Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a fierce, irrational hankering for something pumpkin-spiced with a ribbon of cream cheese running … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use a cookie scoop and bake a few cookies instead of a whole batch. I started to explain … Read more

Hand me that paper bag, my coworker said, nudging a crumpled Starbucks sack across my desk. It was a Tuesday, and I was already dreaming … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a completely unremarkable Wednesday, and I had a specific, almost aggressive craving for a warm chocolate chip cookie. Not a … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just skip the ice cream maker and use the whipped cream and sweetened condensed milk I had in my … Read more

I had a firm policy against canning for years. It seemed like a complicated science experiment that required a special degree and a lot of … Read more

A few autumns ago, my neighbor Gary saw me wrestling with a giant bag of chocolate chips at the grocery store checkout. He didn’t say … Read more

The timer beeped and I nearly dropped my piping bag. I’d stopped by my neighbor Carol’s house to borrow a cup of brown sugar—typical Tuesday … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of my grandmother’s famous butterscotch haystacks. You know the ones—chow mein noodles and butterscotch chips, a holiday classic … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just use the cookie cutter I already had for the cat shape. I started to explain why that … Read more