Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a proper, from-scratch s’mores pie for my daughter’s birthday party. I had this whole vision in my head—a graham cracker … Read more

My sister called me a hypocrite last October. There I was, standing in her kitchen with flour dusted across my favorite sweater, telling her I … Read more

Hand me that can of pumpkin puree, my neighbor said, wiping her hands on her apron. It was a Tuesday afternoon in early October, and … Read more

I wasn’t planning on staying long. I’d just swung by my sister-in-law’s place to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed, and maybe steal a … Read more

The church bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My grandmother, bless her heart, had signed me up to bring “something special” … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and a very specific Halloween craving hit. Not for candy corn or those peanut butter … Read more

My nephew asked me last week why I couldn’t just dip pretzel rods in white chocolate and call it a day. He was eight, and … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the craft store—not for baking supplies, but for glitter and googly eyes for a last-minute school project. … Read more

This was supposed to be a full-sized apple crisp for a dinner party I was hosting last fall. I had the apples peeled, the oats … Read more

My neighbor, a retired pastry chef named Gloria, watched me wrestle with a bag of flour on my kitchen counter last October. I was trying … Read more