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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.

    • Spoonful of homemade persimmon jam resting on a jar with hachiya persimmon jam spread on toast with a fuyu sliced persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Jam
    • Slice of persimmon pie with pie plate in background and Fuyu persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Pie
    • Three rice krispie cookies stacked on top of each other on a cooling rack.
      Rice Krispie Cookies
    • Stack of chocolate chip pistachio cookies on a wooden surface.
      Chocolate Chip Pistachio Cookies
    • cathedral church window bars with colorful mini marshmallows stacked on a plate
      Cathedral Windows (Church Window Cookies)
    • Overhead view of pecan pie in cast iron skillet with red and green cloth around handle.
      Cast Iron Skillet Pecan Pie
    • Apple Pecan Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze on white cake pedestal with one slice on a white plate.
      Easy Apple Pecan Cake with Caramel Glaze
    • Side view of a portion of chicken wild rice casserole served on a plate.
      Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole
    • apple butternut salad on a white plate
      Butternut Squash Apple Salad with Candied Pecans
    • Peanut butter chocolate rice crispy treat bars stacked on white plate on wood slab.
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Bars
    • 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)
    • Honey being poured from a clear tiny pitcher onto chicken nuggets and mini waffles.
      Easy Mini Chicken and Waffles (with Hot Honey)
    • 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
    • Mini peanut butter and jelly sandwiches stacked horizontally in white casserole dish with purple striped cloth beside it.
      Peanut Butter and Jelly French Toast Casserole
    • Stack of pecan cookies on wire rack with maple icing on them.
      Maple Pecan Cookies (Slice and Bake)
    • Cooked Brussels sprouts with bacon on a white plate.
      Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sorghum Molasses & Bacon
    • Crab Corn soup in terra cotta bowl on blue checked napkin.
      Shortcut Crab and Corn Soup
    • mini peanut pie tassies spilling out from a brown wicker tray onto a cloth with blue x's
      Honey Peanut Pie Tassies (No Corn Syrup)
    • Double Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls in red baking dish
      Double-Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
    • 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
    • Cranberry cookies in a red snowflake bowl.
      Cranberry Orange Cookies
    • White rimmed plate of purple cauliflower and broccoli salad
      Purple Cauliflower & Broccoli Raisin Salad
    • Close up of platter of bbq wings with bowl of Ranch dressing in the background
      Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Wings
    • 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
    • 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis
    • Stack of 3 glazed yeast donuts on a white plate
      Best Copycat Krispy Kreme Donuts with a Shortcut
    • plate of sugar cookies on a pewter plate
      Sugardoodles
    • Hasselback Sweet Potatoes (Maple Syrup and Pecans)
    • Slice of pecan cream pie on white plate in front of whole pie in background.
      Best Pecan Cream Pie
    • Mini Laughing Cow cheese trees on a round white plate.
      Easy Christmas Cheese Trees
    • Air fryer turkey breast roast on wood platter with fresh rosemary and sage.
      Air Fryer Turkey Breast with Gravy
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • Cornbread muffin cut in half with butter and peach pepper jelly spread on it.
      Easy Peach Pepper Jelly
    • Metal spatula scooping up a portion of the crescent roll ham and cheese bake from the baking dish.
      Crescent Roll Ham and Cheese Bake
    • Bowl of roasted butternut squash on fall colored cloth with wooden spoon next to it.
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash
    • Cinnamon Sugar Pecans in a Santa belt rectangle dish
      3 Ingredient Cinnamon Sugar Toasted Pecans
    • 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
    • Four southern slow cooker recipes: apple butter, ham, peas, figs.
      Easy Southern Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Pecan crust for pie with pecans scattered on the surface.
      Pecan Crust Recipe for Pie
    • Chocolate rice krispie bars served on a white cake stand.
      Chocolate Rice Krispie Squares

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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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