Dessert Recipes

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

My niece did not trust me when I said we could make spider webs out of sugar cookie dough and chocolate icing. She stood there, … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a secondhand bookstore in my old neighborhood that made the most incredible pumpkin … Read more

Late Sunday afternoon, the kitchen light had that soft, golden slant to it that makes everything feel a little quieter. I had three kids underfoot, … Read more

The elementary school Halloween party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. My son had reminded me three times that week, but somewhere between … Read more

“You have to make those spiderweb brownies again,” my niece said, not even looking up from her phone last October. And that was it. I … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of apple butter. I had spent the better part of a Saturday afternoon peeling and chopping a mountain … Read more

That first crackle of black food coloring hitting white cream cheese frosting — the way it blooms into this deep, inky swirl — still takes … Read more