Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, a retired pastry chef named Eleanor, watched me struggling with a batch of sticky, overly sweet cranberry bars one December afternoon. She didn’t … Read more

My grandmother had refused to eat pumpkin pie for forty-seven years. Forty-seven years. She’d wave her hand at Thanksgiving like she was shooing away a … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in early November, and I was supposed to be meal-prepping for the rest of the week. But … Read more

The office holiday potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d known it was coming for weeks, but somehow between work … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those perfectly layered seven-layer bars or those French … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last December, staring at the price of baking chocolate like it had personally offended … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last November, staring at a jar of ground ginger, when the smell hit … Read more

I swore I hated the whole “fruit in dessert” thing for years. Like, years. A solid decade of turning up my nose at anything that … Read more

My friend Jenna had refused to touch a Thanksgiving dessert for over a decade. Ten years. She’d push the pumpkin pie around her plate, claim … Read more

This was supposed to be a fancy Thanksgiving centerpiece cake. I had it all planned out—a layered pumpkin spice cake with a cream cheese frosting … Read more