Easy Baked Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Sugar Sauce
It was 11:47 PM on a Tuesday in late October, and I had a very specific craving for something warm, sweet, and wrapped in pastry. … Read more
Kid-Friendly Spiderweb Chocolate Cheesecake Bars: Easy Halloween Dessert
I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office in early October, watching him sketch a spiderweb … Read more
Kid-Friendly Cheesy Stuffed Acorn Squash with Sausage
Jenny wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a random Tuesday to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and the smell … Read more
Cozy Apple Cider Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze
I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, fumbling for my keys, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t perfume or someone’s … Read more
Creamy Crockpot Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese: Easy Fall Recipe
There used to be this tiny farm-to-table café tucked away in the Berkshires called The Gilded Gourd that made the most incredible butternut squash mac … Read more
Cozy Mummy Hot Dogs Made Easy with Crescent Dough
I was supposed to be making pigs in a blanket. That was the plan, anyway. It was a Tuesday night in late October, and I … Read more
Kid-Approved Iced Apple Cider Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze
The PTA bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot, like buying the ingredients but not baking yet—I … Read more
Spooky Black Cat Sugar Cookies: Easy Halloween Treat
There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop on the edge of town called The Whisk & Wand … Read more
Crowd-Pleasing Crockpot Lasagna Soup with Italian Sausage
The neighborhood potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Four hours. That’s not enough time to make something that looks like you actually … Read more
Easy No-Bake Halloween Snack Mix Recipe
My neighbor across the hall, a retired art teacher named Mrs. Gable, watched me wrestling with a bag of candy corn that had somehow fused … Read more