Dessert Recipes

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

I wasn’t expecting to fall in love with a muffin that day. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house to return her measuring cup—the one I’d … Read more

I was standing in the produce aisle last October, staring at a pile of sugar pumpkins, when the smell hit me—not from the pumpkins themselves, … Read more

There used to be a little bakery tucked behind a hardware store on Main Street called The Flour Pot that made the most incredible cookies … Read more

I swore I wasn’t a jam-and-preserves person. For years. I’d walk right past that aisle in the grocery store, completely unimpressed by the sticky, overly … Read more

I used to think trifles were for people who had their lives together. You know, the type who own matching serving bowls and never spill … Read more