Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a random Thursday in late September, and I had a very specific, urgent need for something that tasted like a … Read more

My niece had refused to participate in my annual Halloween baking tradition for three years straight. “Too much frosting,” she’d say, or “I don’t like … Read more

The Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d been so busy carving pumpkins and hanging fake cobwebs that … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stall watched me eyeing her apples for way too long. She had this knowing smile, the kind that says … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 9 called The Rusty Nail that made this ridiculous s’mores pie that I still dream about. … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office last July, sweating through my shirt and wondering why I hadn’t just ordered stamps online. The … Read more

My husband had sworn off chocolate chip cookies for years. Said they were too much trouble for what you got. Too many dishes, too much … Read more

There used to be a tiny scoop shop on a side street in Portland called Salt & Straw that made a vanilla bean ice cream … Read more

My sister asked me why I couldn’t just swirl the pumpkin cheesecake mixture into the brownie batter instead of layering it. I started to explain … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Thursday in October, and I had a serious pumpkin bread craving. I mean the kind of craving that … Read more