Dessert Recipes

The New Year’s Eve party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring something. Not just anything either—my sister-in-law had … Read more

My youngest, Leo, had claimed to hate pancakes for three solid years. Three years. Every Saturday morning, while his sister happily stacked her plate high … Read more

My neighbor’s kid, maybe nine years old, watched me lay out parchment paper on the counter and asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in … Read more

I was elbow-deep in flour and butter, testing a fourth batch of sugar cookies that just weren’t hitting the mark, when my neighbor Margaret knocked … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me trying to balance a wobbly baking dish on my hip while fumbling for my keys. She didn’t say anything … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of our local grocery store last November when it hit me — that specific, dusty-sweet smell of cinnamon … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat anything with peppermint for as long as I’d known him. Seven years. He claimed it tasted like toothpaste … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place to grab a lawn chair I’d lent her months ago, and the smell of … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on Elm Street that made the most incredible Halloween cookies. … Read more

My neighbor Mark asked why I couldn’t just use maple syrup instead of corn syrup in pecan pie. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more