Perfectly Moist Pumpkin Cupcakes
A few autumns ago, I was waiting for the bus outside our small-town library when I struck up a conversation with a retired baker named...
Category : Dessert
Flaky Caramel Apple Puff Pastry
On the first crisp morning of autumn, I woke up before sunrise to the faint smell of leaves drifting in through the kitchen window. The...
Strawberry Cheesecake Cinnabon Rolls
When my granddaughter Lily turned eight, she asked if we could bake something “fancy but fun” for her birthday breakfast. I thought she meant pancakes...
Luscious Lemon Cream Cheese Pie
One bright spring morning, long before the house stirred awake, I found myself in the kitchen with the windows cracked open just enough to let...
Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookie Bites
On a rainy afternoon not long ago, the house felt unusually quiet. My husband had dozed off with the newspaper on his lap, and I...
Dreamy Peppermint Cream Cheese Pie
On a quiet snowy evening last December, the grandkids insisted we all stay in our pajamas and hold a “pie night” instead of our usual...