Dessert Recipes

I’d claimed to hate marshmallows for a solid decade. Ten years of wrinkling my nose at them in hot chocolate, picking them out of trail … Read more

My neighbor, a retired pastry chef named Carol, watched me fumbling with a sticky caramel sauce on a Tuesday afternoon. I was attempting to make … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me fumbling with a bag of candy canes on my front porch last December. I was trying to crush them … Read more

I was standing in the freezer aisle of our local grocery store last December when the smell hit me. Not an actual smell, you know, … Read more

I know what you’re thinking—cookie dough that’s safe to eat by the spoonful? Yes, and it’s even better than you remember. This isn’t one of … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when it hit me—that specific, almost buttery smell of warm cookies … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for something that didn’t exist. I … Read more

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

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked past me, and I caught the faintest … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone when I stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed three weeks prior. Honestly, she … Read more