Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October when the smell hit me — that weirdly specific scent of warm cinnamon and … Read more

There used to be this tiny bakery tucked away on a side street in Portland called The Witching Hour that made the most incredible black … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of classic Rice Krispie treats for my neighbor’s annual Halloween block party. I had the butter melting, the … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Brenda I barely knew, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab a package that had been mistakenly … Read more

The summer I turned thirty, I found myself at a hardware store on a Tuesday afternoon, buying a new mop. Not exactly the stuff of … Read more

My neighbor’s kid asked why I couldn’t just crush the Oreos in the bag with my hands instead of dirtying a food processor. I started … Read more

My brother claimed he hated candy corn for twenty years. Every October, without fail, he’d make a big show of pushing the bowl away at … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of classic chocolate chip blondies. I had the butter melting, the brown sugar measured, and I was feeling … Read more

I pulled the container out of the freezer, hoping no one had noticed. My husband had already finished his bowl of chili and was eyeing … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in March, and a very specific, almost aggressive craving for banana bread had taken hold of me. … Read more