Fruit
Old-Time Lemon “Cheesecake”
While the recipe contains no actual cheese, Southerners have referred to this dessert as lemon cheesecake for generations. Go figure!
Our Pear Cobbler
This cobbler is sooo good and sooo easy. It’s unbeatable topped with vanilla ice cream. You can substitute peaches or pineapple tidbits for the pears.
Fried Apple Pies
My grandmother Irene Paul taught me to make fried pies years ago. She made the pastry dough from scratch in the early days, but later in life she began to take advantage of modern conveniences. So here’s the recipe for Grandmother’s updated but old-fashioned fried pies.*