Dessert Recipes

The lady at the yarn shop—I swear I’m not making this up—was the one who changed my cookie life. I was just there to pick … Read more

This was supposed to be a peach cobbler. I had the ripe fruit, the butter, the flour—the whole plan mapped out in my head. But … Read more

This was supposed to be a proper batch of chocolate chip cookies. You know, the kind you carefully scoop into perfect little rounds, chill for … Read more

I was halfway through a massive batch of brownies for a bake sale when the freezer door slammed shut—my own fault, really, for trying to … Read more

The neighborhood bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those perfectly frosted layer cakes and intricate French … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a sleepy Wednesday in late November, and I had a ridiculous, almost aggressive craving for something that tasted like Christmas … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax paperwork, listening to him describe exactly how to make the … Read more

A friend asked me why I couldn’t just throw some dried cranberries and white chocolate into a standard blondie recipe and call it a day. … Read more

My coworker Janice watched me struggle with a batch of chocolate cookies one December afternoon. I was trying to get that perfect crinkle top—you know, … Read more

“Pumpkin desserts are fine,” my brother-in-law Mark said every single Thanksgiving for seven years. He’d pass on the pie, push around the pumpkin roll, and … Read more