Dessert Recipes

My dad had a long-standing, very vocal hatred of apple crisp. For years. Decades, maybe. He’d make this face—you know the one—whenever my mom would … Read more

I was supposed to be making a pumpkin cheesecake. A proper one, with a graham cracker crust and a water bath and all the fuss … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday, and I had this sudden, almost ridiculous craving for a cupcake that didn’t exist yet. I didn’t … Read more

Hand me that whisk, my sister said, eyeing the bowl of buttercream like it might run away. She had claimed for years that she didn’t … Read more

My roommate asked me why I couldn’t just throw everything into one bowl and bake it. I was mid-lecture about the importance of creaming butter … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a tax prep office in my old neighborhood that made the most wonderfully … Read more

I started to explain why we couldn’t just use store-bought graham crackers and call it a day—then stopped. My younger sister had wandered into the … Read more

The school Halloween party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My daughter had reminded me every day for two weeks, and somehow, between … Read more

I used to think cheesecake bars were a compromise—something you make when you don’t have the patience for a full cheesecake. And honestly, I wasn’t … Read more

My neighbor Karen asked me last week why I couldn’t just skip the step of creaming the butter and sugar together. She’d watched me do … Read more