Dessert Recipes

November drizzle against the kitchen window, and the only thing I want is a pan of these pumpkin pie bars with that dark, spicy gingersnap … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s heirloom recipes, those perfectly frosted linzer … Read more

Marta wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by her place to grab a book I’d lent her months ago — a quick in-and-out errand … Read more

This was supposed to be a pumpkin loaf. A perfectly respectable, totally predictable pumpkin loaf that I’d made a hundred times before. But somewhere between … Read more

My kitchen smelled like a candle aisle threw up in the best possible way. I had three cans of pumpkin puree staring at me from … Read more

I want a slice of this cake right now. Not just any cake—this one. The one that smells like a whole autumn afternoon condensed into … Read more

Third time in as many days I pulled that orange-scented dough from the bowl, and this time the flour dust on my knuckles felt more … Read more

My neighbor, a woman named Rosa who gardens like she’s coaxing secrets from the earth, watched me trying to wrestle a too-ripe pumpkin into submission … Read more

I figured a Halloween dessert had to be either scary-looking or delicious, but never both. It took about one batch of these witch fingers to … Read more

My husband took a bite, set his fork down, and just looked at me. Not the usual “this is good, babe” nod. A real look. … Read more