Dessert Recipes

I did not trust cream cheese in pumpkin bread. For years, I thought the tang would fight with the warm spices—clash with the cinnamon and … Read more

Three apples into peeling and I realized I’d forgotten the bourbon. The bottle sat right there on the counter, mocking me, while my hands were … Read more

My friend Jenna did not trust zucchini in dessert. She stood in my kitchen, arms crossed, watching me grate a pile of green squash into … Read more

The crackled top is what gets me every time. That web of pale gold fissures spreading across a domed mahogany surface — it’s the first … Read more

I figured a gingerbread cheesecake bar would be a two-day project involving a water bath and a lot of swearing. It took about an hour … Read more

The first Sunday of December, snow falling in that lazy way it does when the world has nowhere to be, and all I wanted was … Read more

“These are dangerous.” That’s what my brother-in-law said, reaching for his third bar. We were standing in my kitchen after a particularly long Thanksgiving dinner. … Read more

I ruined a batch of these brownies the first time I made them. Not a little burnt around the edges—like, completely inedible, hockey-puck-level disaster. I … Read more

Grabbing a bag of candy corn with one hand and a box of microwave popcorn with the other when I realized I had nothing—absolutely nothing—to … Read more

The sticky, marshmallowy pull as you bite through the crisp shell into the soft center—that’s the whole point of these Easy Halloween Rice Krispie Treat … Read more