Dessert Ideas

I still remember the first time I tried baking chocolate chip cookies on my own. I was fifteen, standing in …

I can still remember the first time I made coconut macaroons. It was during a gray, rainy afternoon in early …

There’s something undeniably nostalgic about the smell of toasted marshmallows and melting chocolate. It takes me straight back to childhood …

It started with a school fundraiser. I’d signed up for “baked goods,” thinking I’d make a tray of brownies or …

When I was little, my grandmother had a way of making you feel special just by handing you a warm …

The first time I made caramel cake, it was for my grandmother’s 82nd birthday. I wanted to bring something special—something …

The first time I had strawberry pretzel salad, I was suspicious. It was at a church potluck on a humid …

If there’s one dessert that’s followed me through every season of life, it’s banana pudding. My mother made it every …

I’ve long believed that dessert doesn’t have to be grand to be memorable. Some of the sweetest moments in my …

I first baked these blueberry lemon cookies on a humid July afternoon, when the air in my kitchen felt thick …