Dessert Recipes

My husband took one bite of this banana bread, stopped mid-chew, and said, “Wait, you didn’t use the mixer for this?” and that’s when I … Read more

December, and the only thing I want is a cookie that tastes like the first sip of a gingerbread latte. Not the syrupy-sweet coffee shop … Read more

This was supposed to be a double batch of my usual chocolate chip cookies. I had the butter softening, the eggs sitting out, the whole … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in early October, and I had a very specific craving for something crunchy, sweet, and just a … Read more

“Wait — you put orange blossom water in the dough? That’s a thing?” My friend Carla stared at me over the rim of her coffee … Read more

Pulling a hot baking dish out of the oven with one hand while trying to hold a conversation on the phone with my mother-in-law—that’s when … Read more

The crackle on top of a perfectly chilled Biscoff cheesecake bar—that thin, taut, almost-glasslike surface that shatters when you press a fork into it—is what … Read more

I was standing in the snack aisle at Target last October, staring at a row of pre-packaged pumpkin-shaped crackers, when the weirdest thing happened. A … Read more

I swore I was done with candy corn. For years. Every October, those little tricolored triangles would show up in bowls at every party I … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind the old hardware store on Maple Street called “The Enchanted Oven.” They made a black velvet … Read more