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A picture of sweet potato pudding on a white plate topped with roasted marshmallows

Easy Sweet Potato Pudding

A bowl of ice cream with buttery crisp topping peach cobbler

The Easiest Southern Peach Cobbler (With a Texture Similar to Pie Crust Cobbler) W/Video

A bowl of crispy seasoned fried okra

Fried Okra with Lemon Garlic Mayo Sauce

This Thanksgiving, give your sweet potato pie a new look by turning them into sweet potato mini galettes. Buttery, flaky homemade pie crust with a flavorful rich sweet potato filling and fall spices! Your guests will feel so special when you give them their own personal galette as they head home.

Mini Sweet Potato Pies/Galettes

a bowl of golden brown round hush puppies

How to Make Sweet HushPuppies (Easy Hush puppies)

a serving dish with smothered chicken and bok choy

Easy Smothered Chicken With Bok Choy and Mushrooms

Collard Greens

Best Southern Collard Greens Recipe w/ Video

Sweet potato pie

Sweet Potato Pie (topped with cinnamon roll slices)

A plate of dutch oven fried chicken

Dutch Oven Fried Chicken

Benne or sesame seeds were brought to America by West African slaves. They were commonly used to enhance the flavors of foods or used as a thickening agent. African slaves believed the seeds to be good luck. Benne wafers are a staple dessert for many people in South Carolina and they are often served during Kwanzaa as well. Melt in your mouth, crisp, chewy, nutty and caramelized benne or sesame wafer/cookies are perfect for the holidays. For a more traditional type cookie, leave them plain or make them festive by drizzling them with chocolate sauce. Both ways are equally delicious.

Benne Seed Wafers/Cookies