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    Cookies and Cream Shortbread Cookies

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    Blonde Brownies with Cheaters Caramel Icing No candy thermometer! Check out my shortcut to halfway homemade caramel icing on these soft and chewy toffee bars.

    Close up of creamy chicken fettuccine mixture sprinkled with bacon and parsley.

    Instant Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Alfredo No need to drain the pasta! Cook it all in one pot and no Ranch dressing packet needed!

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    Easy Yellow Squash Casserole

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    2 Ingredient Biscuits Find out how I make the flakiest biscuits with 2 ingredients without a baking mix.

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    Easy Cheesy Baked Mac and Cheese (With Shortcuts) The easiest and cheesiest homemade macaroni and cheese made with a secret ingredient.

    Slices of turkey breast with skin on overlapping each other on a white plate and garnished with fresh sage and gravy poured over the turkey slices

    Instant Pot Bone-In Turkey Breast and Gravy Give yourself more time for family and your oven more room for side dishes and pie by cooking your holiday turkey in the Instant Pot this year.

    Bacon wrapped venison roast on cutting board. slice cut. steak knife

    Bacon-Wrapped Venison Backstrap Roast Save money, avoid hormones, and eat lean protein by harvesting your own wild game.

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    Perfect Every Time Fried Green Tomatoes How to make no-fail Southern-fried green tomatoes, the quintessential Southern side dish.

    We Southerners love our greens-turnip greens. This dump and stir soup gets you in and out of the kitchen but tastes like you cooked them low and slow all day. Served in a white bowl.

    Shortcut Turnip Greens Soup | Beans and Greens

    Best Ever One-Bowl Banana Bread Stirs together in one bowl; no mixer. Super moist. Freezes well.

    breaded tilapia on blue and white plate with broccoli and lemon

    Easy Air Fryer Parmesan-Crusted Tilapia

    White bowl of chicken chili with sour cream and green onion on top. Instant Pot in background.

    Instant Pot White Bean Chicken Chili Made with frozen chicken breasts and dried beans. A "Dump and Start" recipe.

    Close up Bacon Wrapped Dove Jalapeno poppers on a white platter Thanksgiving

    Bacon-Wrapped Dove Jalapeno Poppers

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    How to Make Southern Fried Yellow Squash No messy batter

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    Best Copycat Krispy Kreme Donuts with a Shortcut I've done the research for you! These light and airy doughnuts combine the best tips for glazed yeast donuts.

    Squares of Oreo cookies and cream fudge with one on a paper liner.

    Cookies and Cream Fudge Nothing difficult about this easy shortcut fudge. No candy thermometer needed!

    Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes Roasted, then candied! A new twist on candied "yams" for your Holiday dinner.

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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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    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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