Dessert Recipes

I used to think themed snacks were a total waste of time. Honestly. For years, I watched friends spend hours making spider-shaped sandwiches and ghost-shaped … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday in November, and I had a very specific, almost aggressive craving for something warm, spiced, and cakey. … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on Grand Avenue that made the most hauntingly beautiful meringue … Read more

I was standing in the spice aisle of our local grocery store last October when a woman walked past me carrying a paper bag of … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Like, not just a little forgot—I’d signed up to bring a dessert for … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me fumbling with a piping bag at my kitchen window one December afternoon. I was attempting—and failing—to make fancy French … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Gladys, watched me scraping the innards out of a pumpkin on my front stoop last October and didn’t say … Read more

I swore I hated apple desserts for the better part of a decade. Nine years, actually. Every pie, crisp, or crumble I tried was either … Read more

My neighbor Carol wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder—ours had mysteriously vanished during a backyard project—and the smell of … Read more

There used to be a little bakery on Grand Avenue, tucked between a laundromat and a dusty antiques shop, that made the best pumpkin pie … Read more