Dessert Recipes

It was 9:47 PM on a sleepy Wednesday in late November, and I had a ridiculous, almost aggressive craving for something that tasted like Christmas … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, knee-deep in tax paperwork, listening to him describe exactly how to make the … Read more

A friend asked me why I couldn’t just throw some dried cranberries and white chocolate into a standard blondie recipe and call it a day. … Read more

My coworker Janice watched me struggle with a batch of chocolate cookies one December afternoon. I was trying to get that perfect crinkle top—you know, … Read more

“Pumpkin desserts are fine,” my brother-in-law Mark said every single Thanksgiving for seven years. He’d pass on the pie, push around the pumpkin roll, and … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic pumpkin cheesecake. I had the springform pan out, the cream cheese softening on the counter, and I was … Read more

My six-year-old neighbor, Lily, asked why I couldn’t just dip pretzel rods in green candy melts and call them witch fingers. I started to explain … Read more

I had a rule for years. Pumpkin belonged in pie. Period. Not in coffee, not in pasta, not in pancakes, and certainly not in cinnamon … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday in October, and I had a sudden, desperate need to make something ridiculous. The kind of need … Read more

My across-the-hall neighbor, a retired baker named Edie, watched me wrestle with a bag of black cocoa powder for a solid two minutes before she … Read more