Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, a guy named Tom who’s built like a retired linebacker and once told me he “doesn’t do cute food,” swore he hated Halloween … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last October, staring at a box of neon-orange sprinkles I had no intention … Read more

The PTA fall festival was in three days and I’d completely forgotten I’d signed up for the dessert table. Everyone else would be bringing those … Read more

I was standing in my sister’s cramped apartment kitchen three Octobers ago, staring at a half-empty can of pumpkin puree and feeling that familiar fall … Read more

The neighborhood potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 1 PM on a … Read more

By the fourth batch of these baked apple cider donuts in as many days, I finally stopped second-guessing the batter consistency. The first batch came … Read more

I figured an apple crisp for two would be a simple scale-down of the regular recipe. It took about one disastrously soggy, overly-sweet ramekin of … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a cookie craving that would not quit. Not the kind you can just ignore … Read more

The first Saturday in October, and the only thing I wanted was to stand over a hot stove and watch butter turn brown. The rest … Read more

“Mom, can we make the cookies that look like they’re crawling?” My seven-year-old asked this last October while flipping through a stack of my old … Read more