Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a strip mall on the corner of Oak and 4th that made the most perfect snickerdoodle … Read more

My sister’s engagement party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring dessert. Everyone else would be showing up with … Read more

I wasn’t expecting ice cream advice from my accountant. But there I was, stuck in his office during tax season, staring at a stack of … Read more

My niece asked me why I couldn’t just throw everything in one dish instead of standing there flipping individual slices of French toast. I started … Read more

Three winters ago, standing in my tiny apartment kitchen, I grabbed a bag of whole wheat flour instead of the all-purpose I’d meant to buy. … Read more

My husband swore he hated cake pops. For years. “They’re just crumbs held together with frosting,” he’d say with a dismissive wave of his hand. … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle at the grocery store last Tuesday when a jar of ground ginger slipped out of my hand and … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last December, staring at a box of peppermint ice cream, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t … Read more

The Valentine’s Day cookie exchange was in less than twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was scrolling through Instagram at 10 … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market stall watched me hover over her basket of pistachios for a good minute before she said anything. I was … Read more