The following excerpt is taken from The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories by David DiBenedetto and the editors of Garden & Gun. The new cookbook, which goes on sale October 27, is by ...

Place dried apples in a saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash apples. Stir in brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons ...

Is an Appalachian wedding really a wedding without an apple stack cake? The region is known for its desserts. Take Dolly Parton's apple pie for instance. The Southern staple is steeped in history, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These dessert recipes are the apple of Grandma's eye. When Grandma has apples in her kitchen during the fall, we bet she's going ...

Melanie Hyams of Knoxville, Tenn., said her grandmother, the late Janette Elizabeth Hatmaker, was well-known for her apple stack cake recipe. The cake became very popular with her customers at H&H ...

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's time to set aside any caloric anxiety, don the stretchy pants, and begin planning for the Christmas meal. Here's a hint. Apple Stack Cake should be on the menu.

Fred Sauceman’s wife, Jill, is the only grandchild in her family who makes her late grandmother’s dried apple stack cake. The recipe for the cake is well over 100 years old. The cake calls for no ...

Both the folklore and history behind Appalachian stack cakes have always been a little romantic to me. The traditional dessert looks like a sky-high pile of thick pancakes spread with even thicker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Ruth Blackburn, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely Fall is one of our favorite seasons. Apart from the ...

Dessert: The easiest cakes are always the best ! Especially when you use seasonal fruits ! Here is our apple cake recipe .

Place dried apples in a saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash apples. Stir in brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons ...

This is probably the most “mountain” of cakes. The story goes that James Harrod, one of Kentucky’s early pioneers and the founder of Harrodsburg, brought the stack cake recipe when he came to the ...