Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the dairy aisle of our local grocery store last December, staring at a display of cinnamon rolls, when the smell hit … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark asked why I couldn’t just use crushed ginger snaps instead of making a graham cracker crust from scratch for the cheesecake. I … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office, two days before Christmas, holding a package that had already been taped shut three times because … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in early December, and I had a very specific kind of holiday panic setting in. I’d promised … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle at the grocery store last December, staring at a box of Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cakes and feeling … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last December, reaching for a bag of peas, when the cold air from the open freezer door … Read more

There used to be a little bakery tucked into a corner of Union Station in Chicago called The Gingerbread Man. It wasn’t fancy—just a glass … Read more

The power went out halfway through my grocery run last fall. There I was, standing in the dark aisle of the hardware store—because where else … Read more

I was elbow-deep in soapy water last Tuesday—the good kind of Tuesday, the one where you actually have a plan for dinner—when the smell of … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of vanilla cupcakes for my neighbor’s kid’s fifth birthday party. I had the whole plan mapped out—classic butter … Read more