Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen:  By Francine Bryson, Foreword by Jeff Foxworthy

Francine Bryson has brought down home baking to a new level in her recent book Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen.
The book is divided up into 8 chapters.
The first chapter involves everything pies, from her nana's Lard Crust to her granny's Butter Crust recipes you feel as though you are in the kitchen cooking with them. The most decadent pies you can imagine, including Peaches and Cream and a White Chocolate Banana, 8 pie crusts along with 18 recipes for pies.

The second chapter brings you to Cookie and Bar baking, 17 recipes from Best Ever Chocolate chip cookies to Classic Southern Lemon Bars. Francine Bryson brings the ole south baking recipes to life here and adds her personal touches to add a little more magical touch to them.

In chapter 3 she brings us to the world of  Cakes like Granny Made, 15 recipes that seem to top each other. It takes you bake to the good ole cakes, the ones you wish you had your grandma's recipes that was lost over the years, and she had found it for you. Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Sauce, Old Fashioned Carrot Cake and Classic Pineapple Cake to name a few.

Chapter 4 brings you into the world of Cheesecakes, personally my downfall, can't resist a good cheesecake, but then who can. There are 12 recipes, Apple Caramel Cheesecake and key Lime Cheesecake I believe top the list here.

In chapter 5 called Sunday Go To Meeting you find a variety of recipes 15 in all, ranging from Apple Crisp to Rice Pudding, Peach Cobbler and something new Crock Pot Monkey Bread. she makes all her recipes so easy to use  with detailed explanations and hints.

OK, chapter 6 is Baked Goods to Show Off and I think it says it all in those words. Eleven wonderful recipes from Lemon Tiramisu and Upside Down Apple Pecan Pie are definitely guest impress desserts to die for.

Chapter 7 is Biscuits and Bread, really Mama's Corn Bread and Biscuits Like Nana Made bring you right into their kitchens, 15 recipes in all of comfort breads and biscuits.

Candy and Truffles are Chapter 8, containing 11 wonderful recipes from Southern Pralines to Liquored Up Fudge, you will just have to read the book to find out how that fudge got so liquored up.

All the recipes are down home good, if you are scared to cook with butter or lard, well you just never learned the flavors they impart, Francine Bryson makes you want to go out and buy pounds and pounds of each. My only regret in her cook book is that she did not include more pictures of her wonderful Baking. her stories and tips are delightful. I give this cookbook a top rating for decadence in a Down Home Redneck Way.


 "I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."