Dessert Recipes

“Wait — you put nachos in the dessert category now?” My sister stared at me like I’d just suggested putting ketchup on ice cream. It … Read more

The snap. Not the crunch—the snap. That clean, sharp break when you bite into a thin sheet of chocolate, and it shatters into neat little … Read more

I want a pecan pie, but I don’t want to roll out a single piece of pastry dough. That’s the thought that hit me last … Read more

My first batch of Halloween sugar cookies looked like a craft project gone wrong. The ghosts were blobs, the pumpkins bled orange dye into the … Read more

My husband took a bite of this salted caramel apple crisp, stopped chewing, and just looked at me. Not in a dramatic way—more like he … Read more

The apples were starting to soften on the counter, and I had a loaf pan staring at me from the cabinet. It was one of … Read more

Third time this week I pulled that Firecracker Popsicle Cake out of the freezer—and the only reason it wasn’t a fourth was because I ran … Read more

The bowl was practically licked clean. My neighbor Karen actually brought it back to me empty, which honestly, is the highest form of flattery in … Read more

The crumb—that’s what I was after. Not the chocolate (though, obviously, that’s a perk), not the zucchini hiding in plain sight. I wanted a crumb … Read more

I burned peach cobbler three times before I figured out what I was actually doing wrong. Not a little scorched on the edges—I mean blackened, … Read more