Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey satisfies every sort of sweet tooth with recipes for cookies, cakes, puddings, pies, and more. Jill O’Connor offers clear, precise instruction for crafting an array of desserts—such as Sugar-Crusted Brownie Sundaes, Mountain Meadow Chocolate Fudge Cake, Gooey Caramel Butter Bars, or Bahama Mama Banana Rum Cake—as well as guidance in purchasing, storing, measuring everything you need to get started.

Cinnamon-Donut Bread Pudding . . . Double-Crumble Hot Apple Pies . . . Giant Coconut Cream Puffs . . . Here's a collection of desserts that gives more than 75 sticky, chewy, messy, gooey reasons to stock up on napkins. In addition to each sugary favorite, the author has included simple techniques and tools to help home cooks recreate each decadent treasure again and again.

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Leah Hyslop

Food writer and editor

A fried of mine bought me this at university, when I was very into baking, and so many recipes have passed into my repertoire. It's a quintessentially American baking book, stuffed with crazily indulgent treats. Mouthwatering.