Dessert Recipes

Honestly, I thought making just four cookies sounded like a mistake until I actually needed a midnight snack and didn’t want to eat an entire … Read more

Let’s be real for a second. We all have a love-hate relationship with banana bread. You want it to be moist, but you don’t want … Read more

The dark, dense crumb that holds it all together is what I made these bars for — everything else is secondary. Honestly, let’s face it. … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that red velvet cake wasn’t going to taste like the soft, velvety dreams I had as a kid. You … Read more

I want that specific crunch of dark chocolate right now. I have the peppermint in the pantry, but I’m missing the willpower to wait for … Read more

I figured making cheesecake for two people would be a waste of time. It takes forever to mix, and then you have that giant leftover … Read more

The linoleum was always sticky under my sneakers, but I didn’t care. I was too busy watching her work. She didn’t use measuring cups for … Read more

“Are you sure this isn’t just maple syrup and regret?” my brother-in-law asked, leaning over the counter with a skeptical squint. He had just watched … Read more

“Your crust is burning, Dave.” That was the text I got at 4:15 PM on a Tuesday. I wasn’t even at Thanksgiving yet. I was … Read more

I burned three separate batches of pumpkin scones before I finally figured out why they were turning into dense, dry bricks. It wasn’t the pumpkin … Read more