Dessert Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a quiet Christmas Eve, and I was supposed to be asleep. The whole house was dark, the presents were wrapped, … Read more

The cookie swap was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day affairs — you know the ones. … Read more

My sister had sworn off strawberries for a solid decade. Honestly, it was a family legend at this point. Every summer, when the farmers’ markets … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—don’t ask—and this smell hit me before I … Read more

The neighborhood apple dumpling competition was in three days and I had completely forgotten. Every year, the block association hosted this fall bake-off where people … Read more

Mrs. Gable from the community garden watched me fumbling with a piping bag last November, my buttercream sliding off the cookie in sad, greasy streaks. … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic pecan pie. I had the corn syrup measured, the butter softening on the counter, and my grandmother’s pie … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in last year’s tax receipts, listening to Mr. Henderson describe exactly how … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of banana pancakes. I mean, that was the plan. I had three overripe bananas on the counter, a … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. I had the evaporated milk, the eggs, the whole nine yards. My daughter, Mia, was “helping” by … Read more