Dessert Recipes

Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her garden shears, and the smell hit me before I even reached the porch. … Read more

An older woman at the farmers market watched me paw through a bin of sad-looking apples one October morning. I was being picky, I admit, … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just swap the corn syrup for maple syrup in my pecan pie bars. I started to explain why … Read more

I had sworn off pumpkin cookies for almost a decade. Not because of some dramatic kitchen disaster—nothing so exciting, honestly. It was more of a … Read more

The community garden coordinator watched me fumbling with a bag of slightly bruised apples I’d just rescued from the compost bin. She didn’t say anything … Read more

“I think I’d rather just eat plain pumpkin seeds,” my friend Jenna said last October, eyeing the bag of raw seeds I’d just pulled from … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and I had an almost aggressive craving for something warm, spiced, and carb-heavy. You know that feeling … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate cooked fruit for our entire marriage. Twelve years. He’d push aside apple slices in pies, eye cobblers with deep … Read more

My neighbor Karen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder for a lightbulb situation — you know, the kind where … Read more

The neighborhood fall potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten — I’d actively blanked on the email chain, the sign-up … Read more