Dessert Recipes

My sister claimed she hated pumpkin desserts for a solid decade. Ten years of rolling her eyes at pumpkin spice season, of pushing past the … Read more

My neighbor, a retired mechanic named Gus, asked why I couldn’t just pour the caramel sauce over the apples before baking. I started to explain … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be there that long. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house on a Tuesday afternoon to grab a package that had been … Read more

The fall bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d somehow managed to forget until my phone buzzed with a reminder text from my daughter’s … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked inside a converted gas station on Route 9 that made the most ridiculous pumpkin cheesecake muffins I … Read more

My neighbor across the hall, a retired botanist named Margaret, asked why I couldn’t just leave the peels on the pears. I was mid-sentence explaining … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a jar of cardamom I definitely didn’t need, when … Read more

Hand me that trifle bowl, my neighbor said with a raised eyebrow. “You’re really bringing a dessert with fruit to a barbecue?” I get it. … Read more

The Fourth of July barbecue was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten about dessert. Everyone else would be bringing homemade pies, fancy layer cakes, … Read more

The neighborhood cookie swap was in two hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten—I’d remembered the night before, gone to the store, bought the … Read more