Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a freezing December afternoon, and this warm, buttery smell—cinnamon … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly drizzly Thursday in October, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for something sweet, warm, and … Read more

My neighbor Maria asked me last week why I couldn’t just use eggnog straight from the carton instead of making a complicated custard for a … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle at the grocery store, staring at a box of rainbow sprinkles, when an older woman next to me … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day affairs—you know the ones. Laminated … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antiques shop on the edge of town that made a gingerbread … Read more

A woman at the farmers’ market watched me eyeing her jar of peppermint extract with the same kind of longing most people reserve for a … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked into a converted garage on a side street in Portland that made a pumpkin loaf that ruined … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had this overwhelming urge for something sweet and yeasty—the kind of craving that makes no … Read more

I was supposed to be making a pumpkin roll. You know, that classic fall dessert that looks all impressive and spiraled? Yeah, that was the … Read more