Dessert Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly damp Tuesday last October, and I was hit with a craving so specific it felt almost personal. I … Read more

I was standing in line at my local hardware store last November, holding a bag of lightbulbs and trying to remember if I needed more … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin loaf. Nothing fancy, just your standard quick bread with a streusel topping that I’d made a hundred … Read more

The woman at the farmers’ market watched me circling her apple display for the third time. I was trying to figure out which variety would … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in mid-October, and I was staring into the pantry like it held the secrets to the universe. … Read more

My niece looked up from the store-bought pumpkin pie she was pushing around her plate and asked, “Auntie, why can’t you just put that filling … Read more

I was folding laundry last Tuesday when the smell hit me. Not from my own kitchen—it was drifting through the window from somewhere outside, that … Read more

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate themed desserts—I’d seen the sign-up sheet … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a retired pastry chef named Dottie, watched me fumble with a piping bag one Halloween afternoon. I was trying to … Read more

My neighbor Dave swore he hated meringue for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years! He’d make this face—like someone had just described eating a cloud made of … Read more