Dessert Recipes

I used to think sheet cakes were a cop-out. Honestly, for years, I did. When my friend Jenna asked me to make her kid’s birthday … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Route 9, the kind with cracked vinyl booths and a jukebox that only played songs from the … Read more

Let me tell you about the first time I tried to make candy corn sugar cookies. It was a disaster. I mean, a real mess. … Read more

My husband had what he called a “principled stance” against hot chocolate for about fifteen years. Fifteen years. He’d claim it was too sweet, too … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in three hours and I had completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen staring at a pile … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of apples, when the smell hit me—that specific, warm, cinnamon-and-brown-sugar scent that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly rainy Tuesday, and that very specific cookie craving hit. You know the one—where only a soft, warm, slightly … Read more

The neighborhood fall potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate pies from scratch, hand-rolled caramel apples, and … Read more

I was knee-deep in vintage Pyrex at an estate sale last October—you know, the kind where you’re not sure if you’re collecting or just procrastinating—when … Read more

I was at the community garden last fall, elbow-deep in soil and trying not to squash the basil seedlings, when I heard a soft laugh … Read more