Dessert Recipes

I didn’t plan this. Honestly, I didn’t. I just wanted one hand pie. Just one perfect, flaky, apple-filled pocket to take to work. But then … Read more

It was 11:45 PM on a Tuesday, and the only thing I wanted was chocolate birthday cake with salted caramel. The house was finally quiet. … Read more

I was trying to make the centerpiece look festive. You know how it goes. The kids are climbing the furniture, the dog is barking at … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that pecan pie wasn’t going to taste like the ones from that roadside shack in Georgia. You know the … Read more

The doorbell rang at 4:45 PM on a Tuesday, which is basically criminal in our house. I was halfway through changing into sweatpants, ready to … Read more

It is 2:17 AM on a Tuesday in December, and the only thing I want is creamy peppermint bark cheesecake bars. The house is completely … Read more

Honestly, I thought combining mint with chocolate for a holiday cookie sounded like a mistake until I took that first bite. My husband had brought … Read more

My brother-in-law, Dave, asked this while staring into the refrigerator like it owed him money. It was 6:00 PM on Thanksgiving Eve, and the kitchen … Read more

I burned three dozen cake pops before I figured out why they kept cracking at the neck. It wasn’t the chocolate. It wasn’t the temperature. … Read more

Sarah had been looking for a way to get her four-year-old to sit still for more than five minutes during the post-breakfast lull. It wasn’t … Read more