Dessert Recipes

The power went out halfway through my first attempt at making a proper apple crisp. There I was, standing in a suddenly silent kitchen at … Read more

The woman at the apple stand watched me pawing through a bushel of Honeycrisps, clearly looking for something I wasn’t finding. I was trying to … Read more

I swore I hated pan de muerto. For years. Every October, the bakery shelves would fill with these round, bone-decorated loaves, and I’d walk right … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of apple cider muffins. I had the recipe memorized—flour, sugar, oil, a cup of that good spiced cider … Read more

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were clogged, and mine had mysteriously vanished—and the smell … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of a grocery store last October, trying to decide between black gel food coloring and a tube of … Read more

The PTA bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I had the email flagged and everything, but somewhere between packing … Read more

I was hauling a bag of slightly-too-early Gala apples out of my trunk last September when my neighbor, a retired plumber named Frank who mostly … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store—of all places—when the man behind me started talking about cake. Not just any cake, mind you. … Read more

My niece looked up from the bag of Oreos she was crushing with her little fists. “Why can’t you just put the pudding on top … Read more