Dessert Recipes

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

Introduction Our neighborhood Halloween party was in four hours, and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate things—a cauldron of bubbling green punch … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day projects—you know, the kind with … Read more

It was tucked between a vintage bookstore and a tiny florist on Exchange Street. They made this brown sugar apple cider cake that was so … Read more