Dessert Recipes

My sister did not trust pumpkin spice in cinnamon rolls. She said it loudly, over the phone, while I was stirring brown butter on the … Read more

The first time I bit into one of these apple cider donut muffins, I was standing in my kitchen, still in my pajamas, and I … Read more

Dropping a whole can of pumpkin puree onto the counter at 9 PM on a Tuesday — that’s how this started. The kids were already … Read more

The first time I made these Ultimate Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins with Streusel Top, I was chasing that exact feeling. You know the one—when the … Read more

The crumb. That’s what I made this for. Not the maple cream cheese icing—though, let’s be honest, that’s a pretty spectacular bonus. Not even the … Read more

The first batch of pumpkin snickerdoodles I made came out like sad, puffy biscuits. Not the soft, pillowy, cinnamon-sugar-crusted clouds I was after. I figured … Read more

I want a slice of that pumpkin roll right now. But I don’t want the store-bought one with that weird, plasticky cream cheese filling that … Read more

Third time this week, and I finally stopped measuring the chocolate chips with a cup and started using my heart. The first loaf came out … Read more

The last spoonful scraped the bottom of the ramekin, and my daughter looked up with that specific expression — the one that says she’s already … Read more

My sister called me last October, frustrated. She had spent the morning making pumpkin muffins from a popular blog, and they came out dense, gummy, … Read more