So I figured, hey, why not check out some Paula Deen cookbooks? I mean, butter y’all! Wanted simple recipes that slap. Grabbed my laptop real slow, coffee halfway cold already.
The hunt begins
Typed “paula deen cookbooks” straight into Google. Saw like ten million results – whoa. Scrolled past all the ads squinting hard. Found this forum where southern grandmas were arguing bout pie crusts. Almost closed the tab till one lady wrote: “My grandson makes her peach cobbler weekly, bless his heart.” Ding ding!
Library haul disaster
Drove to library feeling smart. Found her section but all books looked wrecked – sauce stains on every dang page! Flipped through one called “Butter Is Your Friend”. Saw recipe needing three sticks of butter just for cornbread. Noped outta there fast.
Kitchen experiments
Picked two recipes people raved about online:
- First tried her cracker chicken – basically smother chicken in mayo and cheese
- Second was sausage balls cause some dude said “they gone before Sunday sermon”
Made both yesterday. Kitchen looked like a flour bomb went off. Sausage balls stuck to the pan bad – forgot the dang nonstick spray! But y’know what? That cracker chicken? Crispy juicy magic. Kids fought over last piece. Success!
Truth bomb moment
Real talk – her books ain’t for health nuts. One dessert asked for whole box of powdered sugar! But if you want folks moaning round the dinner table? Solid gold. Still picking biscuit dough out from under my nails though.
