Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin loaf. I had it all planned out—a classic, moist, spiced loaf that I could slice up for … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had claimed to hate banana bread for over a decade. “It’s just baby food in a loaf pan,” he’d say every single … Read more

I was digging through my pantry last Tuesday, looking for a bag of chocolate chips I swore I bought, when the smell of cinnamon hit … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggle with a wobbly table and a bowl of pumpkin puree that was … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a laundromat on the west side of town called “The Gilded Crumb” that made a pumpkin … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked behind a vintage bookstore in Beacon, New York, that made a cinnamon apple cider bundt cake that … Read more

I wasn’t trying to find a new fall cookie recipe. Honestly, I was at my neighbor’s house last October to borrow a ladder—my gutters were … Read more

I was hauling a too-heavy box of canning jars out of the back of my car when my accountant, Mr. Henderson, appeared from the house … Read more

There used to be this tiny diner off Route 9 in New Jersey called The Rusty Fork that made a s’mores icebox cake that ruined … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in June, and I had a very specific, almost desperate craving for strawberry shortcake. The problem? I … Read more