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    Halloween/Fall

    Try these easy Southern shortcut recipes for Halloween treats and fall favorites—quick, simple and festive ideas your whole family will love.

    • A blue and white bowl with crock pot ham and cabbage and a fork resting on the side.
      Crock Pot Cabbage and Ham
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Rectangle brown wicker basket of fried green cherry tomatoes on a wooden tray and sauce next to it.
      Fried Green Cherry Tomatoes
    • Slice out of artisan round loaf bread. Piece of bread sitting in oil in a plate
      Dutch Oven Artisan Bread (No Knead)
    • Close up hand holding apple pie filled donut with stack in the background.
      Easy Air Fryer Apple Pie Bombs
    • Apple pie dip topped with chopped apple pie filling in a green apple-shaped dish
      Apple Pie Dip
    • peeled clementine oranges with cucumbers in them to look like pumpkins
      Mandarin Orange "Pumpkin" Treats (Healthy Halloween Snack)
    • 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
    • Mummy brownies on white platter with skeleton shaped spoons.
      Mummy Brownies
    • Pecan Pumpkin Belgian Waffles stacked with maple syrup and whipped cream.
      Pecan Pumpkin Waffles
    • Shishito Peppers roasted in air fryer on blue platter with lemon aioli dipping sauce with stack of white plates in background.
      Air Fryer Shishito Peppers
    • Square featured image of pear butter spread on triangular pieces of toast with two mason jars of pear butter in the background.
      Easy Crockpot Pear Butter
    • 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
    • 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
    • Spicy Sweet Potato Fries in parchment paper cooked in air fryer.
      Air Fryer Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
    • Roasted parsnips and carrots served on a wooden platter
      Roasted Parsnips and Carrots
    • White bow of venison chili topped with cheese on a green napkin with saltine crackers.
      20 Minute Venison Chili
    • Close up of platter of bbq wings with bowl of Ranch dressing in the background
      Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Wings
    • 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
    • Square white bowl of black eyed peas with torn corn bread in background.
      Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
    • Slice of persimmon pie with pie plate in background and Fuyu persimmon next to it.
      Persimmon Pie
    • A stack of four pieces of pecan pie bark candy on wooden cutting board.
      Pecan Pie Bark (Graham Cracker Toffee)
    • Brown sugar caramel glaze drizzling out of measuring cup onto a bundt cake.
      Caramel Glaze and Sauce
    • 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
    • Crab Corn soup in terra cotta bowl on blue checked napkin.
      Shortcut Crab and Corn Soup
    • Stack of apple cider cookies view from the top.
      Apple Cider Cookies
    • Four southern slow cooker recipes: apple butter, ham, peas, figs.
      Easy Southern Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Four pecan dishes in one collage: pie, sauce, tassies, turkey cheeseball.
      Easy Pecan Recipes
    • Collage of four air fryer recipes with text overlay.
      Easy Ninja Air Fryer Recipes
    • Cookie butter haystacks candy with cashews on Christmas round white plate.
      Cookie Butter Haystacks Candy
    • Slice of purple magic cake with whipped cream on top on a white plate.
      Purple Sweet Potato Magic Cake

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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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