Dessert Recipes

I was standing in the produce aisle last Tuesday when a kid walked past with one of those caramel apple lollipops—you know, the sticky green … Read more

The church bake sale was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was standing in my kitchen at 7 AM on … Read more

I swore I hated pumpkin desserts. For years. Every autumn, when the pumpkin spice parade started rolling through town, I’d roll my eyes and reach … Read more

There used to be a tiny coffee shop tucked into a converted garage on a side street in Portland that made the most incredible pumpkin … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin cheesecake. A tall, crack-free, springform-pan-requiring showstopper for a Friendsgiving I was hosting. I had the recipe memorized, the … Read more

Soft Baked Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies are everything you want in a fall dessert—warm, spiced, and impossibly tender. They combine the classic cinnamon-sugar coating of a … Read more

This was supposed to be a layered angel food cake. I had the whole thing planned out—a classic strawberry shortcake situation with homemade whipped cream … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on 7th Street in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible s’mores blondies. … Read more

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone when I walked into her kitchen last Tuesday. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked into a converted garage on Hawthorne Street that made a chocolate chip zucchini bread so good it … Read more