Dessert Recipes

Three times in one week I made this no-bake pumpkin pie, and the third time I finally stopped second-guessing myself. It wasn’t that the first … Read more

Three bags of black food coloring in my cart and a seven-year-old tugging my sleeve saying, “Mom, can we make them glow?” That’s how this … Read more

“Mom, can we make the eyeballs again?” My seven-year-old was already pulling the marshmallow bag out of the pantry before I could even answer. It … Read more

I want apple cake, and I want it now. Not the dry, crumbly kind that sits on the counter for three days getting sadder by … Read more

I had been looking for a way to use up sourdough discard that didn’t feel like a chore. You know the feeling—that jar in the … Read more

Pumpkin puree smeared across the counter, a cloud of powdered sugar hanging in the air, and me, staring at a cake that had just cracked … Read more

That deep, molasses-rich scent of brown sugar mingling with cinnamon and nutmeg—the kind that wraps around you before you even open the oven door—still takes … Read more

The top of this cake doesn’t look like a cake at all. It looks like a crumbly, buttery, toasted sand dune—a landscape of pecan pieces … Read more

I want a snickerdoodle that tastes like fall, but I don’t want a flat, dense cookie. That’s the thought that hit me last September, standing … Read more

The email came in at 9:47 PM on a Tuesday. “Can you bring those pumpkin muffins again? My mom still talks about them.” I had … Read more