Dessert Recipes

I was never the person with perfectly decorated Halloween cookies. Every October, I’d scroll through social media, staring at those flawlessly iced sugar cookies with … Read more

My neighbor Margaret asked me last week why I couldn’t just use maple syrup instead of brown sugar in my cheesecake bars. I started to … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle last October, staring at a bag of candy corn I had absolutely no intention of buying, when the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a thrift store on the corner of Elm and 5th that made the … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. My daughter had reminded me that morning, and I’d nodded … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and a very specific craving hit me—something warm, spiced, and sweet, but not a full-on dessert. I … Read more

I was cleaning out my aunt’s garage last fall—a dusty, thankless job involving old Christmas ornaments and mouse droppings—when a greasy, spiral-bound cookbook slid off … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just use half a can of pumpkin instead of making a whole batch of cookies we’d never finish. I … Read more

I was digging through my freezer last Tuesday, hunting for a bag of frozen corn, when my hand brushed against a Ziploc bag of sliced … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Carol who gardens with the quiet ferocity of someone who has won many battles against squirrels, swore she hated fig … Read more