Dessert Recipes

My youngest swore she hated sugar cookies for three solid years. Three years. Every birthday party, every bake sale, every holiday gathering—she’d politely pass on … Read more

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving last year, my ten-year-old nephew Leo asked why I couldn’t just bake the whole batch of cookie dough in one pan … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I was standing in front of my pantry with the kind of craving that … Read more

My niece Maya asked why I couldn’t just use a fork to make the turkey feathers on the cookies. I started to explain why that … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple batch of cream cheese brownies for a potluck at my neighbor’s place. I had the butter melting, the … Read more

I was in the middle of wrestling a very stuck zipper on my daughter’s winter coat—muttering under my breath, honestly—when my neighbor, Mr. Henderson, called … Read more

This was supposed to be a sophisticated dark chocolate and sea salt bark for a Halloween party. I had the fancy cocoa powder out, the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on Grand Avenue that made the most incredible salted caramel … Read more

This was supposed to be banana bread. I had three overripe bananas on the counter, a half-empty bag of flour, and a toddler who was … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a serious craving for something sweet and crunchy. I didn’t have the … Read more