Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling: Easy Recipe
This was supposed to be a simple pumpkin bread. I had the recipe memorized—my grandmother’s, the one with the clove and the slightly burnt edges … Read more
Easy Halloween Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate themed desserts—I’d seen the photos on … Read more
Creamy No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie: Perfect Easy Dessert
There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a vintage shop in downtown Portland that made a pumpkin cheesecake pie that … Read more
Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar Coating
My sister asked me why I couldn’t just bake the donuts instead of frying them. It was a few Octobers ago, and I was elbow-deep … Read more
Perfect Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bundt Cake (Easy Fall Dessert)
My neighbor Jen wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of brown sugar—classic baking emergency—and the smell hit me before … Read more
Best Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread with Streusel
It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Wednesday in early October, and I had a ridiculous, almost embarrassing craving for pumpkin bread. Not just any … Read more
Homemade Roasted Tomato Basil Soup for Easy Canning
I was elbow-deep in a mountain of end-of-season tomatoes, my kitchen looking like a red-and-green crime scene, when my phone rang. It was my accountant, … Read more
Easy 7-Day Homemade Sourdough Starter for Perfect Bread
I swore I’d never keep a sourdough starter. For years, actually. The idea of a living thing taking up space in my kitchen—needing to be … Read more
Sticky Peach Bourbon Chicken Thighs: Easy 30-Minute Dinner
Last Wednesday, I was staring into my fridge, feeling that familiar dinner-time dread. Chicken thighs, check. Peaches from that overambitious farmer’s market trip, check. But … Read more
Cozy Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Sourdough: Best Fall Bread
This was supposed to be a plain loaf of sourdough. You know, the kind you make on autopilot on a Sunday afternoon while you’re catching … Read more