Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a batch of classic chocolate chip cookies. You know, the kind that are crisp around the edges with a soft, … Read more

My niece, who is eight and has very strong opinions about baked goods, asked me why I couldn’t just put the chocolate chips and walnuts … Read more

This Christmas Morning Cinnamon Roll Casserole is that exact memory, recreated in my own kitchen. And honestly? It’s even better than I remember, because now … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had claimed to hate eggnog for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Every December, he’d make that same face—the one that says “why would … Read more

Introduction The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me eyeing her cookie tin for a solid minute before she finally spoke. … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin loaf. You know, the kind you throw together on a rainy Tuesday, slice up with a cup … Read more

My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a package that got delivered to my house by mistake, and … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had refused to participate in holiday baking for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He’d sit at the kitchen table with his coffee, watching … Read more

Marta, the woman who runs the little spice shop on Elm Street, watched me pawing through her bins of ground ginger one drizzly October afternoon. … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on a side street in Portland, Oregon, called “The Little No-Wheat Bakery” that made the most incredible pumpkin … Read more