Dessert Recipes

I was standing in line at the local hardware store last June, clutching a bag of mulch and trying to remember if I’d turned off … Read more

I used to think that making a batch of cookies required a full-blown production. You know, the kind where you’re pulling out the stand mixer, … Read more

I was standing at the checkout counter at my local hardware store—of all places—when the woman behind me, holding a single overripe banana and a … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle last October, staring at a bag of black gel food coloring, when a woman next to me sighed … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten I signed up for the dessert table. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

I was knee-deep in a pile of vintage linens at an estate sale—the kind where you have to dig through someone’s entire life, box by … Read more

I used to think pumpkin belonged exclusively in pie. Full stop, end of story. For years, I’d side-eye any recipe that tried to sneak pumpkin … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle last November, staring at a can of pumpkin puree like it held the secrets to the universe. My … Read more

There used to be a little coffee shop tucked inside a bookstore on the corner of Elm and 4th that made the most ridiculous pumpkin … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature creations—the kind that require three types … Read more