Dessert Recipes

The neighborhood Halloween block party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I remembered it was happening—the flyers had been on my … Read more

I was standing in the middle of the baking aisle at our local grocery store last October when the smell hit me—that warm, dusty, slightly … Read more

My sister claimed she hated pumpkin desserts for a solid decade. Ten years. She’d scrunch her nose at pumpkin pie every Thanksgiving and push aside … Read more

I was at the farmers market last October, my arms full of bags and my mind already halfway to the kitchen. A woman next to … Read more

There used to be a tiny panadería on a side street in Pátzcuaro—the kind with a faded blue awning and a bell that jangled when … Read more

Marta, the woman who runs the little spice shop on Elm Street, watched me staring at her display of candy canes last November. She didn’t … Read more

My sister had refused to make Christmas cake pops for years. “Too much work, too much sugar, not worth the mess,” she’d say every December … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in December, and I had this ridiculous craving for gingerbread cheesecake. Not the fancy, springform-pan kind that … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just skip the step of browning the butter for the pumpkin pie. We were standing in her kitchen, a … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had a serious craving for pecan pie. Not the fussy, roll-out-the-crust kind my grandma makes … Read more