Dessert Recipes

Browned butter bubbling in the pan while I frantically searched for a missing pie plate. That’s how this recipe was born. The smell of toasty, … Read more

I ruined sweet potato casserole three Thanksgivings in a row before I figured out what I was actually doing wrong. The first year, I boiled … Read more

I want to make Halloween treats that actually look festive but don’t require me to turn on the oven or wrestle with melted candy that … Read more

I was staring at a bag of candy corn in the grocery aisle last September, thinking about how much I love the flavor but how … Read more

The doorbell rang at 8:47 PM on a Tuesday, and I was still in my sweatpants with chocolate smeared on my wrist. My neighbor’s kid … Read more

My niece, who is eight and has opinions about everything, looked at the plate of witch finger pretzel rods I was testing and said, “These … Read more

That first crackle of glaze against warm bread, pooling in the crevices where the apple chunks sank during baking — that’s the moment I started … Read more

I want pumpkin banana bread right now. Not the kind that’s dry and crumbly and makes you reach for a glass of milk just to … Read more

My grandmother’s apple crisp was good, don’t get me wrong. But it was also predictable. You knew exactly what you were getting—a soft, sweet apple … Read more

My starter had been sitting in the back of the fridge for almost two weeks, neglected and bubbling with a kind of quiet resentment. I’d … Read more