Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a freezing Tuesday in January, and I was elbow-deep in a bag of powdered sugar, trying to convince myself this … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, trying to find a specific size of washer for a leaky faucet. The guy helping me, … Read more

My husband claimed to hate peanut butter cookies for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He’d make a face every time I mentioned them, launching into this … Read more

Let me tell you about the first time I made this Classic Fantasy Fudge with Marshmallow Fluff. I was standing in my tiny apartment kitchen, … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s secret recipes, those multi-layered bar cookies … Read more

I was digging through my purse for my car keys last Tuesday in the parking lot of the hardware store—don’t ask, it was one of … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, four-day projects—you know the ones, with … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had sworn off fudge for a solid decade. “Too sweet,” he’d say, waving a dismissive hand at holiday platters. “Gives me a … Read more

There used to be a tiny café tucked away on a side street in Portland, Oregon, called The Gilded Spoon, that made a persimmon walnut … Read more

I was standing in line at the post office—honestly, one of my least favorite errands—when the woman behind me started talking about cookies. Not just … Read more