Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a batch of pumpkin bread. I had the loaf pan greased, the oven preheated, and my three-year-old “helping” by dumping … Read more

I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky pipe and a half-written grocery list, … Read more

My roommate asked why I couldn’t just roll the cake while it was still hot. I was mid-lecture about cake structure and moisture loss—the whole … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a fierce, inexplicable hankering for a bakery scone. Not just any scone—one of those … Read more

I was digging through the back of my pantry last Tuesday—looking for a can of diced tomatoes I swear I bought—when my hand brushed against … Read more

I told myself for years that pumpkin and chocolate had no business being together. Honestly, I was pretty smug about it. Pumpkin was for spice … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a vintage shop on the corner of Elm and 4th that made … Read more

I was standing in the plumbing aisle of our local hardware store last October, holding a PVC pipe and looking completely lost, when Frank from … Read more

The way the top of this pie shatters under a fork — that brittle, caramelized shell of pecans and brown sugar giving way to the … Read more

I was supposed to be making a pumpkin roll. Let me just put that out there right now. It was a Thursday afternoon, the kids … Read more