Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from a plumber, but there I was, knee-deep in a kitchen renovation disaster, listening to Frank explain exactly how to … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late September, and I had a very specific, slightly ridiculous craving for something that tasted like … Read more

Perfect Halloween Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing Introduction My friend Jenna swore she hated sugar cookies for fifteen years. Fifteen years! She’d turn up her … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple apple crisp. You know, the kind your grandmother makes—buttery oats, soft fruit, a sprinkle of cinnamon, and done. … Read more

The plumber was fixing the garbage disposal—a job that involved a lot of grunting and the occasional clang of metal against porcelain—when he suddenly stopped … Read more

I wasn’t trying to make anything special that Sunday. Honestly, I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house to return a casserole dish she’d lent me, and … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me fumbling with a pastry cutter one October afternoon, flour dusting my counter like the first snow we hadn’t seen yet. … Read more

My sourdough starter had been sulking in the back of the fridge for nearly three weeks. I felt a little guilty every time I opened … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked me last fall why I couldn’t just mash the banana and pumpkin together instead of mixing them separately. I started to … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a dreary Tuesday in October, and I had an unshakable craving for something warm, spiced, and utterly comforting. I didn’t … Read more