Dessert Recipes

The cream cheese filling was still warm when I handed the basket over. My neighbor took one bite, stopped mid-sentence, and just stared at the … Read more

Sunday afternoon, late October, and the only thing I wanted was a slice of something that tasted like the season itself. Not a cupcake, not … Read more

I figured a no-bake pumpkin dessert would be a compromise at best—something you make when you don’t have the energy for a real crust or … Read more

I did not trust pumpkin in banana bread. That sounds dramatic, I know. But honestly, the first time someone handed me a slice of “banana … Read more

I was standing in the kitchen, holding a whisk covered in rainbow-speckled batter, when my phone buzzed. My sister had texted a photo of her … Read more

“These taste like pumpkin pie and a snickerdoodle had a baby, and I mean that in the best way possible.” My sister said that through … Read more

That first smell of cinnamon hitting warm butter in a skillet—the kind that curls through the kitchen before you’ve even fully woken up—still takes me … Read more

Pulling that first stick of butter out of the fridge and dropping it into a cold pan—that’s where this whole thing started. I had a … Read more

I burned three batches of small-batch chocolate chip cookies before I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. Not just slightly overdone, mind you … Read more

The bananas on my counter had gone from spotty to practically black, and I just stared at them, knowing I should make banana bread but … Read more