Dessert Recipes

The first time I made these Honeycrisp Apple Cheesecake Bars, I was standing in my kitchen with a bowl of apples that were getting a … Read more

Third time in five days, and I finally stopped overmixing the batter. That’s the thing about this Brown Sugar Apple Dapple Cake—it looks forgiving, all … Read more

I figured the secret to a perfect apple crisp was all in the fruit—tart, firm, perfectly spiced. It took about one bite of a version … Read more

That first crack of a sugar-dusted streusel top under my teeth—the kind that shatters just enough before giving way to something impossibly soft—still takes me … Read more

Flour dusted across the counter, a timer beeping somewhere behind me, and the distinct smell of cinnamon filling the kitchen—that’s where this pumpkin roll story … Read more

I burned pumpkin donuts three times before I figured out the trick. Not a little overcooked, not slightly dark on the edges—I mean, blackened bottoms, … Read more

The ribbon of cream cheese is what I made this for — everything else is secondary. That thick, tangy, almost cheesecake-like stripe running through the … Read more

The first time I made a dump cake, I felt like I was getting away with something. It was Thanksgiving a few years back, and … Read more

I want brown butter. That’s the thought that starts this whole thing—not pumpkin, not snickerdoodles, not even fall. Just brown butter, right there in my … Read more

That nutty, toasty smell — the one that fills your kitchen when butter browns in a hot pan, turning from yellow to gold to deep … Read more