Dessert Recipes

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday in October, and I was supposed to be folding laundry. Instead, I found myself staring into the … Read more

I swore I wasn’t a themed-dessert person. For years. Every October, while friends would post photos of mummy hot dogs and pumpkin-shaped everything, I’d roll … Read more

Halloween was in less than 24 hours and I’d completely forgotten about the school bake sale. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate spiderweb cakes and … Read more

Marta wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by her place to borrow a ladder—mine had mysteriously vanished after a neighbor’s garage sale—and the smell … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I was absolutely, positively dying for a slice of pumpkin roll. Not just any … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, an older woman named Clara who always smelled faintly of cinnamon, watched me wrestling with a batch of too-sticky cookie … Read more

I used to think pumpkin-flavored baked goods had no business being eaten outside of Thanksgiving week. That was my position, and I stuck to it … Read more

The autumn bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My sister texted me at 10 PM on a Tuesday with a reminder … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a used bookstore in Portland that made a sourdough pumpkin bread that ruined … Read more

My neighbor, Carol, wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder for a lightbulb that had died three floors up, and … Read more