Dessert Recipes

I am staring at a pile of black sugar cookie dough and realizing I have exactly forty minutes before the neighbors’ kids arrive for their … Read more

My husband stared at the empty plate for a solid ten seconds before asking if I had secretly bought it from a bakery. He didn’t … Read more

The plate was empty. Just a few crumbs scattered across the rim of the ceramic dish, swirling in the scent of cinnamon and reduced apple … Read more

I was twenty-four, shivering in a drafty farmhouse kitchen that smelled perpetually of damp wool and woodsmoke. Outside, the October rain was hammering against the … Read more

My kitchen counter has flour dusted across it, and I’m staring at a baking sheet full of pale, knobby fingers. It’s 10 PM on a … Read more

You know, I didn’t actually set out to make a black cupcake. I was trying to make a red velvet cake for a Halloween party, … Read more

I need a Halloween dessert that doesn’t make me turn on the oven. It’s not even a debate in my head—October is already chaotic enough … Read more

My nephew showed up at my door on a cool October afternoon, and the only thing in my pantry was a bag of marshmallows and … Read more

I figured making meringue was this finicky, stressful thing reserved for pastry chefs with fancy piping bags. It took about one batch of these ghost … Read more

My mom did not trust the idea of a small-batch dessert. For years, she’d pull out the giant baking dish, load it with eight apples, … Read more