Dessert Recipes

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a bunch of bananas that had gone from speckled to practically black overnight. You know … Read more

I used to think you needed a campfire for proper s’mores. Honestly, I was pretty stubborn about it. The graham cracker had to be slightly … Read more

There used to be a tiny, almost hidden diner called The Rusty Spoon off Highway 78 in Georgia that made a peach cobbler that ruined … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Gloria, watched me wrestling with a bowl of lumpy, over-mixed batter one Tuesday afternoon. I was trying to be … Read more

My neighbor Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—my car had made a concerning noise on the way … Read more

I was supposed to be making a plain pumpkin loaf. That was the plan. I had the pumpkin purée ready, the spices measured, and that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in November, and I had a sudden, almost desperate need for something with pecans and bourbon. I … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just mix the cheesecake filling and the apple pie filling together in one bowl instead of layering them. … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV — that gray, soul-crushing place where time goes to die — when the woman behind the counter … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last October—looking for a specific paint swatch, of all things—when the smell hit me. It … Read more