Dessert Recipes

The school spring picnic was in twelve hours and I had completely forgotten the sign-up sheet I’d shoved into my son’s backpack three weeks ago. … Read more

Prep time: 10 minutes | Cook time: 5 minutes | Total time: 15 minutes | Servings: 12 cupcakes Introduction My kid claimed to hate Halloween … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last October, staring at a display of orange sprinkles and candy eyeballs, when … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office, of all places, clutching a package of return address labels and trying not to tap my … Read more

My nephew asked why I couldn’t just crush the cookies and press them into the pan without melting butter first. I started to explain why … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked on a side street in Portland called Butter & Salt that made a brown butter chocolate chip … Read more

My neighbor, a retired forestry professor named Frank, watched me one October afternoon as I was trying to wrangle a too-full grocery bag out of … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of apple cider donuts. I had the donut pan greased, the apple cider reduced on the stove, and … Read more

I was elbow-deep in a pile of vintage vinyl records at a dusty Sunday flea market when the man behind the table — a retired … Read more

My neighbor was not trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow an egg—classic, right?—and the smell hit me before I even got to … Read more