Dessert Recipes

The neighborhood bake sale was in less than two hours and I had zero brownies ready. Everyone else was whipping up multi-layer cakes or intricate … Read more

Last Saturday afternoon, I was wrestling with a mountain of zucchini from my community garden plot, trying to figure out how to make use of … Read more

Introduction My friend Carla had sworn off oatmeal cookies for nearly a decade. “Too dry,” she claimed, “like eating sweet cardboard.” That was until one … Read more

Introduction Three summers ago, there used to be this tiny mountain café tucked away just off the winding trails of Glacier National Park. They made … Read more

Last Tuesday, my colleague watched me wrestle with my usual lunchbox dilemma—how to pack something sweet, satisfying, and, honestly, not too crumbly. She didn’t say … Read more

“I don’t do sugar cookies.” That was my roommate’s mantra for years. She had this quiet disdain for them, always claiming they were either too … Read more

Introduction There used to be this tiny breakfast nook tucked into the corner of a busy weekend farmers’ market in Portland that served the fluffiest, … Read more

Introduction “The neighborhood picnic was in less than two hours and I’d completely blanked on bringing a dessert. Everyone else was showing up with these … Read more

The first time I caught that warm, buttery aroma swirling through the air, I was standing in a crowded farmers market parking lot on a … Read more

“Why can’t you just toss the espresso right into the batter instead of swirling it in?” my friend asked one lazy Sunday afternoon as we … Read more