Dessert Recipes

Mrs. Jensen watched me wrestle with a rolling pin and a stubborn lump of dough in her sunny kitchen and didn’t say anything at first. … Read more

My friend Jenna had sworn off upside-down cakes for years. Ten years, actually. She claimed they were too sticky, too sweet, and honestly, just too … Read more

Introduction “Why can’t we just roast the strawberries directly on the stove?” my friend asked while I was fussing over the oven temperature. I started … Read more

“Last Saturday wasn’t anything special. I had just popped over to grab a book I’d forgotten at my neighbor’s place when the scent of warm … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked away on a cobblestone street in Charleston, South Carolina, that made these crispy fresh cherry hand pies … Read more

It was 11:13 PM on a quiet Wednesday, and I was hit with a wild craving for something sweet but not too heavy—something that felt … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple banana bread experiment. I had just pulled a bunch of overripe bananas from the counter and figured, why … Read more

Introduction My cousin had insisted she hated cobbler for years. Ten long summers of polite refusals at every family barbecue. Then last July, I whipped … Read more

Introduction The summer sun was just starting to dip behind the trees last July when the faint scent of strawberries from a nearby farmer’s market … Read more

“The summer I turned twenty-five, I wasn’t planning on making anything fancy for the Fourth of July.” My neighbor, Karen, wasn’t making a big deal … Read more