Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Rachel wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her slow cooker—the one I’d borrowed for a chili cook-off three months … Read more

Three overripe bananas sitting on the counter, a half-used bag of chocolate chips from some forgotten baking project, and the clock ticking toward a potluck … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. I mean, that was the plan. I had the can of pumpkin puree ready, the evaporated milk … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just toss everything in one bowl and call it a day. I was mid-rant about the proper way to … Read more

I want a chocolate chip cookie right now, but I don’t want 36 of them staring at me from the counter, tempting me for the … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of apple cider donuts. The kind you get at a farm stand in the fall, dusted with cinnamon … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Edith whose garden was the envy of the whole block, watched me one October afternoon as I tried to … Read more

My sister showed up at my door at 9:15 on a Tuesday night, and the only thing in my fridge was a bunch of bananas … Read more

The church bake sale was in six hours, and I had completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I’d promised Mrs. Patterson a dessert for the fundraising … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, juggling a pumpkin and a bag of apples, when the wind shifted and carried … Read more