Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a converted garage on Cedar Lane called The Sugar Web. They only lasted two autumns, but … Read more

The first time I made this apple cider bundt cake, I was standing in my kitchen on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, listening to the radiator … Read more

I used to think apple crisp was a lazy person’s apple pie. For years, I said that. I’d stand there at potlucks, watching people scoop … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after the last garage sale—and the smell … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in October, and I had a very specific, almost inconvenient craving for pumpkin cheesecake. The kind of … Read more

I was at the hardware store, of all places, last November, digging through a bin of clearance lightbulbs, when the guy behind the counter—a burly … Read more

My husband claimed to hate pumpkin desserts. For years. Every autumn, as the leaves started turning and my Instagram feed flooded with spiced lattes and … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on Oak Street, tucked between a dry cleaner and a bookstore, that made the most incredible pudding cups. … Read more

I was supposed to be making chocolate-covered pretzels. You know, the simple kind—dip, sprinkle, done. But somewhere between melting the candy melts and realizing I’d … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Patricia who keeps her Halloween decorations up until March, had claimed for years that she “didn’t do sweet.” She’d wave … Read more