Dessert Recipes

This was supposed to be caramel corn. A real, honest-to-goodness, stovetop caramel corn that would make my grandmother proud. I had the brown sugar measured, … Read more

I pulled the baking sheet out of the oven, and the smell of browned butter and pumpkin spice filled the whole kitchen. My husband wandered … Read more

Let me be honest with you—when my nephew asked if we could just crush up Oreos and dump them in pudding cups for his Halloween … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday in October, and I had a very specific craving for something that went bump in the night. … Read more

My tía Lupe did not trust store-bought orange blossom water. “It smells like a cheap candle,” she’d mutter, pushing aside the bottle I’d brought from … Read more

Three cans of evaporated milk sitting on the counter, a half-opened can of pumpkin puree in the fridge, and the sudden realization that I had … Read more

That first crackle of a crisp Honeycrisp apple breaking under my teeth—the sound is almost as good as the taste. It was late September, and … Read more

I burned three pumpkin rolls before I figured out that the secret isn’t in the cake at all—it’s in the towel. Let me explain. I … Read more

I had been looking for a Halloween dessert that actually felt fun to make, not just another tray of sugar cookies that all blur together … Read more

Okay, I need a Thanksgiving dessert that’s fun, not fussy, and something the kids can actually help with. A pie feels too serious. A cake … Read more