Dessert Recipes

My niece asked why I couldn’t just pour the pumpkin pancake batter into a jack-o-lantern-shaped cookie cutter sitting right on the griddle. I started to … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab a package that got delivered to her house by mistake, and the smell … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a consignment shop in the town where I lived for one perfect autumn. … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me struggling with a batch of lumpy brownie batter last October and didn’t say anything at first. Then she just … Read more

My sister-in-law wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a casserole dish I’d borrowed, and this sweet, buttery, almost caramel-like smell … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just dip the strawberries in champagne before coating them in chocolate. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

The PTA Halloween party was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten I was on the snack committee. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate … Read more

I swore I hated themed cookies. For years. The kind with the royal icing and the tiny piping bags and the painstaking assembly that takes … Read more

I was digging through my glove compartment for a parking validation sticker last December when a papery, warm scent drifted out from somewhere—a stray cinnamon … Read more

Three winters ago, I was standing in my neighbor Marge’s kitchen, watching her pull a baking sheet out of the oven. The cookies on it … Read more