Dessert Recipes

“Why can’t you just use a spoon and make them right now?” my six-year-old nephew asked, staring at a bowl of cookie dough I was … Read more

The bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot—the kind where you’re scrolling through your phone at 9 … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early November, and I had a very specific, almost irrational craving for a sugar cookie. Not … Read more

My friend Jenna had claimed for years that she hated red velvet cake. “It’s just chocolate cake with red food coloring,” she’d say, rolling her … Read more

The woman at the farmers market booth watched me hover over her mint selection for a solid minute before she said anything. I was trying … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of my grandmother’s butter cookies—the ones she’d make every Christmas Eve, the ones with the secret ingredient she … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in early December, and I was wide awake with a singular, ridiculous thought: I wanted the exact … Read more

My neighbor Frank had claimed to hate fruit pies for as long as I’d known him. “Wet, slimy, and the crust is always a soggy … Read more

There used to be a tiny Russian bakery tucked inside a strip mall off Highway 99 that made the most perfect, melt-in-your-mouth tea cake cookies … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in early December, and I had this ridiculous, specific craving for something chocolatey and cold. Not ice cream, … Read more