Dessert Recipes

I had been on a personal mission for years. I was determined to find the one banana bread recipe that didn’t crumble into a dry, … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just brown the butter first and then mix everything in one bowl. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday, hunting for a bag of peas, when the air from the freezer case hit me … Read more

The farmer’s market vendor watched me eyeing her display of sugar pumpkins for the third week in a row. I’d been circling, picking one up, … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, had claimed for forty years that zucchini had no business in a quick bread. “Vegetables belong in salads,” … Read more

This was supposed to be banana pancakes. I had the bananas—three of them, spotty and begging to be used. I had the flour, the eggs, … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of a grocery store last November when it hit me — not a scent from a jar, but … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early October, and I had a ridiculous, very specific craving. Not for something sweet, exactly—but for … Read more

The cashier at the craft store watched me stare at the bag of candy corn for what felt like five full minutes. I was on … Read more

I was elbow-deep in frosting bags last October, trying to pipe a ghost that looked less like a sad blob and more like something that … Read more