Dessert Recipes

The light was that specific pale gold you only get in mid-October, slanting through the kitchen window and catching the dust motes floating above the … Read more

I did not trust bourbon in a fruit dessert until I found myself standing in my kitchen at 10 PM on a Tuesday, staring at … Read more

That first crack of a graham cracker sleeve — you know the sound, that sharp snap followed by the crumble — still takes me straight … Read more

I was staring at a half-empty can of pumpkin puree in my fridge, the one that survived Thanksgiving and somehow made it to December. It … Read more

I had three zucchinis the size of small baseball bats sitting on my counter, and honestly, I was losing the battle. My neighbor had dropped … Read more

Third time in five days I’d made a pumpkin roll, and this time the cream cheese filling finally didn’t squirt out the side when I … Read more

The last biscuit got swiped from the platter before I could even offer seconds. My sister-in-law, who never asks for recipes, was already typing notes … Read more

Three sticks of butter on the counter, two of them already softening, and I was staring at a can of pumpkin puree that had been … Read more

I had been looking for a banana bread that actually tasted like something. Not just sweet, not just moist—those are easy. I mean a loaf … Read more

I want the first bite of fall to taste like this. Not the overly spiced, dry muffin that crumbles into dust the second you look … Read more