Dessert Recipes

The Saturday before my daughter turned six, the sky opened up and rain poured down like someone had tipped a bucket over the whole neighborhood. … Read more

I didn’t trust brown butter in banana bread. Honestly, I thought it was one of those trendy kitchen hacks that food bloggers hype up just … Read more

“Wait—there’s zucchini in this?” My neighbor Karen said that, fork halfway to her mouth, after I’d handed her a slice still warm from the pan. … Read more

I figured a spiced fall layer cake would be just another pumpkin-spice situation—something nice enough, maybe a little predictable. It took about one bite of … Read more

My neighbor’s kid took one bite of these black cocoa spiderweb cheesecake bars, stopped mid-chew, and just stared at the bar in his hand like … Read more

By the tenth cookie, I had finally figured out the brush pressure. The first nine looked like a toddler had gotten into my watercolors—blotchy maple … Read more

“Wait, you mean I don’t have to turn on the oven?” My sister-in-law, Jen, stood in my kitchen doorway, holding a store-bought pumpkin pie like … Read more

Late October, and the only thing I want is a warm muffin that tastes like fall in a paper liner. Not the dry kind that … Read more

I didn’t trust a dump cake. Let’s just get that out there right now. My friend Sarah brought one to a potluck years ago, and … Read more

The pan came out of the oven and the whole kitchen smelled like a fall festival — cinnamon, nutmeg, that warm clove hit you only … Read more