Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a converted gas station off Highway 9 in upstate New York that made a brown butter … Read more

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last November, just staring at a box of pre-made pie crusts, when the smell of a gourd-shaped … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, had been a devoted “apple on its own” purist for as long as I’d known her. She’d claim to hate anything that … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and a very specific, very loud craving for warm apples and brown sugar hit me. I didn’t … Read more

My neighbor, Sarah, asked me why I couldn’t just dump everything in a pan and let it sit overnight. I started to explain why that … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin pie. I had the can of pumpkin puree open, the cream cheese softening on the counter, and a … Read more

My sister swore she hated pumpkin desserts. For years. Like, a solid decade of side-eyeing my pumpkin bread and pushing past the pumpkin pie at … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, spiced, and chewy. I didn’t have any … Read more

The woman at the farmers market stand watched me circle back three times before she finally spoke. “You keep looking at the apple cider,” she … Read more

A friend asked me why I couldn’t just skip the stovetop and melt the caramel with cream in the microwave instead. I started to explain … Read more