Dessert Recipes

Introduction My husband swore he hated huckleberries. For years, he’d brush off any suggestion of baking with them, convinced they were just “weird little berries” … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself sitting on a park bench, watching a group of children chase each other under the dappled sunlight. … Read more

“Last Thursday afternoon, my neighbor wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to borrow some sugar, and that cozy cinnamon sugar zucchini … Read more

“Why can’t we just add cocoa powder straight to the zucchini bread mix?” my friend asked as I was fussing over the recipe. I started … Read more

“I don’t do no-bake desserts,” my friend Jenna insisted for years. I mean, she always had this quiet suspicion that anything without an oven step … Read more

“You want to try this?” my neighbor asked as I was fumbling with the grill, trying to keep the flames from flaring up while juggling … Read more

It was 11:13 PM on a quiet Wednesday, and an intense craving for something sweet and fresh hit me out of nowhere. I didn’t have … Read more

“The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours, and I hadn’t prepped a single thing. Everyone else was showing up with fancy layered … Read more

There used to be this tiny café tucked away on a bustling corner of Main Street in my hometown that made the most unforgettable strawberry … Read more

The summer I moved into my first apartment, I wasn’t exactly dreaming about baking a red velvet flag cake. I was mostly trying to figure … Read more