5 battered southern Recipes

butter or margarine, softened, granulated sugar, light brown sugar , firmly packed, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, milk, vanilla extract, grease and flour three nine-inch round cake pans and preheat oven to 350of. cream the butter or margarine with both granulated sugar and light brown sugar until very light and fluffy, then add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. sift the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt and add to the batter alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the dry mixture. stir in the vanilla extract. divide batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake in the center of the preheated oven for twenty-five to thirty minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of the layers comes out clean. cool layers in their pans over a rack for ten minutes, then loosen and turn out layers directly onto racks for cooling. cool layers thoroughly before icing (recipe follows). recipe yields a nine-inch, three-layer cake.

southern style beer batter onion rings, all-purpose flour, salt, ground pepper, sweet onions, sliced (i use from vidalia, ga., vegetable oil, egg yolks, beer, mix together the flour , salt, pepper, oil and egg yolks., gradually whisk in the beer ., refrigerate the batter 3 to 4 hours before using., onions into rings; separate rings and dip in the batter., deep-fry in batches in 370o oil until golden brown .

favorite whiskey, extra virgin olive oil, worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke, soy sauce, rosemary , to taste, oregano , to taste, onion powder , to taste, garlic powder , to taste, chicken (any type of skin, skinless, bone in or bone out), all-purpose flour (separated ), fine salt (table salt will do), favorite beer, water, eggs, peanut oil

flour, salt, fresh ground pepper, non-dairy coffee creamer or 2/3 cup milk, beaten eggs, eggplant, vegetable oil, for frying