Dessert Recipes

The bag of black gel food coloring was already open on the counter, and I’d just dripped some on my favorite apron. My niece had … Read more

My neighbor’s seven-year-old took one bite of these spiderweb cookies last October and just stopped mid-chew. She looked at the cookie, looked at me, and … Read more

The kitchen was quiet, save for the soft bubbling coming from the oven. I pulled out the dish, and the scent hit me first—cinnamon, butter, … Read more

It was the last week of October, and the only thing I wanted was to stop buying candy corn for the third time. You know … Read more

The crackle of a gingersnap crust under the tines of a fork. That’s the first thing I think about when I picture these Perfect Pumpkin … Read more

I burned the first batch of chocolate chip pumpkin cookies I ever made. Not a little overdone on the bottom—I mean charcoal disks that smoked … Read more

Staring into the fridge at ten o’clock on a Tuesday night, I had exactly three things going for me: a block of cream cheese, a … Read more

That first crackle of cinnamon sugar hitting hot butter in the pan—the kind that perfumes the whole kitchen before you’ve even poured your coffee—still takes … Read more

Pumpkin puree smeared across the counter, a box of yellow cake mix sitting open on the stove, and the timer beeping because I forgot to … Read more

I want a snickerdoodle that tastes like fall had a baby with a bakery cookie. That’s the whole thought. Not a wish, not a maybe … Read more