A simple spiral sliced ham, brushed with a brown sugar, mustard and pineapple juice glaze enhanced with optional holiday spices and baked.

Baked Spiral Sliced Ham

I have a pretty good collection of baked ham recipes here on the website, but you may have noticed that I haven't ever featured a spiral sliced ham here. Ever.

Until today.

There's a reason for that, and it's simply that I have never had a great amount of success in warming them through without it ending up dry. Until today.

I am happy to say that, as simple as this ham is, it turned out excellent!

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 4

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 4:  Oven Roasted Hen or Turkey with Buttery Pan Sauce, Old School Pineapple Glazed Baked Ham, Easy Spiced Peaches, Sausage Cornbread Dressing with Apple and Pecan, Honey Roasted Carrots, Ultra Cheesy Hash Brown Casserole, Classic Oyster Dressing, Broccoli and Cauliflower Casserole, Southern Candied Yams and Old Fashioned Apple Pie.

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 4 - What You Missed!

Last call y'all!

Let's get to it.

Here's the next round of holiday roundup summaries from Deep South Dish that have been shared across social media platforms recently. Visit any of the recipes you see above by tapping or clicking on the details below to check it out, right here on the Deep South Dish website.

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3: Bacon-Wrapped Roasted Stuffed Boneless Turkey Breast, Slow Cooker Pepper Jelly Glazed Ham, Cajun Rice Dressing, Spinach Madeleine Bake, Slow Cooker Cheesy Creamy Corn, Cajun Cabbage Au Gratin Casserole and Pumpkin Crunch Dessert with Frosting.

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 3

Time's a wastin' y'all! Seriously. I don't know where the time is going, but it's sure moving fast. In case you haven't noticed, Thanksgiving is next week!

Let's get straight to business.

Here's the next round of holiday roundup summaries from Deep South Dish that have been shared across social media platforms recently.

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 1 - What You Missed!

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 1: Everything Salad, Classic Chicken and Andouille Sausage Gumbo (Gumbo Ya-Ya), Cherry Bourbon Glazed Ham, Ultimate Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes, Corn Pudding, Bourbon Glazed Sweet Potatoes and Brown Sugar Cocoons.

Social Media Roundup HOLIDAY FAVORITES 1

Y'all. The holidays are upon us!

Course... it's way too hot here for November in the Deep South right now and I'm anxiously awaiting the return of some of those cooler temps we got a taste of recently. That sure felt nice! 

But y'all, seriously. In case you haven't noticed, Thanksgiving is early this year and Christmas roars in right behind that.

Time to begin our roundup summaries of some of the holiday recipes right here from Deep South Dish that have been shared across social media platforms recently. 

A traditional noodle pudding made with wide egg noodles in a sweetened egg custard sauce with cottage cheese and sour cream and finished with a buttery, brown sugar cornflake topping.

Sweet Noodle Pudding

I just want to first start this off by saying I am not Jewish.

I don't know a thing about traditional Jewish holiday meals or traditions.

I don't know what foods are most appropriate for certain occasions or when.

When I ran across this recipe for noodle pudding in the cookbook by Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat called Bite Me, I was fully skeptical, but I decided to give it a try,

Brown Sugar Orange Glazed Ham

A simple clove-studded baked ham, made with orange marmalade, spicy mustard and brown sugar, easy but full of flavor!

Monte's Brown Sugar Orange Glazed Ham

You may not have heard of Monte's Ham. It's been around awhile, dating back to 1995, when Monte Mathews developed it for, and it subsequently became, one of Saveur magazine's most popular recipes, earning the author a bit of fame back then.

I haven't seen much talk of it as Monte's ham these days, though to be honest, I'm thinking the origins just got lost in the shuffle, as the popularity of a ham glazed with some form of orange became more commonplace. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Monte drove that trend though.

A shortcut sweet potato casserole with the unusual addition of banana and finished with rows of marshmallows and brown sugar sweetened cornflake cereal crumbs.

Sweet Potato Banana Crunch

I am all for being about tradition when it comes to holiday meals. Keep the dishes that you know and love on the menu, because everyone will be expecting them, every, single year!

My Mama's holiday table was the same every year, with very little variation between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I miss those times so much, and while we now share our holidays with my son, our daughter-in-law and grandkids, I still find myself missing my Mama tremendously this time of year.

A mix of tender frozen and creamy corn, baked in a savory egg custard.

Corn Pudding

Corn Pudding suffers a similar identity crisis as corn casserole. What defines it is most often what you grew up with and nobody makes any of it the same way.

What some folks call corn spoon bread, others call corn casserole... and vice versa.

What some call corn casserole, yet others call corn pudding... and vice versa.

Cajun rice dressing is a rice based mixture similar to dirty rice and often served during the holidays. Some folks say omitting the livers is what sets it apart, but I like to include them along with a small roux.

Cajun Rice Dressing

This Cajun Farre Rice Dressing is essentially a dirty rice recipe, sometimes called Dirty Rice Jambalaya, that's been jazzed up a bit with a small roux for the holidays, beef stock added and baked, resulting in a more moist dish than dirty rice. It often makes an appearance both stuffed into some kind of bird or beef, or just simply as a side dish. 

