Sugar Pie and Jelly Roll: Sweets from a Southern Kitchen - Hardcover

As talented with a paintbrush as with a whisk, Robbin Gourley shares sixty-five of her classic Southern dessert recipes - from Chocolate Chess Pie to Syllabub - and over seventy-five of her enchanting watercolor illustrations. Taking us back through memories of her youth, Gourley recounts how sweets wound their way through her childhood and family: the Classic Southern Pecan Pie that her mother made with their freshly picked pecans, the Pumpkin Chiffon Pie her uncle couldn't resist, and the Sugar-Crust Pound Cake that became her father's favorite.

Just the thing to round out the meal, Sugar Pie and Jelly Roll: Sweets from the Southern Kitchen makes creating desserts as much fun as helping them disappears.

We were a pride of cousins. On occasions when we all had gathered from various corners of the South, my grandmother's house would echo with the cacophony of thirteen grandchildren. Once we took tow of Aunt Bett's babies sledding with us in the woods. We found a hill that provided the most exciting sled ride in my memory.. By dusk, exhilarated, wet, and cold, we trudged home. A warm fire and Burnt-Sugar Cake welcomed us back.