Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a whole peach pie. I mean, a full-on, lattice-topped, deep-dish situation that would feed a crowd and maybe last the … Read more

It was 11:15 PM on a random Wednesday, and a chocolate craving hit me so hard I had to stand up from the couch. I’d … Read more

Last Tuesday, the power went out halfway through my morning coffee. I’d planned to spend the day testing a complicated layered cake for a friend’s … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me wrestle with an overgrown zucchini for a solid minute before she finally spoke. … Read more

Three summers ago, I found myself staring at a mountain of zucchini from a neighbor’s garden that had basically become a second job. I had … Read more

“The power went out halfway through a Tuesday afternoon, and honestly, I wasn’t planning on baking anything that day. But then I caught a whiff … Read more

“The crunch of leaves outside barely registered as I stepped into Mia’s kitchen last October afternoon. She wasn’t trying to impress anyone—I’d popped over to … Read more

The neighborhood book club meeting was in less than an hour, and I had completely blanked on bringing a dessert. Everyone else was showing up … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple batch of classic rice krispie treats. I grabbed the wrong butter—brown butter, not regular—and the microwave was already … Read more

Introduction The sizzle from the oven timer beeped just as I was reaching for my mug on a chilly Thursday evening, and that warm, sugary … Read more