Southern Christmas Recipes

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During Christmas, Christians are involved in many activities like exchanging gifts with each other, decorating their houses and preparing special food. Who does not like to try preparing something new on every Christmas? In this article, we have given few Southern Christmas recipes to make delicious Southern Christmas dishes. With our easy to follow Southern Christmas recipes, you can prepare Southern dishes to delight your guests this Christmas.

1. Christmas Puffs Recipe: This is one of the most famous and favored Southern Christmas recipes.

• Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup sifted powdered sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • Meringue Filling
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Preparation:
  • First, cream butter with sugar until it gets fluffy
  • Beat in egg yolk and vanilla extract
  • Add salt and flour and mix it well to make stiff dough
  • Shape into small balls and then put on cookie sheets
  • Now, you need to make a well in center of every ball with tip of a wooden spoon handle
  • Cool it when making meringue filling

2. Collard Greens: This is one of the easiest Southern Christmas recipes.

• Ingredients:
  • Season Salt to Taste
  • 6-8 Bunches of Collard Greens
  • 2-3 Smoked Ham Hocks
  • Garlic Powder to Taste

• Preparation:
  • To prepare collard greens, first you need to add ham hocks to boiling pot and then fill with water
  • Cook it for 2 to 3 hours until meat is tender on medium heat
  • Add more water if needed
  • While ham hocks are cooking, you can clean and cut your greens
  • Greens must be rinsed many times in cold water for removing dirt
  • Once greens are clean, you need to stack leaves on the top of each other
  • By using a knife and cutting board, you need to roll leaves together and cut those leaves into 1 inch thick strips
  • When ham hocks are ready, you need to add garlic, season salt and greens to the pot
  • Boil it on heat for 1 to 2 hours until greens get tender
  • Stir your greens for distributing ham hock and increasing the flavor
  • You should taste your greens about halfway through and add seasoning if required

3. Christmas Bourbon Balls: The best way to make use of bourbon is to make some tasty Christmas bourbon balls. This is one of the popular Southern Christmas recipes.

• Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup bourbon powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups finely chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 3 cups finely crushed vanilla wafer crumbs

• Preparation:
  • First, you need to combine sugar, corn syrup, wafer crumbs, bourbon and cocoa nuts
  • Mix them well and shape into one inch balls
  • After this, you need to roll them in powdered sugar
  • Store them in a container with tight fitting lid