bacon on checkered wooden cutting board
      Instant Pot Fresh Green Beans with Bacon
    • A carrot bundt cake on a wood cake pedestal.
      Carrot Bundt Cake
    • Close up of bacon wrapped meatballs piled onto a plate.
      Bacon Wrapped Meatballs
    • Close up image of a slice of coconut custard pie on a white plate with whipped cream on top. The whole pie is in the background.
      Coconut Custard Pie
    • Biscuit being lifted out of casserole dish with sausage gravy on bottom.
      Biscuits and Gravy Casserole with Sausage
    • Fig pudding cake with sauce in bottom of white bowl topped with vanilla yogurt
      Sticky Fig Pudding Cake
    • Blue rimmed bowl filled with cooked collards with Instant Pot at top.
      Instant Pot Collard Greens
    • Mini frosted brownie bite in silver paper cup and white and silver sprinkles on top.
      Miniature Brownie Bites (Frosted)
    • Stack of cheese wafers with pecans on top with one in foreground with bite taken out.
      Cheese Wafers with Pecans
    • Close up of a smores mini pies in graham cracker crusts.
      Mini S'mores Pies
    • Stack of blonde brownies on brown paper.
      Blonde Brownies with Cheaters Caramel Icing
    • Rectangle white plate of red and green oreo shortbread cookies.
      Cookies and Cream Shortbread Cookies
    • A collection of four close up images of cooked vegetables with text overlay: yellow squash, okra, green beans, corn and tomatoes.
      17 Shortcut Southern Side Dish Recipes
    • Honey Bread Pudding with Raisins and Vanilla Sauce
    • Leftover turkey in a turkey pot pie topped with tater tots on a plate with pie plate in the background.
      Tater Tot Turkey Pot Pie
    • Double Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls in red baking dish
      Double-Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
    • Little Debbie Christmas tree cake sticking out of red striped bowl of dip with cookies on white wood surface.
      Little Debbie Christmas Tree Dip
    • Honey being poured from a clear tiny pitcher onto chicken nuggets and mini waffles.
      Easy Mini Chicken and Waffles (with Hot Honey)
    • Wooden bowl of pecan halves with stack of wooden bowls above it.
      Roasted Pecans in Air Fryer
    • Cooked Brussels sprouts with bacon on a white plate.
      Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sorghum Molasses & Bacon
    • cathedral church window bars with colorful mini marshmallows stacked on a plate
      Cathedral Windows (Church Window Cookies)
    • christmas tree deviled eggs decorated with yellow bell pepper stars, red pepper ornaments, and parmesan snow
      Christmas Tree Deviled Eggs
    • frosted sugar cookie bar squares with red and green sprinkles stacked on a white plate
      Sugar Cookie Bar Cookies
    • Pecan pie balls on a wooden board, some topped with chocolate drizzle and others sprinkled with chopped pecans
      Date Nut Balls
    • Mini twice baked potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet
      Mini Twice Baked Potatoes (Air Fryer and Oven)
    • Close-up of pecan-crusted salmon fillets topped with golden brown nuts and herbs on a wooden serving board
      Pecan Crusted Salmon with Cranberries 
    • 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
    • Jars of jalapeno pepper jelly stacked in window.
      Freezer Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
    • A small open jar of fig jam with a little spoon in it with a fresh fig half leaned on it.
      Fig Jam Recipe (Slow Cooker)
    • 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)
    • Mini Laughing Cow cheese trees on a round white plate.
      Easy Christmas Cheese Trees
    • Peanut butter chocolate rice crispy treat bars stacked on white plate on wood slab.
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Bars
    • Serving of chicken cornbread dressing on plate with broccoli and salad.
      Crockpot Chicken and Dressing
    • Banana nut bread mini muffins with pecans in white wooden bowl.
      Banana Nut Bread Mini Muffins
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • Slice of pecan cream pie on white plate in front of whole pie in background.
      Best Pecan Cream Pie
    • 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

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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.

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