Dessert Recipes

The PTA bake sale was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. My phone buzzed with a reminder from the school’s app, and I felt … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of a grocery store last October, staring at a bag of chocolate chips, when a memory hit me … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last October, my cart overflowing with candy corn and bags of apples, when the … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office—of all places—when the woman ahead of me started talking about bark. Not tree bark, obviously. Chocolate … Read more

The company potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d blocked it out, the way you do with dentist appointments. Everyone … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a wet Wednesday in March, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a warm chocolate chip cookie. … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—holding a bag of lightbulbs and a new garden trowel when the woman behind me, … Read more

There used to be a tiny candy shop tucked into an alley off Main Street in my hometown—the kind of place that smelled like burnt … Read more

The woman at the craft table next to mine at the fall community fair watched me fumbling with a glue gun for a solid five … Read more

My niece looked up from the kitchen table, a smear of flour on her cheek, and asked, “Why can’t we just use the cookie cutter … Read more