Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be a simple loaf of orange bread — the kind you whip up when you’re trying to use up a bag … Read more

I swore I didn’t need another Halloween dessert. Three autumns ago, standing in my tiny kitchen with a cracked mixing bowl and a bag of … Read more

I was standing in line at the craft store the Tuesday before Halloween, holding a bag of pretzel rods and feeling a little ridiculous. The … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in late September, and I had a wild craving for something that tasted like fall but felt … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery on the Lower East Side, tucked between a tailor shop and a dusty bookstore, that made a honey … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last October, staring at a row of black food coloring bottles, when the … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple apple crisp. A humble, no-fuss dessert for a Tuesday night when I had a basket of apples that … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in late September, and I had the overwhelming urge to bake something that smelled like autumn. I … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine saw me eyeing her pumpkin patch last October. She didn’t say anything at first, just … Read more

I was standing in my kitchen last Tuesday, staring at a half-used can of pumpkin puree and feeling that familiar fall restlessness, when the smell … Read more