Ah, banana pudding. The quintessential Southern dessert of summer. The elitist pudding that takes up its own shrine at the picnic table. The creamy confection that your Aunt brings tubs of to family barbecues. Banana pudding is the ultimate summer fare. It's so refreshing to dip your spoon in the banana-Nilla wafer-whipped cream concoction after… Continue reading Banana Pudding Bread
Category: Dessert
Spiced Peach Bread
The dog days of summer are here, and they're here to stay. With that comes hours of languishing pool side, huddling in a dark house to escape the heat, and sweet, sweet peaches. Peaches are probably the most fantastical thing about summer. When those fuzzy round fruits start popping up at the farmer's market and… Continue reading Spiced Peach Bread
Chocolate Banana Cake Balls
I've peeled potatoes many times in my life. In fact, when I was younger, I used to beg my mom to let me peel them. Peeling potatoes and snapping green beans were fun to me. I was weird kid, I guess. Since I've been peeling potatoes for the better part of three decades, you could call… Continue reading Chocolate Banana Cake Balls
Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
If there is one thing that I'm not good at, it's this: patience. Patience is hard, y'all. Whether it's me losing my temper at work because software is moving slowly, or burning the roof of my mouth because I just CANNOT WAIT for my pizza to cool down---I really suck at this patience thing. Patience is… Continue reading Lemon-Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
White Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Do you know how hard it is to find cookie cutters in May? It's extremely difficult. I guess most people relegate their cookie-cutter shopping to the months surrounding Christmas. It makes sense, but...what do you do when you really need a non-Santa-shaped cookie cutter in the summer? Your options are either (a) spend way too much money on an overpriced… Continue reading White Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Pineapple Cake Cookies
I'm constantly searching for the perfect weird cookie combination. Chocolate chip? Nah. Too normal. Oatmeal raisin? Get out of here with that. I've experimented with lemon and white chocolate, mint and dark chocolate, plus a whole menagerie of ingredients that are thrown into my recipe for My Man's Cookies. Everybody and their mom has a favorite chocolate chip… Continue reading Pineapple Cake Cookies
Louisville Triple Crown Pie
When I was in the fourth grade, we had to do a project about what we wanted to be when we grew up. What did I want to be? A jockey. I wanted to be a jockey. Poor fourth grade me didn't realize I had already far surpassed the height restriction (I'm 6 foot tall… Continue reading Louisville Triple Crown Pie
