Dessert Recipes

By the fourth batch in as many days, I finally stopped measuring the flour with my usual precision and just let my hands do the … Read more

Late October, a Thursday night, and the only thing I want is a pan of these creamy pumpkin cheesecake bars with graham crust. The kitchen … Read more

I figured one bowl pumpkin banana bread meant sacrificing either texture or flavor—that you’d end up with something dense and forgettable, a compromise for the … Read more

My mother-in-law handed me this recipe on a sticky note the first Thanksgiving I spent with her family. She said it was the only dessert … Read more

The pan sat in the middle of the table, barely warm, and my brother-in-law—who never asks for seconds—reached across his wife for another roll without … Read more

“You’re not seriously making pumpkin cookies again, are you?” My husband asked this from the doorway, half-smiling, half-exasperated. It was mid-October, and I’d already tested … Read more

Pulling a jar of sourdough discard out of the fridge and staring at a slightly squishy pumpkin on the counter—that’s where this bread started. It … Read more

The faint crackle of the glaze as it sets, a thin, glossy shell that shatters just slightly under your tooth before giving way to the … Read more

I ruined six pumpkin rolls before I made one that actually rolled without cracking. Six. That’s a lot of wasted cream cheese filling and a … Read more

I had been looking for a pumpkin cookie that actually stayed soft. Not the kind that comes out of the oven pillowy and then turns … Read more