Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a simple batch of dinner rolls. I had the yeast proofing, the butter softening, and I was feeling pretty smug … Read more

My friend Jenna had refused to eat any dessert that involved fruit and cream cheese for almost a decade. Ten years, I think. She’d make … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate themed desserts—I’d seen the neighbor across … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a bag of Halloween candy last October—testing quality control, obviously—when a single green gummy worm slipped through my fingers and landed … Read more

My neighbor Kate wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché is that?—and the smell hit me before … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood—the kind of place with a handwritten … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last October when a kid walked past me holding one of those plastic … Read more

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those towering, perfectly latticed pies their grandmothers had taught … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and the smell hit me … Read more

I was at my local hardware store last November, picking up a new snow shovel, when the man behind the counter—a gruff, flannel-wearing guy named … Read more