Easy Sweets

This was supposed to be a batch of perfectly iced Halloween sugar cookies—you know, the kind with the neat little pumpkins and tidy ghosts you … Read more

I made these no-bake chocolate peanut butter energy bites for three straight months before I realized I didn’t actually hate them—I just hated the dry, … Read more

It was 11:15 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a very specific craving for strawberry shortcake. The kind with the fluffy biscuits and … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had this ridiculous urge to make something spooky. Not like, full-on haunted house … Read more

“The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten.” My hand was literally frozen on the refrigerator handle. Everyone else would be bringing … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate pumpkin desserts for fifteen years. Fifteen years. Every October, I’d bake something with a swirl of pumpkin puree, and … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday, staring at a bag of chocolate chips like it held the … Read more

I was standing in line at the county fair, three-year-old on my hip and a diaper bag digging into my shoulder, when the woman ahead … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in four hours and I’d completely blanked on the sign-up sheet. Everyone else would be bringing those perfectly layered dips, … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a garden rake—a completely mundane Tuesday errand—and the smell of caramelizing bananas and warm … Read more