Dessert Recipes

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Thursday in late September, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a snickerdoodle. You know … Read more

An older woman at the farmers’ market watched me circle her apple display three times before I finally stopped. I was holding a bag of … Read more

Hand me that mixing bowl, my neighbor said, the one with the pumpkin puree still smeared on the counter. I was scrubbing it clean after … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple weeknight cobbler. I had everything planned out—the peaches were perfectly ripe, the sugar measured, and I was feeling … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cramped office during tax season, watching him pull a crumpled … Read more

I really thought I had this one figured out. My neighbor Maria, who grows the most incredible strawberries in her backyard, asked me why I … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in September, and I had a single, specific craving: something warm, sweet, and cake-like. The kind of … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just skip the butter and use pumpkin puree for moisture instead. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in late October, and I had a ridiculous craving for something chocolatey and slightly theatrical. I didn’t … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stand watched me circle back for the third time. I kept picking up a sugar pumpkin, putting it down, … Read more