Dessert Recipes

Last October, I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store, trying to decide between milk chocolate chips and dark chocolate. My … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a very specific cookie craving. You know that feeling when only a thick, soft, … Read more

I had a long-standing rule about banana bread. If there wasn’t a mixer involved, I wasn’t interested. I mean, I’d burned through two hand mixers … Read more

Introduction It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I was absolutely craving the smell of a fall festival. You know that … Read more

Last October, my neighbor Carla watched me fumbling with a pastry bag on my front porch, trying to pipe frosting onto cookies that were clearly … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had claimed for years that he “didn’t do dessert.” A bold statement from a man who would sneak spoonfuls of my brown … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday—a truly thrilling activity, I know—when the smell of scorched butter drifted through the heating vent from the apartment downstairs. … Read more

I was standing in line at my local hardware store—of all places—waiting to return a paint sprayer that I’d clearly used wrong, when the woman … Read more

My mother-in-law swore she hated cake. For thirty-seven years, she’d turn down birthday slices, push away wedding dessert plates, and make that little face people … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just use whole wheat flour and honey in birthday cupcakes. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. … Read more