Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were clogged and I’d spotted a wasp nest situation … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on Main Street in my old neighborhood that made the … Read more

The office cookie swap was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those intricate little masterpieces — you know the … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last December, just staring at a box of eggnog. The carton was sweating in my hand, and … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle of our local grocery store last December when the cold air from the open freezer door hit … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a very specific, almost desperate craving for something buttery, nutty, and sweet. The kind … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just use melted butter instead of creaming it. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. She was … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic New York-style cheesecake. I had it all planned out—the water bath was prepped, the springform pan was greased, … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Irene, watched me staring at the Starbucks display case one December afternoon. I was trying to justify spending seven … Read more

I grabbed the wrong cream cheese off the shelf. That’s how this all started. I was planning to make a standard cheesecake for a holiday … Read more