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    Thanksgiving

    This is your spot for easy Thanksgiving recipes with Southern flavors made with a shortcut in every one! You'll find air fryer and Instant Pot recipes mixed in with traditional cooking methods. Make the meal feel special without all the stress.

    • 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
    • Pecan upside down cake served on a plate with a slice missing.
      Pecan Upside Down Cake
    • 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
    • vidalia onion cornbread wedge on blue plate with cornbread in background on wooden cutting board
      Vidalia Onion Cornbread with Caramelized Onion Fans
    • 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
    • glass bowl of fried okra
      Oven Fried Okra (with Air Fryer Option)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • shepherds pie in a cast iron skillet with serving scooped out
      Easy Shepherds Pie (Made with Leftovers)
    • Roasted whole chicken by an air fryer.
      Air Fryer Whole Chicken Recipe
    • Air fryer turkey breast roast on wood platter with fresh rosemary and sage.
      Air Fryer Turkey Breast with Gravy
    • Square white bowl of black eyed peas with torn corn bread in background.
      Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
    • Two ingredient biscuits on white plate with strawberry and honey.
      2 Ingredient Biscuits
    • 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
    • A white plate and fork with cake mix peach cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on top.
      Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix
    • Overhead image of orange poppy seed cake with three slices shingled.
      Orange Poppy Seed Cake
    • 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
    • Two pears stuffed with cottage cheese, then garnished with shredded cheese and cherries on a plate.
      Southern Pear Salad with Fresh Pears
    • A carrot bundt cake on a wood cake pedestal.
      Carrot Bundt Cake
    • 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

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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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