Dessert Recipes

There used to be a tiny bakery called The Gilded Acorn tucked into a strip mall off Highway 9 that made the most incredible pumpkin … Read more

There used to be a tiny candy shop tucked between a dry cleaner and a bakery on Main Street in my hometown—the kind of place … Read more

My sister had sworn she hated peanut butter for twenty-three years. Twenty-three years of side-eyeing my PB&Js, of pushing away Thai peanut sauce noodles, of … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a crowded grocery store aisle on a Thursday afternoon, staring at a display of pudding cups and feeling … Read more

Last October, I was at the farmers’ market, clutching a bag of Honeycrisp apples and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer volume of cider … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate pumpkin for thirty-seven years. Thirty-seven years of pushing away pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, making a face at pumpkin bread … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Tuesday in late September, and a very specific, almost gothic craving hit me. I wanted something black. Not … Read more

I was standing in the baking aisle of our local grocery store last October, staring blankly at a display of pumpkin spice everything, when a … Read more

The neighborhood fall potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, completely. I was scrolling through Facebook when I saw the event … Read more

My neighbor, a retired baker named Agnes, watched me wrestling with a bag of flour that had somehow exploded all over my kitchen counter. I … Read more