Dessert Recipes

I was standing in my neighbor Carol’s driveway last October, helping her load bags of leaves—the ones that always seem to multiply overnight—when the smell … Read more

The Halloween bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate cakes with the fondant spiderwebs and … Read more

Last September, on a Tuesday that felt more like November, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a half-empty can of pumpkin puree and … Read more

I was sorting through a box of old linens at a flea market last October when the woman running the booth—a tiny, silver-haired lady named … Read more

My six-year-old goddaughter asked why I couldn’t just skip the deep fryer and bake the donut holes instead. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a sad, deflated loaf of sourdough one Saturday morning. She didn’t … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antiques shop on the corner of Elm Street that made the … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, waiting for my tax return to be filed, watching him sketch a cake … Read more

My neighbor asked me why I couldn’t just pour the caramel sauce over the whole pan instead of drizzling it on each individual bar. I … Read more

My husband claimed he didn’t like pumpkin desserts. For years. Every fall, I’d bake pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cheesecake, and he’d politely pass. “Not … Read more