Welcome To My Blog

I am a very happy and blessed wife, mother, and grandmother. My love of cooking came from the love that I have for my family. It warms my heart to hear my husband or one of my children ask me to cook something for them. Not so long ago one of the ladies from my church, ask me to teach her to cook a real southern dinner of fried chicken...what an awesome honor that was! This started me to thinking that alot of newly married people would love to be able to cook a "for real" southern dinner, as well as couples that have never been introduced to the art of southern cooking.... so the blog begins. I hope everyone enjoys it and takes alot away from it. It comes from the heart, but may NOT be so heart healthy. It is Just Good Ole Fashion Southern Cooking!!!!







Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Island Honeymoon Bars

I saw this on one of my favorite recipe sites and wanted to share with all of you:

Ingredients

1 3/4 c whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
3/4 c natural peanut butter
1/4 c crushed pineapple, juices drained
2 Tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 large egg
1 1/4 c white chocolate
1/2 c sweetened flaked coconut

Directions
1In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
2In a large mixing bowl, cream together sugars, peanut butter, pineapple, buttery spread and vanilla. Beat in the egg. Gradually stir in the flour mixture until completely combined. Fold in 1 C of the white chocolate chips, saving remaining 1/4 C.
3With dampened hands, press the dough into a greased 9 x 13" baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining white chocolate chips and press them down lightly.
4Bake bars in a 350 degree oven for 22-25 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
5Put baking rack on the middle level. Turn oven to broil. Sprinkle coconut on top of the bars. Broil for 30-60 seconds, until coconut begins to brown. Be careful not to burn coconut!
6Allow pan to cool completely

Friday, June 22, 2012

Blueberry Delight

1 cup self rising flour
1 cup pecans chopped
1 stick butter
1 pkg. cream cheese softened
 1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup blueberries
2 cups cool whip

1st layer: Mix together 1st 3 ingredients. Spread in the bottom of a 9x13 glass baking dish. Bake a 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
2nd Layer: While crust is baking, mix together cream cheese and powdered sugar and when the crust is cool spread mixture on the top.
3rd Layer: Spread blueberries evenly over the top of cream cheese mixture and then spread cool whip on top..Sprinkle lightly with any extra pecan dust.