Welcome to The Southern Lady Cooks! I hope you will come by often to see what I am cooking up in my southern kitchen. I have been cooking for family and friends for many years. I like down home recipes from scratch. Many of which I will post on here for you to try. Some of these recipes have been in my family for years, some are new, and some I have perfected over the years by adding my personal touch. I learned to cook from two of the best cooks in the South, my mother and my mother-in-law. Read about that here.
Please feel free to contact me if you have a question about one of my recipes. We southern folks love company, love to eat, and love the South. So drop by anytime. I always have something sweet and a cup of coffee or a tall glass of sweet tea for my friends. Sit a spell and enjoy my southern country cooking.
Here’s a little poem I wrote that kind of describes this Southern Lady and my southern life.
WHERE I AM FROM
I am from tobacco fields and strawberry patches, fried chicken for Sunday dinner and sweet tea.
I am from frame farm houses, weeping willow trees, and juicy, red grapes on the vine.
I am from the lilac tree and peony bush whose early morning fragrances float through open windows along with the bright sunlight.
I am from picnics on the Fourth of July, family reunions, hardworking men and frugal women.
I am from ghost stories, games of red rover, hopscotch, marbles, and roller skates.
I am from ice cream and chicken noodle soup for colds and a doctor that came to the house.
I am from Methodists, Baptists, Pentecostalism, Catholics, and worshiping God by being spiritual within and loving life and being kind to others.
I am from the Bluegrass State of Kentucky with goldenrod and redbud lined back roads, coal mines and racehorses, biscuits and gravy and country ham.
I am from a grandfather I never knew with a handlebar mustache, a grandmother with long braided hair worn pinned into a bun on the back of her head, a homebody mother, and a father that gave me my love of nature.
I am from fragments of people, hardships, love and experience. I can not ask to be from more.
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You are the best cook EVER! I love your blog!! Keep up the great work!
has the snow got to you yet? It was on our news this morning here in the UK, hope you are all OK
Dear Southern-Lady,
So happy I stumbled on to your BLOG. I LOVE southern cooking and one of my greatest joys in life is to see people I love with smiles of satisfaction on their faces as they enjoy a feast I have created.
We raised and homeshooled 3 girls, all who are grown now. We have 2 grandbabies.
Due to recent progression in my spinal cord disease, I’ve not been able to do as much cooking as I always have. But my husband and I are working on redesigning my kitchen for better accessibility from my wheelchair.
My prognosis is not good, Dr.’s are not too promising. But I pray I can live long enough to move back down south and find my last country home on this planet.
I also have a christian ministry in which I share my story thru singing and speaking from the heart, and I’m a christian writer.
So nice to have had your “fingerprint” left on my life.
Denice
P.S.
Love your picture!
What a BEAUTIFUL southern Lady, in the true sense of the word.
You are now one of MY role models! haha
Love, in the Lord
Denice Whitaker
Hi Denice, Thank you so much for all your kind comments here. I am so glad you liked what you saw and will enjoy making some of my recipes. We Southerners are always glad to meet another person from the South! I am looking forward to coming by your place in the near future for a visit. I always say cooking is the best therapy for anything that is bothering you! Good luck to you and your family. I am sure you are a wonderful writer and minister. Love and hugs, The Southern Lady
Love your site and love your recipes – they remind me of my Mother’s cooking. Thank you for that.
Hi Dee, Thank you so much. I am so glad you like my recipes and my site. Most of my cooking skills come from my own mother and my mother-in-law. They were both wonderful cooks. My mother was a country cook and my mother-in-law was Southern all the way. The two of them taught me so much. If I remind you of your mother in any way, this blog is well worth my time. Thanks again and come back soon. The Southern Lady
And you forgot to say, you are gorgeous inside and out! Judy I would love to here your accent. Next you need to do videos, lol!
Thank you for sharing these recipies and memories with us.
My Grandchildren are coming over this weekend, and I cant tell you how much I’m looking forward to it.
Thank you Aaron for visiting my place. Grandchildren are wonderful little people. Come back anytime!
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I cannot print your recipes, what am I doing wrong? Thanks Diane
Thanks for writing down all these recipes. I wish my grandmother had known what a blog was or at least written down some of her recipes too
to funny, I am from every single thing you wrote that you are from. I spent the happiest years of my life in Pineville and then Sloans Valley KY. thanks fro stopping by my blog today. to see my KY story go to my blog and on side bar labels, click on Appalachian Mountan Preacher
Hi Sandra, It’s nice to meet a fellow Kentuckian! I have lost the link to your blog and clicking on your name by your comment here does not take me there. If you read this, leave me your blog address and thanks for coming by.
