Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from a stranger in line at the post office, but there I was, holding a package of returned socks, listening … Read more

My mother-in-law has always claimed to hate banana bread. I mean, she would say it with this specific kind of polite finality, like she was … Read more

Last Tuesday, the power flickered and died right as I was trying to temper chocolate for a sophisticated dessert party. I was hosting friends who … Read more

It was 7:00 PM on a Tuesday and the Halloween party started in three hours. I stood in my kitchen staring at a box of … Read more

My sister-in-law had claimed to hate pumpkin spice for years. Seriously, she’d roll her eyes at the mere mention of cinnamon sticks in October. Then … Read more

I was walking past the elementary school gym last Halloween when the scent of wet leaves and chocolate pudding hit me — and suddenly I … Read more

My neighbor Brenda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a jar of her missing lemon curd and the smell of … Read more

The sign above the door read “The Ghoulish Gourmet,” and honestly, it was the only place I trusted for Halloween sweets. They didn’t just make … Read more

Leo wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return a borrowed ladder and the scent of spiced apples hit me before I even … Read more

My teenage niece, who usually communicates in monosyllables and eye rolls, asked why I couldn’t just buy the frozen apple crisp at the grocery store. … Read more