Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by my neighbor Jenna’s house on a chilly Tuesday afternoon to return her pie dish, and the … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d remembered that it was Saturday, but the part where I … Read more

My neighbor Brenda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished during a garage cleanout—and this warm, fudgy … Read more

This was supposed to be a full batch of cookies. I had the butter softening on the counter, the stand mixer ready to go, and … Read more

Hand me that bowl,” my neighbor said, not looking up from the newspaper. I was standing in her kitchen, staring at a mountain of overripe … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in November, and I was standing in front of my pantry with the kind of craving that … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just skip the water bath. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. Honestly, I had no good … Read more

I had sworn off candy corn. Years of it. Every October, those little orange, yellow, and white triangles would appear in bowls at every party, … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a jar of cardamom pods like they held the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a nail salon on the corner of Maple and Third that made … Read more