Dessert Recipes

I cracked the cream cheese filling on my first twelve pumpkin roll attempts. Not figuratively cracked—literally cracked, right down the middle, like a fault line … Read more

The fourth time I made this chocolate chip pumpkin bread in a single week, I started measuring the flour with a soup spoon because my … Read more

Introduction I figured the secret to a great pumpkin muffin was just more pumpkin puree. It took about three batches of gummy, sunken muffins for … Read more

There used to be a tiny, dimly-lit diner on the corner of 7th and Elm—the kind with cracked vinyl booths and a jukebox that only … Read more

I swore I’d never make homemade ice cream without a machine. Honestly, it felt like one of those kitchen lies people tell you—”Oh, it’s easy!”—right … Read more

I’m not supposed to play favorites with recipes, but this one-bowl banana bread has me completely whipped. The neighborhood block party was in four hours … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, of all places, holding a new showerhead and trying to remember if I needed plumber’s tape. … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a very specific craving for something bright, tart, and covered in glaze. The kind … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, asked me why I couldn’t just crush the candy canes smaller. I was in the middle of a … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store parking lot, holding a bag of mulch and staring at my phone. The man who … Read more