Dessert Recipes

My roommate asked me why I couldn’t just dump the pumpkin puree straight into the dry ingredients instead of mixing it with the wet ones … Read more

Three autumns ago, I found myself standing in a tiny farmstand kitchen, completely out of my depth. The woman who ran the place—Marta, a retired … Read more

My neighbor Carol swore she hated sourdough. “Too tangy,” she’d say, wrinkling her nose every time I mentioned my starter. “Like eating a pickle wrapped … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last July, staring at a display of blueberries that looked almost too perfect, when my phone buzzed. … Read more

My neighbor swore she hated fruit in warm desserts. For ten years. Every summer potluck, she’d pass the berry crisps and peach pies with a … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on the corner of Elm and 3rd in my hometown that made a sheet cake that was, honestly, … Read more

The neighborhood bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d been so wrapped up in work that week that the … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible chocolate … Read more

This was supposed to be a proper, layered dessert. I had the cream cheese, the graham crackers, and the plan to make a decadent, peanut-butter-and-chocolate … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, my neighbor watched me wrestle with a box of cinnamon rolls and didn’t say anything at first. Then she casually … Read more