Dessert Recipes

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just bake the whole thing in one pan. I was mid-lecture about cookie science—chilling the dough, spacing the balls, … Read more

My husband had sworn off banana bread for years. I mean, he’d politely eat a slice if someone served it to him, but he’d always … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from a plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky pipe and a half-baked idea for … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last November, staring at a half-empty bottle of bourbon that had been sitting on my counter since my brother’s … Read more

My roommate Jenna asked me last October why I couldn’t just shape the cookies right on the baking sheet instead of chilling them first. I … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had that familiar, almost-itchy feeling. You know the one — where you need … Read more

The woman at the next table watched me wrestling with a piping bag at the community bake sale last October. I was losing badly—the frosting … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antiques shop on Main Street in my old neighborhood. They made … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store last October—waiting to buy a new rake because I’d snapped the old one in … Read more

The neighborhood Oktoberfest potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing slow-braised pork shoulders, homemade pretzels with beer cheese, … Read more