Dessert Recipes

I had refused to make pecan pie for years. For a good decade, actually. I’d watch it appear on Thanksgiving tables with that glossy, syrupy … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché, I know—and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a display of gummy worms, when the fluorescent lights … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on a side street in Portland, Oregon called “The Little Ghoul” that made the most incredible white chocolate … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that day. I’d stopped by to drop off a borrowed slow cooker, and the smell of chocolate … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had a desperate need for something cold, creamy, and salty-sweet. The kind of craving that … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me trying to balance a piping bag, a cookie sheet, and my toddler on my hip one October afternoon. She … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the craft store last October, clutching a bag of candy eyes and feeling slightly ridiculous, when the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antique shop on the edge of town called “The Whimsy Cup.” … Read more

My husband had sworn off chocolate chip cookies for a solid decade. Ten years. He claimed they were always too sweet, too greasy, or too … Read more