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Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies

Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies , soft melt in your mouth chocolate goodness made with yummy Nutella and loaded with dark chocolate chips.   It is time to start thinking about getting my Christmas treat boxes ready for gift giving.  I wanted a new recipe for a chocolate cookie.

Southern Style Collard Greens {Granny's Recipe}

Southern Collard Greens ,  a delicious Southern dish served in most households all year long, especially around the holidays.   In the south, we generally cook large amounts of greens at one time, referring to them as an ole' mess of greens. My Mother's recipe for collard greens is the best.   Her recipe brings out all the secrets to the perfectly cooked greens.

15 Best Southern Pies for Thanksgiving

15 Best Southern Thanksgiving Pies  listed for your convenience in one place from gooey Toll House Chocolate Chip Pie to warm buttery Salted Caramel Apple Pie.  What is your favorite pie?  One of the classics or a new favorite... Scroll down, and  you are sure to find your favorite pie recipe for a Thanksgiving feast! Turkey often takes center stage for our Thanksgiving meal, but pies are always looming on the dessert table whistling to get our attention.  

Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Bars with Buttercream Frosting and Toffee Bits

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies,  chewy, thick, soft sugar cookie bars frosted with vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with toffee bits.  Want to know the secret to  how easy and quick they are to make? Sugar cookie bars are easy to make.  They are baked in a sheet pan or large jelly roll pan, frosted, and cut into bars.  

Salted Caramel Apple Pie

Salted Caramel Apple Pie has  three main ingredients that come together quickly, refrigerated pie crust, caramel apple pie filling, and salted caramel topping . Almost Homemade Salted Caramel Apple Pie This salted caramel apple pie comes together in 20 minutes and takes 30-40 minutes to bake.  It is easy, quick, and almost homemade. When I have the time, I love to make an apple pie from scratch, but there are days I need a quick dessert for guests coming and making an apple pie is not an option. With this apple pie, I use a few ingredients to make my life easier. I use refrigerated pie crust, canned pie filling, and a jar of store-bought salted caramel topping in the Almost Homemade Salted Caramel Pie. The pie is so easy and quick to make.  If you want even less fuss, you can simply roll out the top crust and place it on top of the apple filling, cut a slit in it, and crimp the edges, so easy. The Almost Homemade Salted Caramel Pie is absolutely scrumptious and wel...

Easiest Pumpkin Filled Cinnamon Rolls

The Easiest Pumpkin-Filled Cinnamon Rolls feature rich pumpkin puree filling rolled up in a soft dough, baked, and iced with an incredible brown butter frosting.    Pumpkin Pie Filling Sweet Rolls with Brown Butter Frosting Fall flavors are rolled up in a soft dough that only takes 30 minutes to rise, but the magic is in the pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice in the filling.  Read below to see the secret to how all this comes together. Today, I am sharing the easiest Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls you will ever make homemade. I make these cinnamon rolls with homemade dough that has stood the test of time.

Apple Pull Apart Bread

Apple Pull Apart Bread has  c hipped pieces of apple between layers of slightly sweet cinnamon dough.  Fun to make and worth all the effort. Green Apple Pull Apart Bread Using Frozen Dough Green Apple Pull Apart Bread is made using  Rhodes thaw, rise, and bake white bread dough.   One of the most rewarding and most mouthwatering breads that you can make at home for your family. By now, I think almost everyone knows about Pull Apart Bread on Pinterest.  I don't think I have opened up my Pinterest and run through my followers' pins without someone pinning a recipe for pull-apart bread in a loaf pan. I decided I needed to find out what all the fuss was about, so I made my own spin on it,  Green Apple Pull Apart Bread.   I decided to follow up with the ingredients I use in my  Apple Cinnamon Rolls .   Now I clearly see why some people say you should call the law when this happens. Ha! Ha! You haven't truly lived until you've made ...

Sheet Pan Roasted Hamburger Steak Dinner

Roasted Hamburger Steak , lean ground beef seasoned with simple seasonings roasted in a sheet pan with whole garlic bulbs, and vegetables.  The final touches bring this meal to a whole new level, melted butter; roasted garlic smeared on top--oh! my. Sheet pan dinners have become a favorite around our house lately.  We love the ease of preparation and clean up, consisting of cooking the entire meal in a sheet pan.

Simple Plum Clafoutis

Plum Clafoutis is a dessert that can be elegant or rustic, depending on how it is baked.  I decided to go the rustic route and bake mine in a cast iron skillet.  The recipe is easy---really showcasing the plums in taste and beauty. Simple can be gorgeous! Simple Baked Plum Custard The joy of this simple custard is that it is often served at room temperature and dusted with powdered sugar.  Although plums are a crowd pleaser in this French dessert, cherries are traditional. Arranging the plums on top of the custard is elegant perfection in itself, but mine seemed to move when I poured the custard over them.  Oh well, I did say I went the rustic route, didn't I?

Homemade Apple Dumplings

Homemade Apple Dumplings are made by peeling and coring apples, then filling them with a cinnamon sugar mixture. They are wrapped in a buttery, flaky pie crust and spooned with a warm syrup mixture of butter, sugar, and water.  They are perfectly cooked, and you are in heaven!   Apple Dumplings Apple dumplings evoke all the warm feelings of fall. Whenever I make these,  it never ceases to amaze me how many memories come flooding in. I always think of my dear friend, an exceptional baker and cook who shared this recipe with me many years ago.     Homemade sometimes means a time-consuming recipe.  These are well worth it, down to making the homemade crust.   On the plus side, the apple dumplings also freeze well for later baking.   This saves time when baking for holidays, when there is so much to do, getting ready for guests or family coming. The crust is my go-to pie crust recipe, which I use all the time for both savory and sweet pi...