Dessert Recipes

The first time I tried to make gluten-free sugar cookies, I almost gave up baking for good. It was a Tuesday afternoon in early December, … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, an elderly woman named Ruth who I barely knew, asked why I couldn’t just use frozen cranberries straight from the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific craving for something chocolatey, minty, and just a little bit fancy. … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office—of all places—the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, clutching a package I’d already wrapped twice because I’m paranoid about … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use the canned cinnamon rolls for our Christmas brunch. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work — … Read more

Marta, the baker at the corner market, watched me pick up a box of store-bought cupcakes for the third time in a month. She didn’t … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a desperate need to make a pumpkin pie. Not just any pumpkin … Read more

Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago—the kind of errand you … Read more

There used to be this little bakery tucked inside a century-old building on Main Street in my town—the kind of place where the floorboards creaked … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last Tuesday when a woman walked by holding a tin of those classic … Read more