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Prune corn bread with chopped cooked prunes folded into a classic cornmeal batter. The prunes add natural sweetness and moisture for a tender, slightly fruity cornbread.

Pecan chess pie crosses Southern chess pie with classic pecan pie: a custardy cornmeal-laced filling studded with toasted pecans baked into a flaky crust. Less sticky than corn syrup-style pecan pies.

Here I adapted an 18th century English spice cake recipe which also makes nice cupcakes.

Easy baked beans using canned plus adding significant extra flavor.

Discover this easy Cherries and Cream Tiara Cake recipe using cake mix and whipped topping for quick cherry desserts; perfect beginner-friendly no-fuss cake with cherry pie filling, ideal for potlucks or simple summer treats like "easy tiara cake recipes with fruit" or "quick cream-filled cake ideas for beginners."

Pepper salad is a blender coleslaw with cabbage, carrot, and chili peppers pulse-chopped with water, drained, and dressed with mayonnaise. A quick, diabetic-friendly, 10-minute side dish.

Moist buttermilk cornbread studded with fresh blueberries, made with both cornmeal and masa flour for extra corn flavor and a tender crumb. Just 8 minutes of prep and 20 minutes in the oven for a kid-friendly side or snack.

Corn muffins are great for breakfast, they are tasty, healthy and nutritious. It is so easy to make your own corn muffin mix, then store it into an air-tight container, whenever you feel like some corn muffins, there they are!

Chicken breasts simmered in a velvety roasted bell pepper cream sauce, served over rice with sliced avocado and a swirl of sour cream. Rich, colorful, and worth every minute.

Crunchy Italian-style biscotti made with coarse yellow cornmeal, toasted almonds, anise liqueur, and aniseed. Twice-baked for that signature snap, built for dunking in espresso or Vin Santo.

This easy strawberry poke cake gets its fizzy twist from strawberry soda and jello soaked into tender cake, topped with a creamy vanilla pudding whipped frosting. A crowd-pleasing potluck favorite!

Giant sunflower-shaped cookie with heart-shaped petals around the edge, frosted center sprinkled with chocolate chips and sunflower seeds. A showstopping party dessert you slice into wedges.

Calico salad is a colorful three-bean salad with kidney beans, green beans, and wax beans in a sweet vinegar dressing with chopped green pepper and onion.

Black bottom cupcakes drop a sweet cream cheese filling studded with chocolate chips into chocolate cake mix batter, baking into a self-frosting cupcake. Travel-friendly picnic dessert with no icing to melt.

Fried dill pickles get a Southern roadhouse treatment with a double-dredge in yellow-tinted milk and seasoned flour, then a hot-oil dunk that delivers shatter-crisp coating and a tangy, briny pop in every bite.

Sauteed plantains pan-fry ripe yellow plantains in canola oil until golden and caramelized. Three ingredients, ten minutes, the simplest Caribbean side.