Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t planning on baking anything that Thursday. I’d stopped by my neighbor Diane’s house to return her measuring cup—the one I’d borrowed three weeks … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Edna, watched me one October afternoon as I was trying to wrangle a squirming toddler, a bag of flour, … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late September, and I had a very specific craving for something crunchy, sweet, and vaguely festive. … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her measuring cups—the ones I’d borrowed three weeks prior and kept forgetting to … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple crumble. Just a quick, no-fuss dessert to use up the apples I’d picked up at the farmer’s market … Read more

The Thanksgiving potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I signed up for dessert. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s heirloom recipes—the … Read more

My niece asked why I couldn’t just use a store-bought cookie cutter for the cat shape instead of making a template from scratch. I started … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I threw a Halloween party in July. It was hot, humid, and completely ridiculous, but I had this vision of … Read more

My neighbor, a retired kindergarten teacher named Margie, watched me wrestling with a bag of marshmallows that had somehow turned into a single, rock-hard clump. … Read more

I was elbow-deep in frosting bags last October, surrounded by sprinkles and what I can only describe as a glitter explosion, when the power flickered … Read more