Dessert Recipes

Third time in a month and the kitchen still smells like burnt sugar and autumn rain. I didn’t plan this. I really didn’t. It started … Read more

November 14th, just past seven in the morning, the kitchen window is fogged up from the rain outside, and the only thing I want is … Read more

My husband asked for the recipe before I even finished washing the mixing bowl. It was the third batch that week, and the cookie jar … Read more

I figured pumpkin spice belonged only in coffee or latte foam. It felt like a seasonal gimmick, something that smelled nice but lacked the substance … Read more

Third time this week, and the kitchen still smells like a bakery that went slightly overboard with the vanilla extract. I don’t know what possessed … Read more

I figured pumpkin muffins would turn out dense and heavy, like eating a brick made of spices. It took about ten minutes for that assumption … Read more

My husband didn’t even look up from his phone when he said it. He was just scrolling through work emails, totally unaware that I was … Read more

It was just me and the hum of the refrigerator, the house finally quiet after the kids had been tucked in and the lights dimmed. … Read more

The serving spoon was gone. I had just turned my back to grab napkins from the counter, and when I looked back, the center of … Read more

It’s 6:15 AM on a rainy Tuesday in October, and the only thing I want is moist pumpkin bread with cream cheese swirl. The house … Read more