Hi! I have a question that maybe you can answer for me. I have been looking through recipes for Christmas goodies and found a tasty-looking one for Chocolate Truffles. Only thing is, it calls for Chocolate Liqueur. What exactly is a Liqueur and where would I go to purchase it? Does it contain alcohol? Is there a substitution for it? Thanks for any information you can offer!!
Liqueur is usually a fruit flavored alcohol. Also, I think Brandy is a liqueur. You would buy it in a liquor store. Most of the time you would substitute an extract in a recipe. If a recipe called for an almond flavored liqueur your could use an almond extract instead. I guess you could just substitute chocolate in your recipe. I would think that Chocolate Liqueur would be chocolate flavored liquor or some kind. I hope this helps and if anyone else has any info on this, please post it.
I’m Happy to tell you that you won the pendant of your choice for stopping by… I will need your address and the pendant you’d like. I think you said the initial one so let me know the initial you’d like.
If you could send it to- thependantstudio@gmail.com.
Your receipes look SO delicious!!!
Hello Judy,
My name is Karen and I am contributor to a Wiki project called MyCityCuisine.org. The project’s goal is to help travelers discover local foods from all over the world, raise cultural awareness and preserve traditions in a world that’s constantly changing. To get an understanding of what exactly this is, please take a look at: http://www.mycitycuisine.org/index.php/Main_Page
I came across your blog and was wondering if you would consider posting an announcement that MyCityCuisine is currently looking for contributors. As your blog is food related, I am sure some of your readers might be interested in contributing to this project and making this resource available to all of us, as unique and diverse as possible.
Anything you can do to help this project, will be greatly appreciated!
Hey Judy! I just found your blog, and I LOVE IT! I found it through PICTURE PERFECT COOKING another one of my favorite blogs. I noticed you are from Kentucky too…..no wonder we have the same taste in good down home country cookn’! So glad I found you, and can’t wait to see what you cook up next! :0)
I just found your blog and love it!!! I’m a Kentucky gal, too and I love Southern, country cookin! It’s what I grew up on and the food I first learned to cook and bake. What an inviting blog you have here…I’ll be back!
I’d love for you to visit me at The Cozy Little Kitchen.
Leslie
I have a question for you! What meal would a Southern Lady prepare for her new Minister, his wife and 3 small daughters when she invites them over to share a meal?
Paula, Great question! I think I would do a traditional Southern Sunday dinner meal of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, homemade biscuits or rolls, a couple other side dishes like green beans or maybe my corn salad recipe on the blog. A great dessert like bread pudding or my Kentucky Woodford pudding recipe on my blog. Of course, I would have plenty of “sweet” Southern tea to go with the meal. I hope this helps you.
I have found over the years that most people really enjoy good old home cooking of any kind and as long as you set a pretty table (I always use cloth napkins, a pretty tablecloth and small centerpiece of some kind.) Make the centerpiece small so you can see each other over it on the table.
I would love to know what you decide to do and how your meal turns out!
Hi Judy! I stumbled on your blog through Face Book. Being from the South myself, I had to come in and take a look
I Love your blog!!! 
Thank you so much. So glad to have you here and hope you will come back often.
I so enjoy your site and love the pop ups of great things to cook into my facebook page. Many thanks to you for doing what you do. It is so enjoyed by so many. Rachel
Thank you so much for such a great comment. I am so glad you enjoy my recipes. I could not do it without people like you.
I was wondering if you would mind if I put your recipe for Buttermilk Chocolate Bread on my blog. I would give you full credit. If that is not something you would want me to do I understand completely.
I would love it! Anytime with any recipe you like. Thanks so much. Have a great 4th.
Would you like to write up a little introduction of yourself for me to put with the recipe? You can write to katislittlecorner@gmail.com.
Hello, I think that your “about” page is one of the most charming I have read. I am so happy to have found your blog. I’m from Texas and love southern food even though I now live in New England. I will be returning to your blog on a regular basis.
Thank you so much, Karen, and welcome to the site. Thank you for commenting. Hope you will drop by often and enjoy the recipes.
I just wanted to tell you how much i LOVED your poem! It made me smile and brought a tear to my eye.
I’m a Kentucky gal too.
