Dessert Recipes

The way it folds over itself, thick and slow, like satin ribbon curling into a pile — that’s the moment I knew this no-churn salted … Read more

I was wrestling a particularly stubborn butternut squash on my countertop last October when my neighbor, an older woman named Clara whose garden I had … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in mid-October, and I was hit with a need for something warm, sweet, and pumpkin-flavored. Not just … Read more

December, just past eleven at night, and the only thing I want is something sweet that doesn’t require turning on the mixer. The house is … Read more

The cream cheese frosting bowl was scraped clean. Not the cake pan—the frosting bowl. My sister stood at the kitchen counter, finger hovering over the … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle at the grocery store last October when a woman walked past me carrying a pumpkin spice candle, … Read more

My husband did not trust eggnog in a cookie. He said it outright the first December we were married, watching me pull out the bottle … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just roll the cake while it was still warm. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—something about structure … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of soft pumpkin dinner rolls for a Friendsgiving I was hosting last October. I had the pumpkin puree … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in late October, and I had a very specific, almost irrational craving for something warm, spiced, and … Read more