Southern Dessert Recipes

southern sweet potato pie

Best Southern Sweet Potato Pie (The Fast Way With Video) & Juneteenth Cookout Takeover

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Sweet Potato Bread w/Cream Cheese Filling Best Quick Bread Ever w/ Video

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

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Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake (One Bowl)

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

Sweet potato pie

Sweet Potato Pie (topped with cinnamon roll slices)

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