Dessert Recipes

The clock on the microwave blinked 5:55 PM. Halloween was in three hours. The grocery store was a twenty-minute drive, but the traffic near the … Read more

I assumed that making candy corn flavor from scratch was going to be a nightmare of conflicting textures and weird chemical aftertastes. It took about … Read more

It is 2:00 a.m., and the only thing I want is the quiet hum of the oven and the promise of something sweet that doesn’t … Read more

The doorbell rang at 7:45 PM on a Tuesday, which is never a good sign when you have a full workday behind you and a … Read more

The pint was gone before I even got back to the couch. My husband stood in the kitchen doorway, spoon in hand, looking almost offended … Read more

Staring at half a stick of butter softening on the counter at 10 PM on a Tuesday, I realized I had a problem. Not a … Read more

The peppermint bark display at the grocery store was already picked over. It was December 23rd, and I stood there, holding a bag of semi-sweet … Read more

I need a cookie that tastes like the holidays but doesn’t require chilling the dough for two hours. That’s the thought that starts this whole … Read more

The crackled top—that web of pale golden fissures sitting over a dome of deep brown—is what I wait for. Every single time. I could talk … Read more

I figured a brownie and a pecan pie were two separate desserts that should stay that way. It took about one bite of this maple … Read more