Dessert Recipes

I was standing in my kitchen last October, staring at a half-empty can of pumpkin puree and feeling that familiar pang of defeat. There used … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and I was wide awake with a very specific, almost desperate craving for something that … Read more

I swore I hated pumpkin in baked goods. For years. The kind of hatred that made me side-eye anyone who got excited about pumpkin spice … Read more

The PTA bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgotten—I mean, I’d signed up three weeks ago, put … Read more

The neighborhood fall bake-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate, multi-day creations—you know, the kind with … Read more

Introduction My neighbor across the hall, an older woman named Clara who always smelled like cinnamon and wore house slippers with little pom-poms on them, … Read more

I had sworn off pumpkin muffins. For years. Every single one I tried was either a soggy, spiced disappointment or a dry, crumbly disc that … Read more

I was digging through the back of my spice cabinet last Tuesday, hunting for allspice I wasn’t even sure I owned, when the smell of … Read more

There used to be a little farm stand on the back road between my town and the next one over, a place called Johnson’s Orchard, … Read more

This was supposed to be a classic vanilla custard ice cream. I had the egg yolks separated, the cream measured, and a whole afternoon blocked … Read more