Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny café tucked behind a used bookstore on the corner of Elm and 3rd that made the most ridiculous pumpkin … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be in the kitchen that afternoon. I’d stopped by my sister-in-law’s house to drop off a slow cooker I’d borrowed, and … Read more

My neighbor, an avid gardener named Clara, asked me last October why I couldn’t just skip the pie crust entirely and bake the pumpkin filling … Read more

The neighborhood pie contest was in forty-eight hours and I’d completely forgotten. My friend Sarah texted a reminder, and I stared at my calendar in … Read more

This was supposed to be a pecan pie. A classic, gooey, butter-laden pecan pie for a small Thanksgiving I was hosting for a few friends. … Read more

The woman at the community garden plot next to mine watched me struggling with a pile of apples that had definitely seen better days. She … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t making a big deal of it. I’d stopped by to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and this sweet-salty smell hit … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I was hit with the weirdest craving—I wanted to make something spooky, but I … Read more

Honestly, I’ve never seen a dessert disappear faster than these Easy Spooky Graveyard Dirt Cups. They’re the perfect Halloween dessert for a crowd—kids and adults … Read more

I was at the community garden swap table last October, trying to decide between a lumpy butternut squash and some knobby ginger root, when the … Read more