Dessert Recipes

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, stuck in his office chair waiting for him to finish with a client, … Read more

I was supposed to be making apple cider donuts. That was the plan, anyway. I had the cider reduced, the spices measured, the butter softening … Read more

Jen wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by her place on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon to pick up a book I’d lent her months … Read more

My neighbor, a retired nurse named Carol with a notoriously sweet tooth, asked me why I couldn’t just use applesauce instead of all that oil … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a too-wet zucchini bread for a good five minutes before she … Read more

My mother had claimed to hate cooked apples for forty-three years. Forty-three years of apple pie being passed over at Thanksgiving, of apple crisp being … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in early October, and I had an unreasonable, almost desperate craving for pumpkin cheesecake. The kind of … Read more

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day preparations—the kind of dishes that get … Read more

My husband looked at me with that expression. You know the one. It’s the look that says “you bought another kitchen gadget, didn’t you?” And … Read more

I had three spotty bananas on the counter and a craving that just wouldn’t quit. Not for something fussy or fancy, but for that specific … Read more