The smell of wild honeysuckle in the air makes me so incredibly happy. I could just sit and breath it in all day. And the peonies and lilacs…*sigh*. Life is so good.
Hearing the bob-whites, whippoorwills, and crickets is music to my ears.
I love Kentucky. And I’m happy to meet you and am looking forward to exploring your blog!
Hi Sheila and Welcome! Always happy to meet another Kentuckian. Thank you for your very kind words. I love Kentucky and think there is no place like it. Please come by often.
I would love any tips on making a really great flaky pie crust
Help!
Linda, My pie crust recipe is on the blog. I make 4 at a time when I make them. The recipe is not for a real flaky crust but we like them. Here is a link where you can find it on the blog. http://southernlady64.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/homemade-pie-crusts/
Hope this helps.
Hi Judy, I just found your site on facebook today, I am from Queensland in Australia and I love your recipes and I will surely be cooking some of them in the near future. Thanks so much for sharing them with us.
Welcome Vicki! So happy to have you and hope you enjoy the site, too. Thanks for coming by.
Hello, Miss Judy. What a delight to meet you! I discovered your blog on Blog Frog (haven’t figured out that site yet, but your’s was like coming home…) Will definitely be back — you made me feel welcome already!
Welcome Kimby, So happy to have you here and hope you will make yourself at home and enjoy my recipes. Please stop by often.
Hie Judy, the header photo looks exquisitely yummy… !
G’mornin Judy, I just love your blog and your facebook page“…just shared your pan yeast rolls ~ I’ve gotta try ‘em …yummm
Thank you so much Brenda for being such a great fan of my site and thank you for sharing. I hope you enjoy the yeast rolls. I make them every year for Christmas and Thanksgiving and several times in between. My family loves these rolls and I have been making them for at least 40 years. Thanks so much for coming by.
nice to find a good southern cook on line….there is no better cooking…
I’m not the greatest cook, but I bet i’ll be better now that I’ve found your site….happy sunday in the bluegrass………..
Thank you Pam and welcome to this site. I love just good old country Southern cooking. So happy to have you here. Hope you will visit often. Have a good week.
You “shore toad” that right girl…all of it, beautiful poem, and such a blessing you are.
Oh, did you happen to read my poem: September Fall? I think you can relate a lot more than many of my other blogger friends, as most of them for whatever reason seem to be from across the big pond.
Bless You
paul
http://sonsothunder.wordpress.com/poems/
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve done some major experimenting with bear (my husband shot one with his bow a couple weeks ago) and I am happy to report that you can use it just like beef. I’ve made burgers, meatloaf, fajitas (your chicken fajitas recipe), stew…all of it tasted like beef. Only thing is that you have to cook it all the way through- kinda like pork. Just though you’d want to know!
Thanks so much Jessica. I am always interested in finding out new food stuff. I find this very interesting. Sounds good to me, too.
I came across your site this morning…..via another FB buddy….Thank you, Donna! I’m a Judy also…..and come from a long line of wonderful cooks…..and the small farming communities here in California. Mom’s mother grew up in Arkansas….never met her…..but my mom put the Southern flair into her cooking….Yes, chicken dinner Sunday was a constant growing up! Thank you for this site….and I look forward to reading and cooking with you!!! <3 Judy
Hi Judy! It is always nice to meet another Judy! So happy to have you on my site and hope you enjoy the recipes and will visit often. Please suggest to your friends as well. The only reward I get is seeing my site grow and knowing people enjoy the recipes. Thank you for being here and have a great week ahead.
Thank you! I will share…and hope you have a wonderful week too!
HI Judy,
Being a southern cook, I thought maybe you could help me with a recipe. My former mother-in-law used to make the best butterscotch piies I have EVER eaten. But she never cooked with a recipe so I can’t recreate it. I know she had to have fresh butter from a farm and whole milk before all the butter fat was skimmed off. She also used some baking powder mixed up with a bit of water I think. I think she also used white sugar. When finished and ready to eat you could taste little bits of goodness that kind of reminded me of toffee bits. Some of these items are a bit sketchy since this was more than 40 years ago. This pie was pure heaven. Do you have anything similar or know how it might have been made? Thanks for whatever help you can provide.
Jayne
Sorry, I don’t have a recipe that is like what your are describing. Sounds great, too. I will look through some of my old cookbooks and see if I can find anything like it though.
