Dessert Recipes

“You know, this tastes like a hug from the inside out.” That’s what my neighbor said after I handed her a slice of this brown … Read more

Standing over a hot stove stirring marshmallows into melted butter, I realized I was five minutes late picking up my son from school. Again. The … Read more

Three grocery bags dangling from one hand, a sweating pitcher of lemonade in the other, and a text from my sister lighting up my phone: … Read more

I figured the whole zucchini-in-bread thing was a gimmick. A clever way to trick kids into eating vegetables, sure, but surely it couldn’t actually taste … Read more

“Wait, are those little footballs?” My cousin leaned over the snack table, squinting at the tray. It was the third quarter of a pretty intense … Read more

That smell. The one that curls up your stairs and wraps around you before you even get your coat off. Brown butter. It’s not just … Read more

The bourbon bottle was already open from the peach butter I’d canned the weekend before, and the maple syrup was sitting on the counter where … Read more

The crackle of that caramel top when you cut through it. That’s what I was after. Not just the taste, not even the pumpkin spice … Read more

My niece Lily did not believe white chocolate could actually look like a witch’s fingernail. She stood there, arms crossed, watching me melt the candy … Read more

The last Saturday of September, and the kitchen counter is sticky with something that isn’t quite sugar and isn’t quite butter yet. My nephew is … Read more