Being together in the kitchen is the best gift.

Recreate the old times with theseSouthern recipesto make with your mom.

Here are mother-daughter recipes to make thisMother’s Day.

No-Bake Lemon Icebox Pie

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It requires a little work, but it’s perfect for spending a whole afternoon with mom.

Trust us, the parmesan-buttermilk crust is worth skipping the store-bought stuff.

It’s usually served over biscuits, pork chops, or grits.

Lemon Meringue Cheesecake

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Cream cheese adds a moist fluffiness to the traditional bites.

It ensures that you turn out the most crispy, crunchy cheese straw batch.

A luscious filling and fluffy frosting make this recipe stand out.

Heirloom Tomato Pie Recipe

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Chowchow

It always comes in handy to have homemade chow-chow in the fridge.

This simple recipe gets the job done.

Pair with ourComeback Sauce.

Southern Living Tomato Gravy on biscuits

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It calls for pineapple preserves, apple jelly, dry mustard, and prepared horseradish.

see to it to pull out the cream cheese and crackers.

Beet Pickled Deviled Eggs

You’ve both made dozens of classic deviled eggs, to be sure.

Shrimp Étouffée

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Spruce up the Sunday lunch with these pickled deviled eggs that get a pretty pink makeover from beet juice.

It features two shortcut ingredientscanned peaches and yellow cake mix.

Angel Biscuits

Maybe you’ve both perfected the buttermilk biscuit or want something decidedly lower maintenance.

Southern Living Wacky Cake on blue plates to serve with glasses of milk

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That’s where mini, light, fluffy cast-iron angel biscuits come in.

Be warned: These mouthwatering pralines will fall flat if made on a very humid day.

Otherwise, go forth and get to caramelizing.

Southern Living Cream Cheese Sausage Balls in a bowl to serve

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Smoky Creamed Greens

Greens without ham is like biscuits without butterjust not fully right.

This recipe updates your typical smoky collard greens with the luscious texture of steakhouse-creamed spinach.

ensure you have extra hot sauce and cornbread for the table.

Southern Living Lemon Roast Chicken With Rainbow Carrots in roasting pan

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Consider a festive cooking night with your mother.

It has all the pineapple, nutty flavor in a lower-maintenance sheet pan package topped with dried pineapple rings.

Pineapple-Ginger Upside-Down Cake

The caramelized bottom of an upside-down cake is enough to make us swoon.

Southern Living Blueberry Banana Bread

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This recipe combines many delicious ingredients, including black-eyed peas, bacon, and a gussied-up ranch dressing.

Forget the stuffing and rolling: This recipe is much easier to prepare.

it’s possible for you to make a big batch and split it up.

How to Make Crispy Cheese Wafers

Southern Living Coconut Chiffon Cake on a platter with a serving cut out beside it

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Chowchow

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fried green tomatoes stacked

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Dr Pepper Texas Sheet Cake

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Southern Living Jezebel Sauce with some cream cheese and crackers on a plate

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Beet Pickled Deviled Eggs

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Peach Dump Cake - Southern Living

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angel biscuits

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Pecan Pralines

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Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings

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Beef Tamale Pie

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Smoky creamed greens on white plate

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Our Best Jambalaya

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Kentucky Bourbon Pie

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Southern Living Key Lime Pound Cake sliced to serve

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Country Captain Chicken

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Southern Living Hummingbird Sheet Cake

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Pineapple-Ginger Upside-Down Cake

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Southern Living Cornbread Salad in a trifle bowl ready to serve

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Stuffed cabbage soup in a dutch oven with a ladle on a table with a napkin, salt shaker, and lemon wedges.

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Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bars - Southern Living

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