Dessert Recipes

I swore I would never be that parent. The one who spends hours on complicated Halloween treats that get picked apart and left on the … Read more

I swore I didn’t like strawberry shortcake. For years. It wasn’t a dramatic declaration or anything, just a quiet, polite refusal whenever it showed up … Read more

I used to think cookie recipes had to make three dozen to be worth the effort. That was before last November, when I found myself … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last Tuesday when the smell of someone’s lunch bag — a faint, sweet, overripe-banana scent — … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of a grocery store last February, staring at a dusty box of red velvet cake mix, when a … Read more

The Scorpio season potluck was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My friend Marcus, a Scorpio who takes his birthday month very seriously, had … Read more

This was supposed to be a gingerbread loaf. A simple, humble loaf cake—the kind you throw together on a Sunday afternoon without thinking too hard. … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a quiet guy named Dave who mostly kept to himself, poked his head into my kitchen doorway one December afternoon. … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of the grocery store last December, honestly just trying to find vanilla extract before the holiday crowds turned … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple batch of plain sugar cookies. I had the butter softening on the counter, the flour measured out, and … Read more