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    Desserts and Cakes

    Satisfy your sweet tooth with these easy Southern recipes for desserts, pies, cakes and ice cream that embody the heart warming flavors of the south without lengthy ingredient lists and with shortcuts to simplify the process.

    • Shortcut Salted Caramel Nut Rolls (Peanuts & Nougat)
    • Persimmon Pie
    • Easy German Chocolate Pie
    • Best Pecan Cream Pie
    • Caramel Glaze and Sauce
    • Easy Apple Pecan Cake with Caramel Glaze
    • Sugardoodles
    • Pineapple Zucchini Bread
    • Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
    • Blueberry Peach Cobbler with Oatmeal Cookie Streusel
    • Shortcut Strawberry Shortcake Dip
    • Easy Pecan Recipes
    • Shortcut Strawberry Fudge
    • Top 10 Super Bowl Southern Shortcut Recipes
    • Sweet Tea Tiramisu Trifle for Two
    • Chocolate Magic Cake
    • Purple Sweet Potato Magic Cake
    • Cookie Butter Puff Pastry Christmas Trees
    • White Texas Sheet Cake (with Cake Mix)
    • Pecan Crust Recipe for Pie
    • Mississippi Mud Brownies (with Brownie Mix)
    • Best Microwave Peanut Brittle
    • Microwave Pecan Brittle
    • Easy Pecan Praline Sauce
    • Walking Banana Pudding
    • Texas Sheet Cake Cookies (with cake mix)
    • Oreo Mint Truffles
    • Sticky Fig Pudding Cake
    • Honey Bread Pudding with Raisins and Vanilla Sauce
    • Easy Churros with Vanilla Icing for Dipping
    • Cookies and Cream Shortbread Cookies
    • Little Debbie Christmas Tree Dip
    • Cookies and Cream Fudge
    • Cast Iron Skillet Pecan Pie
    • 2 Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Minis
    • Kiwi Frankenstein Halloween Treats
    • Blonde Brownies with Cheaters Caramel Icing
    • Best Copycat Krispy Kreme Donuts with a Shortcut
    • Fried Apple Rings with Cinnamon-Sugar
    • Sweet Pumpkin-Spice Dumplings (Made with Crescent Rolls)

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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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