Dessert Recipes

The Valentine’s Day cookie swap was in forty-eight hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen at 9 PM on a Tuesday, … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of my local grocery store last December, staring at a carton of eggnog like it held the answer … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be there. Well, I mean, I was invited, but it was one of those “swing by whenever” invites you never actually … Read more

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

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just pour the cheesecake filling right over the pumpkin layer without pre-baking the crust. I started to explain … Read more

The church bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature showstoppers—the legendary seven-layer caramel cake, the … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone when she handed me a fork and nudged a pan across her kitchen island. I’d stopped by to … Read more

I was elbow-deep in packing tape last October when the smell hit me. Not the cardboard smell of moving boxes, but something else — sweet, … Read more

Leo wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return a borrowed drill and the smell of vanilla buttercream hit me before I even … Read more

My sixteen-year-old son, Leo, asked why I couldn’t just toss the batter into a slow cooker and let it happen. I started to explain why … Read more