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Title:

Sweetness : Southern recipes to celebrate the warmth, the love, and the blessings of a full life / Christy Jordan.

Author:

Jordan, Christy, author.

ISBN:

9780761189428

Personal Author:

Jordan, Christy, author.

Physical Description:

294 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Content Type:

text

Media Type (RDA):

unmediated

Carrier Type:

volume

General Note:

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited".

Contents:

From the cookie jar -- Deeply delicious brownies and bars -- Poke cakes, pound cakes, layer cakes, and love -- Homemade pies made easy -- Cobblers, puddings, and sweet rolls -- Quick breads, muffins, and breakfast (or anytime) treat -- Fruit salads -- Candies and sweet snacks -- Sweet sippins' -- Cookie crumb crust.

Abstract:

"What is sweetness? It's life: Memories made in our parents' and grandparents' kitchens. Welcoming guests with an open heart. And it's food: Passing slices of old-fashioned Peach Buttermilk Pie around the table. Greeting kids after school with Chocolate Chip Dream Bars. Laughing together over glasses of cold Sweet Tea on the front porch. Christy Jordan is the doyenne of Southern cooking for a new generation. Talk about soul-satisfying: Love at First Bite Brown Sugar Bars. Icebox Oatmeal Cookies. Gooey Cherry Bars. Mama Reed's Jam Cake. Chocolate Chess Pie. Plus decadent ice cream toppings, refreshing fruit salads, candies (including three kinds of fudge!), spiced nuts, floats, punches, and more. Life is sweet--cultivate it, savor it, share it, celebrate it.

Subject Term:

Cooking, American -- Southern style.

Desserts.

Genre:

Cookbooks.

Format:

Books

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Summary

With her signature Southern charm and down-to-earth wisdom and wit, Christy Jordan offers more than 195 recipes for delectable, homespun sweets--not only desserts (though there are plenty of those), but also muffins and quick breads; frozen treats; decadent sauces, including rich and gooey ice cream toppings; sweet snacks like Sugar-and-Spice Pecans and Caramel Corn; fruit salads; simple candies and three kinds of fudge; even drinks--think virgin punches, egg creams, smoothies, shakes, and of course, sweet tea. All served up with sweet memories and ruminations on sweetness (wherein sweetness is often synonymous with joy) that inspire us to recognize it, savor it, cultivate it, and celebrate it.

Author Notes

Christy Jordan is the publisher of SouthernPlate.com, a contributing editor to Taste of the South magazine, former editor-at-large at Southern Living , and a judge on the Game Show Network's Beat the Chefs . She's appeared on TODAY , Paula Deen , QVC, and a host of other media outlets. She lives with her family in Huntsville, Alabama.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

This slim collection of 197 Southern recipes relies on good old fashioned white sugar, butter, and eggs. Classic cheesecake made easy; coconut cake with "No-Fail Seven-Minute Frosting"; Coca-Cola pie, and the Southern classic hummingbird cake are just a few of the easy-to-bake sweets Jordan includes. Mix-in-pan pie crust, a recipe for homemade strawberry candy, and a box titled "A Recipe to Cure the Grumpies" will help even the most cynical baker warm to the straightforward, genuine tone and touching sentiment that permeate this title. Family memories, including recollections of Jordan's grandmothers, are interspersed in sidebars, head notes, and vintage photos. Write-ups such as "The Secret to Uncloudy Tea" may inspire even those residing in a chilly climate to feel like sipping sweet tea on the porch on a sweltering afternoon could be just around the corner. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

The difference between an ordinary life and an extraordinary life is finding extraordinary things in an ordinary life. This is just one of the many gems sprinkled throughout the latest collection of recipes from the creator of SouthernPlate.com. Jordan, also a contributing editor to Taste of the South, delivers the sweetness in both recipes and life musings. From the dedication page on, Jordan pays sweet homage to those who came before her. With recipes ranging from cookies to brownies, pies, and candies (and much more), any baker would be hard pressed to find a recipe that doesn't satisfy the sweet tooth. Recipes include classics, such as Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies and Classic Cheesecake Made Easy, but there are also fun new recipes, such as Katy's Birthday Cookie Bars and Cappuccino Cake. There are also recipes to wash everything down with, such as fresh strawberry-ade and that southern staple, sweet tea. Like a warm hug from Grandma, the recipes here will bring comfort and joy, making it the perfect addition to any baker's bookshelf.--Wathen, LynnDee Copyright 2016 Booklist

Library Journal Review

This colorful cookbook by Jordan (Come Home to Supper) will appeal to readers who have a modest budget but still want to treat their family and friends to homemade desserts. Within chapters for cookies, cakes, pies, confections, and many other sweets are recipes for chocolate chocolate chip cookies (made with Bisquick baking mix to save time), frozen turtle pie, pineapple fritters, and coconut cake with no-fail, seven-minute frosting. Compared to similar titles, this work relies heavily on store-bought products such as baking, gelatin, and pudding mixes, whipped toppings, and jarred condiments. While this might please busy bakers, home cooks who favor a completely from-scratch approach will be disappointed. VERDICT Filled with family stories and cheerful advice, this cookbook is a reasonably priced volume of easy-to-make sweets. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.