Dessert Recipes

My neighbor, a retired baker named Gloria, watched me wrestling with a bowl of lumpy, over-mixed batter one Tuesday afternoon. I was trying to be … Read more

My neighbor Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—my car had made a concerning noise on the way … Read more

I was supposed to be making a plain pumpkin loaf. That was the plan. I had the pumpkin purée ready, the spices measured, and that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Thursday in November, and I had a sudden, almost desperate need for something with pecans and bourbon. I … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just mix the cheesecake filling and the apple pie filling together in one bowl instead of layering them. … Read more

I was standing in line at the DMV — that gray, soul-crushing place where time goes to die — when the woman behind the counter … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last October—looking for a specific paint swatch, of all things—when the smell hit me. It … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store on a Tuesday afternoon, holding a new paintbrush and feeling slightly annoyed about the wait, when … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin cheesecake. The kind you bake in a springform pan, with a water bath and a cooling time that … Read more

I used to think pumpkin and cinnamon had some kind of exclusive deal—like they were only allowed to show up together in pies and lattes. … Read more