Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in October, and I had a sudden, almost aggressive need for something warm, spiced, and doughy. I … Read more

I was testing out a new muffin recipe last fall, the kind of overcast Sunday where you just want the kitchen to smell like something … Read more

I had sworn off pumpkin rolls for years. Honestly, it was a texture thing. So many of them come out dry, or they crack the … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in two days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s secret recipes—the ones that took three … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a Wednesday in early September, and I had a sudden, almost desperate need to smell apples and cinnamon. The High … Read more

My friend Rachel asked why I couldn’t just use honey instead of sugar in my challah dough. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me fumbling with a bag of sad-looking supermarket apples last October. I was grumbling about how none of my usual … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in her kitchen that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s yard project—and … Read more

I was digging through the back of my pantry last Tuesday, looking for a jar of pickles I swore I had stashed away, when my … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was absolutely desperate for something that tasted like fall but didn’t require a … Read more