Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood that made what they called … Read more

This was supposed to be pumpkin bread. Plain, simple, loaf-pan pumpkin bread that I could slice up for school lunches and maybe sneak a piece … Read more

Hand me that cookie cutter shaped like a leaf, my neighbor said, and I’ll show you something better. It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had an almost aggressive craving for pumpkin cheesecake. Not the kind of craving … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last October when a woman walked past me carrying a pumpkin pie. The … Read more

The taxi driver was explaining the proper way to roll pie dough while we sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way to the airport. I … Read more

I had refused to make pecan pie for years. For a good decade, actually. I’d watch it appear on Thanksgiving tables with that glossy, syrupy … Read more

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché, I know—and the smell hit me before I … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of my local grocery store last October, staring at a display of gummy worms, when the fluorescent lights … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on a side street in Portland, Oregon called “The Little Ghoul” that made the most incredible white chocolate … Read more