Dessert Recipes

I was standing in line at the post office, of all places, the Tuesday before Halloween last year. My arms were full of packages, and … Read more

Not the kind that requires pulling out the stand mixer and three kinds of molasses. Not the kind that takes all afternoon and leaves you … Read more

A neighbor’s kid asked me last week why I couldn’t just crush up some Oreos and call it a day. I was mid-explanation about proper … Read more

I was scrubbing flour off my counter when my phone buzzed. A text from my sister-in-law: “Are you holding out on me? Because I haven’t … Read more

I figured a cranberry orange bread needed to be tart, sharp, and aggressively citrusy to be worth making. It took about three batches and one … Read more

The office bake sale was in twelve hours and I had completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d actively ignored the email, buried it under a mountain … Read more

That first crackle of a meringue shell against my teeth—sharp, then dissolving into a sweet, airy nothing—still takes me straight to my grandmother’s kitchen, circa … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a grocery store aisle last October when it hit me—that specific, warm smell of cinnamon and brown sugar … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of apple butter. I had the slow cooker going, the peeler in my hand, and a whole Saturday … Read more

I burned the first batch of these pumpkin donut holes so badly that my smoke detector went off and my neighbor actually knocked on the … Read more