A cannele is a classic French pastry that is completely unique in both its flavor and texture. Sometimes described as a handheld creme brulee, they have a crisp and darkly caramelized exterior, yet have a surprisingly dense and custardy interior. Canneles are typically flavored with vanilla and rum, both of which are …
Lemon curd is one of my favorite treats to make when I have a surplus of fresh lemons in my kitchen and I use it regularly in all kinds of sweet treats, from quick breads swirled with lemon curd to homemade ice cream. These 2-Ingredient Lemon Curd Danishes …
Halloween is a great time to dress up your desserts and turn them from tasty treats into tricky ones. These Mummy Baked Apples are baked apples wrapped in puff pastry “bandaging” to give them a delicious – and spooky – finished look!
These Mummies are easy to make and only require …
Breakfast foods are usually my favorite foods. This is not only because I love eggs, bacon, potatoes and other breakfast staples, but because I love breakfast pastries, from coffee cake to croissants. Morning Buns are a particular favorite of mine and I recently started making them at home. The buns …
Making pastry dough from scratch can be a time-consuming process, but the results are well worth putting in that effort when you’re pulling homemade palmiers or croissants out of the oven. That being said, we don’t always have as much extra time on our hands as we might like to work away …
Puff pastry is an ingredient that most of us buy at the market, rather than make at home. Puff pastry is made by laminating layers of dough and butter to form a pastry that has hundreds of layers to it and bakes up to be crisp and flaky. The process of making the …
Palmiers are one of my favorite cookies to make. They’re easy, delicious and always a crowd pleaser. I sometimes make them with homemade puff pastry, but I often make them with store-bought pastry for a quick palmier fix. Using frozen, you can churn out these hard-to-resist treats in no time at all. …
Cream puffs are a delightful treat that – now that I think about it – I don’t have nearly often enough. They start with choux paste, which is baked into hollow pastry pillows that can be filled with a wide variety of things, from whipped cream to ice cream. …
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