Dessert Recipes

My neighbor Margaret watched me fumbling with a peeler last October, trying to get the skin off a pile of Honeycrisp apples without losing half … Read more

My husband claimed to hate banana bread for fifteen years. Fifteen years. He’d make this little face anytime someone mentioned it—you know the one, that … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on the corner of Elm and 3rd—right next to the dry cleaners—that made the most incredible Christmas sugar … Read more

Let me tell you, this graveyard snack board is the kind of recipe that makes you feel like a Halloween hero without breaking a sweat. … Read more

The neighborhood cookie exchange was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing those elaborate layered bars, the kind with homemade … Read more

My neighbor Jenna wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—our gutters were overflowing after a surprise October storm—and the smell … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a Tuesday in mid-October, and I had the kind of craving that doesn’t make sense during daylight hours. I wanted … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on the corner of Elm and 4th, a place called … Read more

I was digging through my kitchen junk drawer last October, looking for a working pair of scissors, when my hand brushed against something sticky and … Read more

This was supposed to be a gingerbread house. I had it all planned out — the royal icing recipe bookmarked, the candy aisle mapped out … Read more