I most often make this with chicken livers, or I use all of the giblets, though some folks say that rice dressing shouldn't have the livers - only dirty rice. I say do what you like! Love them? Use them. Not so fond of them? Don't use them. I happen to like them and so long as I grind them up, The Husband, aka The Cajun, who wouldn't touch liver for the life of him, gobbles it up. Hey, don't judge! All I can say is it works, because not only does he eat it, but he always goes back for more. 

A souffle'd casserole of baked grits with cheese and sausage.

Baked Garlic Cheese Grits with Sausage

I love my stovetop version of garlic cheese grits. They are a creamy, cheesy, and perfect garlicky cradle for eggs in purgatory, shrimp and grits, or grillades and grits, or as a tasty side dish, great with scrambled or fried, dirty eggs.  Last week though, we were chatting over on the Facebook page about everybody's favorite way to make a baked, casserole-style cheese grits, like this one; souffle-like and fluffy.

A classic southern cake that usually makes its appearance over the Christmas holidays.

Mama's Red Velvet Cake

This was a traditional Christmas cake around our house growing up and it is as moist as it is pretty. I can barely think of Red Velvet Cake without thinking of my Mama, and it is the Christmas season where my heart gets real heavy on missing her.

I have heard that there is a newer evolution of red velvet cake that substitutes cooking oil for the real butter used in the original cake. I can't imagine why. Why you would want the oily residue of a cooking oil versus the flavor impact and richness of butter is beyond me, though I think it probably has something to do with the mouth feel texture result, which would probably be somewhat similar to a box cake mix that so many people use. If so, then just use the box mix I say! As far as me, I don't know that I'll go messing around with something that I know is delicious and good... and works!

Traditional Southern Sweet Potato Casserole

Classic old-fashioned souffled sweet potato casserole topped with gooey marshmallows, pecan praline topping - or both!

Sweet Potato Casserole

I don't know what it is about sweet potatoes fluffed up souffle like and topped with gooey marshmallows, but we sure love this dish down here in The Deep South and it is a rare Southern table that is not graced with it on Thanksgiving or Christmas, or both.

A wonderful side dish combining seasonal butternut squash with sweet potato and a praline topping, perfect for the holidays.

Praline Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Casserole

Try adding this combination of sweet potatoes with butternut squash to your holiday menu.

We have a pretty short window of availability for any kind of winter squash in the south, and butternut barely gets a passing glance in the grocery stores here. Given that, it isn't a squash that I have experimented with much.

One thing I did find, however, was that I was not too wild about it at all in any kind of soup form, which seems one of the most common ways it is presented.

A yummy breakfast casserole that can be put together at the last minute - hash browns, cheese, sausage or ham, onion, bacon, milk, eggs, salt and pepper - what more could you want to start the day?!

Speedy Sausage and Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole

I love breakfast casseroles but I hate having to think about building them the night before ... I never think about that the night before!! And besides that, I usually wake up deciding I want a breakfast casserole - I don't usually want it the night before!

While occasionally I will construct a night before dish, this breakfast recipe is my go-to for the most part. It's got everything a good breakfast casserole should have - potatoes, cheese, sausage, bacon and eggs. And you can make it right away!

A classic pumpkin pie from Libby's, made here with a praline topping and served with a maple rum sauce.

Praline Pumpkin Pie with Maple Rum Sauce

I use Libby's Perfect Pumpkin Pie recipe as the basis of my pumpkin pie and I have for years.

After all, if it's good enough for Martha Stewart, it's good enough for me too.

Yes, it's true! That's the pumpkin pie recipe Martha recommends.

Really though, I know myself well enough to know that I am not about to roast a pumpkin and go through all that mess to make a pumpkin pie, and frankly Libby's 100% pure pumpkin product and Perfect Pumpkin Pie recipe have always provided a consistently great pumpkin pie, so why try any other?

Believe it or not, folks who comment on Facebook that they had used a recipe for anything for years and it's always perfect but "I might just try this one," I always respond - why would you? You know the old saying... if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

So as to Libby's pie, don't go messing with it, you hear?! It's absolutely perfect as it is, I promise!

I do say, however, carry your own unique signature in the way that you top it, and in the sauces you can make, like this maple rum sauce ... this is where you can make your own signature pumpkin pie!

I happen to like pumpkin pie with a praline topping, but you can omit that altogether if you like and serve it unaltered - but for a dollop of whipped cream, which, frankly, is almost required!

A buttery dough, rolled in coconut or finely ground walnuts or pecans, and finished with a thumbprint of jam, always a Christmas favorite.

Jam Thumbprints

Jam Thumbprint Cookies have long been a favorite holiday cookie. This, like most thumbprint cookie recipes, is the same standard recipe with loads of butter and dabbed with dot of jam, but I love the addition of the coconut that Ina Garten uses. Not a common addition in the typical thumbprint, but I think it makes a big difference. This cookie is a winner - give it a try! Bake these on a plain, ungreased baking sheet. Don't use a silpat or the cookie will spread too much.

Pecan Cocoon Crescents