Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when the air shifted. That specific smell—damp leaves, a hint … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin loaf. A simple, no-fuss pumpkin loaf I could throw together while my toddler napped and my preschooler was … Read more

My neighbor Brenda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—a completely mundane Tuesday errand—and the smell of cinnamon and nutmeg … Read more

I was elbows-deep in a stack of old seed catalogs at the library’s annual book sale last fall when the man running the cash box—a … Read more

The October wind was rattling the kitchen window, and I had a bag of candy corn I’d bought on a whim and absolutely no plan … Read more

My niece looked at me like I had lost my mind. “You want me to put faces on cupcakes that look like tiny ghosts?” she … Read more

My slow cooker sat in the corner of the counter for two years before I trusted it with dessert. I know how that sounds. But … Read more

Stood there staring into the fridge at a bunch of bananas that had seen better days — you know the ones, all spotty and practically … Read more

I ruined pumpkin pie for myself three years ago. Not the first time I made one, or even the second — it was the third, … Read more

That ribbon of cream cheese icing, catching the light just so, is what I made these for. Everything else is secondary. I mean it. The … Read more