Dessert Recipes

I was elbow-deep in a sink of suds last Tuesday when my seven-year-old tugged at my shirt. “Mom, remember that ice cream you made? The … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple lemon poppy seed loaf. I had the lemons, the yogurt, the poppy seeds lined up on the counter … Read more

I was standing in the freezer aisle of our local grocery store last December when the cold air hit my face and that familiar peppermint … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery two blocks from my daughter’s elementary school that made the most incredible no-bake treats. When they closed their … Read more

Let me tell you, these aren’t your average peanut butter cookies. They are the softest, most tender version I have ever made, and that little … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her cake pan—the one she’d loaned me three weeks ago, and honestly, … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of soft molasses crinkle cookies. The kind that puff up tall and crackle across the top like a … Read more

My friend Jenna asked me last week why I couldn’t just use regular all-purpose flour in Italian cookies. I was mid-lecture about how ricotta cookies … Read more

I had claimed to hate Grinch cookies for years. “Too sweet,” I’d say, waving a dismissive hand at the neon green blobs at every holiday … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly gray Tuesday in February, and I was hit with a craving so specific it almost hurt. I wanted … Read more

Margie, the woman who runs the little flower shop two blocks from my house, watched me struggling with a smashed box of store-bought cookies I … Read more

The cookie exchange was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate layered bars, French macarons, and those perfectly piped … Read more

My neighbor, a retired carpenter named Frank, watched me wrestling with a collapsed gingerbread wall for a good five minutes before he said anything. I … Read more

My roommate Sarah asked why I couldn’t just use sweetened condensed milk instead of making a custard base for snow ice cream. I started to … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antique shop on the corner of Elm and 4th in my … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a library book she’d lent me—one I’d had for, honestly, three months too … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last December, reaching for a bag of frozen berries, when the woman next to me opened her … Read more

Best Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust Introduction The summer I turned thirty, my neighbor across the hall in our old apartment building knocked … Read more

My aunt had claimed to hate cheddar in desserts for forty-seven years. Forty-seven years of wrinkling her nose at cheesecake crusts, of pushing aside cheese … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in forty-eight hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate French macarons, perfectly piped linzer cookies, … Read more