Dessert Recipes

I didn’t have time for a complex multi-step batter process or to hunt down that specific brand of vanilla bean paste I usually buy. But … Read more

This German Apple Pancake—sometimes called a Dutch Baby—is the kind of recipe that makes you look like a kitchen hero without breaking a sweat. I … Read more

This was supposed to be a perfect holiday centerpiece, the kind of dessert that makes people gasp when you pull it out of the oven. … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from the grumpy old man at the hardware store, but there I was, standing in the aisle looking for extra-strong … Read more

The fall bake sale was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate layer cakes with perfect buttercream rosettes, … Read more

Last Tuesday, I was standing in the freezing cold of a rest stop parking lot, waiting for my coffee to brew, when the scent of … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a pumpkin-shaped hole in my soul. Not the cute, decorative kind either—the kind where … Read more

I was at the farmer’s market last October, standing in front of a table piled high with sugar pumpkins, when the woman running the stall … Read more

My sister had claimed to hate apple desserts for as long as I could remember. “Too sweet,” she’d sniff, pushing away a slice of pie … Read more

The neighborhood bake sale was in exactly forty-five minutes and I had completely forgotten. The community center gymnasium was already filling up with parents bringing … Read more