Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, stuck in his office chair while he sorted through my messy tax receipts, … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of classic chocolate chip cookies. You know, the kind that are crisp around the edges and soft in … Read more

My dad had avoided pumpkin bread for almost two decades. He claimed it was too dense, too sweet, too much like eating a wet sponge … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was hit with the most specific craving for something that tasted like autumn … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in July, and I had a single, very specific craving: peach ice cream. Not just any peach … Read more

The Fourth of July barbecue was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring dessert. Everyone else would be bringing their … Read more

Hand me that mug, my neighbor said, not looking up from her garden. She was knee-deep in tomato plants, dirt smudged across her forehead, and … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on Elm Street that made the most perfect chocolate chip cookies I have ever … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself standing in a tiny kitchen in rural Vermont, staring at a cluster of bananas so brown they … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle at Target last October, staring at a bag of candy eyeballs, when this weird little memory surfaced. It … Read more