Some recipes come from family. Some recipes become family. I have always loved gooey butter cake. There is something impossible to resist about it—the buttery base, the cream cheese filling, the vanilla, and that perfect balance between cake and custard. It’s rich, sweet, unapologetically indulgent, and somehow always manages to disappear faster than expected. But…
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Sheet Pan Pecan Pie
Sheet Pan Pecan Pie When you need to feed a huge crowd, this is what you want on the dessert table. Pecan pie is loved by southerners old and young. Sheet pan desserts can be cut small into bite size pieces for parties where guests graze or like bite-sized snacks. Ingredients: For the Crust: For…
Banana Pudding
Does anyone really have to sell you on banana pudding? The classic southern dessert on potluck, barbeque, cook out tables for any celebration under the sun. I have made this a number of ways but this version is the one I use the most. It’s a little more work than instant vanilla pudding and vanilla…
Edible Decor: Crafting Crystalline Kohakutou Sweets
My witchy little heart just loves an option to bring more crystals into the house, edible or not. These are some of my favorite little candies to have on hand. I put them in a variety of jars and tuck them away in places around the house. They have a long storage life, so they…
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