A Thanksgiving Menu That Offers Southern Hospitality

With warm casseroles on the menu, you won't have much oven real estate, but that's OK: a spicy, garlicky cheese ball aims to please.

Make buttery, short biscuits just like the ones from The Carriage House in Natchez, MS.

Most Southerners would agree that vegetables need some butter, cheese, and/or bacon to make them palatable. This squash casserole combines the veggie with eggs, cheese, and a crunchy breadcrumb topping.

Can't bring yourself to serve cranberry gel out of a can? Try an easy, from-scratch orange-tinged cranberry sauce.

Reinvent collard greens, a Southern favorite, with a generous splash of cream and a breadcrumb topping.

Not quite casserole, not quite custard, sweet potato pone has the consistency of bread pudding.

Vegetable shortening adds seemingly infinite layers of flakiness to a pie crust that's filled with toothsome apples.

With its butterscotch flavor, whiskey bundt cake won't last long at the table.