Sweets

Food & Drink
Cast-Iron Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Yes, your cast-iron skillet is also a great baking sheet—just smaller, and with sides. So why not bake a giant cookie in it?

Food & Drink
Nutter Butter Pie
Cookie nostalgia flavors a South Carolina barbecue joint’s fan-favorite dessert

Anatomy of a Classic
Sweet Potato Bis-cakes
Taking inspiration from her culinary heritage, Erika Council makes pancakes worth flipping for

Recipes
Sweet Potato Candy
A simple and sweet Southern treat

Food & Drink
Jack-and-Coke Sheet Cake
A decadent but easy-to-make dessert combines two Southern classics

Anatomy of a Classic
Vivian Howard’s Apple and Country Ham Hand Pies
The Kinston, North Carolina chef puts a porky spin on a beloved treat

Food & Drink
Bourbon Salted Caramel Cheesecake with Pralines
A truly decadent dessert from Charleston’s WildFlour Pastry

Food & Drink
Homemade Oatmeal Creme Pies
A new recipe for an old-school Southern treat

Recipe
Corn Pots de Crème
A sweet finish for any summer supper

Food & Drink
Peach Ice Cream
A tasty hallmark of summer in the South

Food & Drink
Bill Smith’s Honeysuckle Sorbet
A taste of summer from Chapel Hill mainstay Crook’s Corner

Food & Drink
Pecan-Praline Rolls
Sugary, nut-studded rolls with European influences and Texas roots

Food & Drink
Rosettes: Funnel Cakes’ Swiss Cousins
A sweet West Virginia tradition

Food & Drink
Swan House Peach Ice Cream
Swan House’s take on the perfect summer treat

Anatomy of a Classic
Strawberries and Dumplings
Strawberries come early in Louisiana, and New Orleans pastry chef Kelly Fields makes the most of the fruit in their one-skillet dessert

Food & Drink
Pineapple Upside-Down Cornmeal Cake
A cornmeal twist on everyone’s favorite down-home dessert

Food & Drink
Three Spice Carrot Cake
Atlanta chef Asha Gomez shares her mother’s favorite carrot cake recipe

Anatomy of a Classic
Sweet Corn Frozen Custard
A Tennessee chef transforms classic Southern creamed corn into a sweet but not too sweet summer dessert

Food & Drink
Peaches and Cream Hand Pies
The portable sweet treat

Food & Drink
Blackberry and Peach Cobbler
The crowd-pleaser dessert