Recipes

A traditional Louisiana Mardi Gras pastry — diamond-shaped fried dough flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla, dusted generously with powdered sugar.

A home-style recipe for Cynthia’s Sugar Cookies from Dale's Recipe Book.

A bubbling deep-dish pie loaded with fresh raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries in a thickened sugar glaze, enclosed in a flaky lard crust.

A refreshing Champagne Bellini made with a homemade frozen peach-sugar syrup thinned to a juice and poured into Champagne flutes.

A rich egg noodle kugel with cottage cheese, sour cream, and vanilla custard, topped with a crunchy brown sugar-pecan-cinnamon streusel.

A Brazilian-inspired milk-and-fruit cocktail — ripe peaches blended with half-and-half and sugarcane alcohol, chilled overnight and garnished with fresh peach wedges.

Emeril's Peach Torro (Milk, Fruit, And Sugarcane Alcohol) from Emeril.

A sticky, sweet Pennsylvania Dutch-style shoofly pie with a cane syrup and brown sugar filling, layered with a buttery crumb topping, baked in two pastry shells.

Sliced cooking pears caramelized in butter and sugar, then dramatically flambéed with Pear William Brandy and spooned over pound cake ice cream sandwiches with spiced pecans.

Classic confectioner's fondant — sugar syrup cooked to soft-ball stage and worked on a marble slab until creamy and smooth, the base for many candy coatings.

A smooth, spiced apple puree with cane syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cloves — a versatile sauce for pork, poultry, or desserts.

A classic ring mold carrot cake savory side — fresh grated carrots, brown sugar, and lemon baked in a ring, filled with buttered peas and cauliflower florets.

A classic double-boiler lemon curd made with fresh lemon juice, sugar, and egg yolks, cooked until thick and silky.

Unexpected sweet-savory pineapple casserole with sharp cheddar cheese, flour-sugar mixture and a buttery Ritz cracker topping. A classic Southern side dish.

Old-fashioned skillet-fried tart apple slices with brown sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon — a classic Southern side or dessert.

Pan-fried eggplant slices dipped in a sweet egg batter, fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar for a Creole-inspired side or snack.

Fried Eggplant With Sifted Confectioners' Sugar from Emeril.

Frozen pearl onions caramelized in butter with brown sugar and Dijon mustard, finished with fresh parsley — an elegant holiday side.

A Carolina mountain recipe for Golden Maple Sugar Cookies.

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Old-fashioned grated raw sweet potato casserole with sugar, buttermilk, butter, pecans and cinnamon. Dense, moist and richly flavored — a classic Southern holiday dish.

Salt and Sugar-Cured Salmon Internationally, this might be the best known Swedish dish. Several recipies have been posted on

And Sugar-Cured Salmon Internationally, this might be the best known Swedish dish. Several recipes have been posted on