Dessert Recipes

The church bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My grandmother’s famous pecan pie was the one everyone expected from our family—the … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of a random grocery store last October when the smell of orange extract hit me — and suddenly … Read more

There used to be a tiny French patisserie tucked between a laundromat and a dusty thrift store on Magazine Street in New Orleans that made … Read more

My friend Jenna wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday afternoon to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin loaf. I had it all planned out—a standard quick bread, something to use up the half-can of … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 49 called The Rusty Spoon that made a dessert I still dream about. When they closed … Read more

I was sorting through a box of old holiday decorations at a thrift store—the kind where everything smells faintly of cedar and someone else’s memories—when … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last October, staring at a bag of pretzel sticks, when the faint, waxy smell of candy corn … Read more

My neighbor Sarah stopped by last Tuesday afternoon, right as I was pulling out cocoa powder, sugar, and a whisk. I was about to make … Read more

I was at the community garden’s fall harvest party last October, completely out of my depth. I had offered to bring dessert—confident, maybe a little … Read more