Southern Praline Cookies

Southern Praline Cookies

Three people at the last block party asked where I got these. I said my kitchen. They did not believe me. That is the correct response to these cookies. They taste like candy. They bake like a cookie. And the gap between how impressive they look and how simple they...
Southern Strawberry Shortcake

Southern Strawberry Shortcake

I have opinions about strawberry shortcake. Biscuits, not sponge. Macerated berries, not syrup. Whipped cream from a bowl, not a can. That’s all of it. If you’re using those little yellow sponge cups, I respect that you’re doing a thing, but...
Easy Southern Apple Crisp

Easy Southern Apple Crisp

My husband walks in when this is in the oven and just stands there for a minute. That smell does something to people. Brown sugar, cinnamon, butter, apples — it hits you before you even open the kitchen door and something in your brain just settles. That’s what...
Southern Peach Cobbler

Southern Peach Cobbler

Bless it, there is nothing that smells more like a Southern summer kitchen than this cobbler baking. Nothing. Not pie, not banana bread, not anything. When peach cobbler is in the oven the whole house smells like a Southern summer is supposed to smell, and my family...