Dessert Recipes

The cookie swap was in two hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day affairs—you know the ones. The kind … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday, trying to decide between two brands of ice cream, when … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a pile of vintage linens at a dusty estate sale last October when the woman running it—a tiny, silver-haired lady named … Read more

I wasn’t trying to make a Halloween recipe. Honestly, I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house on a random Tuesday in October to return a casserole … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of regular Rice Krispie treats for a classroom Halloween party. I had the marshmallows melting, the butter bubbling, … Read more

My friend Jenna watched me wrestling with a bag of candy melts one October afternoon. I was trying to get them to cooperate for a … Read more

This was supposed to be a pie. A beautiful, lattice-topped apple pie for a friend’s birthday dinner. I had the butter, the flour, and a … Read more

It was 11:15 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in October, and I had a ridiculous, undeniable craving for something warm, spiced, and dunkable. The kind … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last October—you know, the one that somehow stretches on forever—when the smell hit me. Not from the … Read more

My sister claimed she hated pumpkin roll for fifteen years. Fifteen years! Every Thanksgiving, she’d watch the spiral of spiced cake and cream cheese get … Read more