Hi Jayne,
This recipe is pretty close to how my Nana used to make it:
1/2 cup(s) unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup(s) light brown sugar
1/4 cup(s) cornstarch
3 tablespoon(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
1 1/2 cup(s) heavy cream, cold
1/2 cup(s) milk
4 egg yolks
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 Baked Pie Shell
1 teaspoon(s) honey
2 tablespoon(s) confectioners’ sugar
Make the filling. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat until it begins to brown. Stir in the brown sugar. Add 1 1/2 cups hot water and whisk until the mixture comes to a boil. Continue to cook for 2 more minutes, remove from heat, and set aside. Combine the cornstarch, flour, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk in 1/2 cup each of heavy cream and milk until smooth and pour into the butter mixture. Whisk continuously, over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil and thickens — about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Lightly beat the egg yolks together in a medium bowl. Stream in 1/2 cup of the hot mixture while whisking the egg yolks. Whisk the egg mixture with the milk mixture in the saucepan over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat, strain through a fine sieve, and stir in the vanilla. Pour into the Baked Pie Shell, and chill until set.
Make the cream topping. Beat the remaining cup of heavy cream with the honey and confectioners’ sugar to stiff peaks. Spread over the cooled pie and chill until ready to serve.
Read more: Butterscotch Pie Recipe – Country Living
Good luck!
Great Jessica! Thanks so much.
Love the site! Thanks for the great recipies!!! Happy Thanksgiving from Lexington.
Thank you so much Pam! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and thanks for being here.
Hi there, Judy! Just dropping you a note to say a great BIG thank you from one Foodie Blog to another! Thanks to your recipe feature of 4 little Fergusons Hot Pizza Dip, I recieved an extra 203 guests today. THANK YOU so much! I really do appreciate it. I am new to the blogging world, and am still in the growing stages. I felt called to start a blog after praying for an entire year for a “Ministry” from home as I stay home with our children, and have been so blessed at how many other sisters in Christ I have found along the way.
Thanks again! Merry Christmas!
~Tonya from 4 little Fergusons
Blogging for Jesus: Chosen In Christ, Called to Influence
Tonya, Welcome to the blogging world. We are happy to have you here and your recipes all look just wonderful. I have enjoyed checking out your page and your blog. I am sure you will do well. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Judy
I’ve sent you a message before, telling you how much I enjoy your blog. You are the best ! I have collected alot of cookbooks over the years, but your blog is my go-to now ! Thanks so much !
Thank you so much Nancy. It warms my heart to hear such wonderful remarks as yours and I am so happy you enjoy the site. Thank you for being here. Have a great weekend, too.
Really do enjoy your web site. From one Kentucky girl living in South Carolina, I really do cook alot of southern dishes and love it. I usually check your blog to see if there is anything I haven’t tried yet and of course there is.
You are in my favorites.
Hi Edith! Thank you so much and I am so happy you enjoy this site and the recipes. Thank you for telling me so. Always happy to meet another Kentuckian, too. Hope you will stop by often.
Dear Southern Lady!!What a beautiful poem-it was so touching-it’s lovely to know and be proud of our roots and family history.I love your recipes and everything Southern.I live in Southern Italy so I’m a Southern lady,too!!!Look forward to many more pleasurable moments reading your wonderful page!!Bye for now lovely lady!!!
So glad I found this site.Im from Boyle County ! After my husband served 21 years in the USMC ,We returned home to Kentucky.We live in Stanford now ,his hometown.It is so small when you go out you always see someone you know ! Trees and bushes are blooming ! I look forward to your page
Vickie
Hi Vickie, Welcome to the site. I used to live in Boyle County, too, for many years. Happy to have you here.
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Love the poem. I am a Kentucky girl too. It has been a long time though – when I last lived in KY I was 24. My husband is retired from the Army and we’ve been living in WA for the past 21 years. I am nearing retirement myself and he and I are looking forward to returning to the South.
Hi Lib, Happy to have you here and always happy to meet another Kentuckian. Hope you enjoy the recipes.
Heya,
Just came across your blog through Facebook – a friend of mine is from the American south as well and ‘likes’ the page of your blog on Facebook.
I haven’t seen that much of your blog so far – but I’m intrigued.
Just thought I would leave you a message/comment. 
- Unna.
Thank you and welcome to the site. So happy to have you here and hope you find some recipes you like and will drop by often.
I am looking for a recipe for a COON HUNTERS CAKE. Do you happen to have one? Thanks Patty
Sorry Patty. I don’t have one.