Dessert Recipes

I was standing over my stove, pan in hand, watching golden flecks swirl in melting butter when my partner walked into the kitchen. He didn’t … Read more

Flour dusting the counter in a fine white cloud when the smoke alarm decided to take a stand. I was trying to salvage dinner, but … Read more

That sharp, green scent — the kind that hits you before you even turn on the stove — still takes me straight to a rainy … Read more

I figured rolling cake pops would be a smooth, stress-free process. It took about two hours for that assumption to crumble into dry crumbs and … Read more

Third time in a month and I still forgot the vanilla extract in the batter. Honestly, I just dumped the dry stuff in, stared at … Read more

I want the deep, smoky warmth of bourbon in my dessert right now, and I have everything except the patience to wait for it to … Read more

For a while, I just accepted that pumpkin pie wasn’t going to taste like anything other than sweetened canned squash and cinnamon. It was a … Read more

I assumed the dough for pan de muerto would behave like any other sweet bread. It took about an hour for that assumption to fall … Read more

Fourth time this week and I still forgot to grease the pan properly. You know that panic when you pull the dish out of the … Read more

It was 5:45 PM on a Tuesday, and my kitchen looked like a flour bomb had gone off inside a spice rack. I had promised … Read more