Southern Recipes

For spicier ribs, coat them with your favorite chile rub before wrapping in foil and baking.

This mouthwatering buttermilk biscuit recipe comes from "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook."

This classic southern cake can be over-the-top sweet. Enter coconut sugar, a sweetener from the sap of the coconut tree's flower buds. While it has no coconut flavor, it does bring a caramelized, almost savory complexity to baked goods. It's perfect in a cake that's plenty sweet (as well as moist), thanks to the fresh banana and pineapple. This recipe appears in our cookbook, "A New Way to Bake" (Clarkson Potter).

Serve this Southern-style buttermilk cornbread with Red Beans with Andouille Sausage.

Use this recipe to top our Apple Praline Tart.

Pork shoulder, a well-marbled cut available at most supermarkets, turns fork-tender after long, slow cooking. Ours is especially succulent with a spice rub and vinegar.

Don't wait until the holidays to enjoy the honeyed flavor and velvety texture of this colorful root vegetable. Serve mashed sweet potatoes as a side dish to your favorite main dish, and you'll have them perfected by the time the holidays roll around.

With its distinct look, the popular red velvet cupcake is a top contender for favorite flavor. These red velvet cupcakes are easy to whip up for your next get-together. Top them off with a cream cheese frosting that's just as tasty as the red velvet cupcake itself.

Homemade mac and cheese is often prepared with a flour-based sauce. This Southern version uses a base of eggs and half-and-half for a tasty, custardy alternative.

Here's a cornbread baked the old-fashioned way -- on top of the stove.

Buttermilk makes biscuits airy and tangy.

A mix of smoky sausage, briny shrimp, tender potatoes, and sweet corn go into this casual southern dinner known as a low-country boil. Using a multicooker optimizes this classic recipe for those extra-warm days when you want things cooked as fast as possible. Better yet, the colorful mix of ingredients can be served up on one big platter, making it a great dish to serve at a cookout or beachside gathering. 

This cornbread is baked—and served—in a cast-iron skillet, giving it a crunchy crust.

This key-lime pie can be topped with either whipped cream or meringue.

Hard-boiled eggs are paired with creamy white gravy and buttered toast in this old-school Southern dish. It's just the thing for Easter breakfast.

Collard greens are normally associated with a long, slow cooking time, but this method requires only 10 minutes of steaming. Sauteing the leaves with garlic first balances the vegetable's bitterness. Pull or cut out the thick stems, and wash the leaves well before using.

Our take on the Nashville specialty relies on spicy paprika and hot sauce for its fiery kick. Tame the heat with sweetened pickles sandwiched between thick slices of crispy toast and a simple, lightly dressed coleslaw on the side.

This Southern-style Hummingbird layer cake features a crowd-pleasing combination of banana, pineapple, and coconut. The name's origin remains something of a mystery: Some say it's because the cake is as sweet as nectar; others, that it makes you hum with happiness.

This chicken has the satisfying crust of its fried cousin, but it's baked instead, making it a healthier dinner alternative.

Adapted from Anne Quatrano's Summerland: Recipes for Celebrating With Southern Hospitality (Rizzoli).

Coconut-cream pie, a spin-off of custard-cream pie, is a traditional Southern favorite that has moved far beyond the lower regions of the country to more widespread appreciation. This recipe is Martha's version of the classic dessert.

Brining the chicken in buttermilk and seasoning overnight is the key to this moist, succulent dish.

This fluffy vanilla cake gets it name (and flavor!) from the scalded milk in the batter. Martha made this recipe on episode 705 of Martha Bakes.

White cake is layered with a fruit and nut filling and slathered with fluffy frosting in this traditional Southern dessert. Martha made this recipe on Martha Bakes episode 709.