The Southern Living Cookbook: Over 1,300 of Our Best Recipes for Entrées, Side Dishes, Desserts, and More by Southern Living Editors

  • Raisin-nut party mix (page 28)

    from The Southern Living Cookbook: From the Foods Staff of Southern Living Magazine The Southern Living Cookbook by Southern Living Editors

    • Categories: Snacks; Entertaining & parties
    • Ingredients: dry-roasted peanuts; dry-roasted cashew nuts; roasted almonds; soy sauce; Worcestershire sauce; hot sauce; raisins; wheat cereal squares
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Notes about this book

  • lsmith77 on February 28, 2012

    THE best cookbook... the one my family will inherit with their favorite recipes, the dog-eared, stained pages and torn-out copies of recipes from newspapers. Includes good basic learn-to-cook information also. My all-time favorite.

  • pag60 on July 23, 2010

    I have used this many times. One of my "go to" books.

Notes about Recipes in this book

  • Grilled reuben sandwiches

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      These are great made with homemade rye bread. I used my bread machine to make that step easier. I like to put a slice of Swiss cheese against both slices of bread because, when the cheese begins to melt, it makes flipping the sandwiches easier.

  • Baking powder biscuits

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      Although this recipe supposedly yields a dozen biscuits, for me it makes only nine or ten.

  • Apple muffins

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      Average muffins. Look for a better recipe.

  • Blueberry streusel muffins

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      When this cookbook was new back in 1987, this recipe worked perfectly, but some time in the 1990’s, it became frustrating that the streusel topping kept running off the muffins during baking, causing the melted sugar to bake on the muffin tins. They were a pain to scrub! For that reason, I began baking this in a loaf pan at 350 degrees, which worked out well.

  • Banana muffins

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      My husband likes dried fruit in muffins so I usually add 3.5 ounces of chopped dried apricots or mangos to the batter, which turns out well.

  • Hawaiian banana nut bread

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      This recipe calls for two cups mashed banana but I have also used one cup banana and one cup mashed pumpkin, which was good too.

  • Blueberry pancakes

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      I tried this recipe because it says specifically that either fresh or frozen blueberries may be used. I stirred in a cup of frozen blueberries from our yard rather than the 1/2 cup suggested in the directions. I like to top pancakes with real maple syrup and full fat Greek yogurt. Delicious! The recipe includes directions for homemade syrup using maple extract. I didn’t make it but I like knowing the recipe is there if I’m ever out of the real thing.

  • Waffles

    • GiselleMarie on June 05, 2020

      This recipe does not call for sugar. It makes plain, crisp waffles that would be a good backdrop for either sweet or savory toppings.

  • Cream cheese braids

    • y_u9t98e on January 26, 2026

      These are a favorite!! So good

  • Marvellous banana cake

  • Strawberry shortcake

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      This is my go-to recipe. Occasionally I try other shortcake recipes but I always return to this one. It’s an old-fashioned, biscuity version, just the way strawberry shortcake should be.

  • Best fudge cake

    • k_3k4mkq on March 13, 2026

      This is not the recipe as in the book. There is no almond extract in the recipe.

    • k_3k4mkq on March 13, 2026

      3 eggs, 1.5 tsp vanilla, 2 1/4 c sifted cake flour, 8 oz sour cream, 1 cup boiling water, 3 squares unsweetened chocolate, 1/2 c butter, 2 1/4 c brown sugar, 2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt recipe in the book as is. 5th printing 1990 ISBN8487-0709-5

  • Angel food cake

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      This is the quintessential angel food cake.

  • Spicy beef tenderloin

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      I made this for the first time when we hosted my husband’s family on Christmas Day, 2006. I omitted the hot sauce because some of our guests don’t like spicy food, but it came out so well that this has become a Christmas tradition for us. It’s absolutely delicious!

  • Oriental flank steak

    • GiselleMarie on October 17, 2020

      I used fresh ginger and garlic instead of ground ginger and garlic powder and it came out very well.

  • Beef-stuffed peppers

    • GiselleMarie on November 12, 2020

      Every fall I make a stuffed pumpkin with an ordinary carving pumpkin, using an stuffed pepper recipe as a guide for the filling. I tried this recipe tonight because I liked the idea of including chili powder, corn, and cheddar cheese, three ingredients I have never used this way. I cleaned out a pumpkin 25” in circumference and increased the amount of filling by mixing in two cups of cold rice. To be sure it had flavor, I increased the salt to one teaspoon, the chili powder to three teaspoons, and the cheese to four ounces. After baking at 325 degrees for two hours in a baking dish just large enough to hold the pumpkin comfortably, it came out perfectly! My husband loved it too, so I think this is the way I’ll make this from now on.

  • Best-ever enchiladas

    • k_3k4mkq on March 13, 2026

      Includes ingredients for the enchilada sauce: 1 can beef consommé, 2/2 c butter, 1/2 c slap flour, 8 cloves pressed garlic, 16 oz tomato sauce,2T chili powder, 2t rubbed sage, 1 tsp gr cumin.

  • Green goddess dressing

    • LyonGegenheimer on June 07, 2020

      My book is from 1987’s book edition and recipe and ISBN:0-8487-1471-7 Fabulous dressing. I used instead of anchovy paste 1/2 can Crown Prince flat anchovies in olive oil total 2oz (so I picked off half of that and put in blender with half the oil from the tin) and omitted the 1/8 teas. salt.

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  • ISBN 10 0848714717
  • ISBN 13 9780848714710
  • Published Dec 01 1995
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 525
  • Language English
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Sunset Books
  • Imprint Sunset Books,U.S.


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