Pastry Recipes

There's not much better than smelling the house filled with the aroma from cinnamon buns. These buns are nearly identical to the buns purchase from the Cinnabon chain of stores.

Butter fluffy and light as a feather. Hundreds (700+ actually) layers of butter and flour create this classic and very useful French pastry

Copycat T.J. Cinnamon's cinnamon rolls with soft yeast dough and a butter-brown sugar-cinnamon filling. Pillowy, gooey homemade rolls that taste like the mall classic. Makes 14.

Easy apple fritters drop a cinnamon-spiked batter of chopped apples into hot oil, frying into golden puffs you dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with maple syrup. Six ingredients, 30 minutes start to finish.

No need for Cinnabon chain when you can make these at home!

Light and fluffy classic French pastry, to make cream puffs, eclairs sweets and savory dishes too. A timeless classic pastry recipe everyone should be familiar with.

A delightful way to enjoy these small and yummy treats.

A Greek butter cookie with almonds and powder sugar.

Great for breakfast or anytime with a hot cup of java.

Tender dough rolls around strawberry jelly, chopped apples, and toasted nuts spiced with cinnamon sugar, then slices into swirled rounds that bake golden for a fruit-filled German-inspired pastry.

This is a classic French recipe also called Pate a Choux for making puffs that can be filled with any manner of filling savory or sweet. The most basic filling would be whipped cream. Crispy on the outside and wonderfully creamy on the inside.

Homemade sour cream cinnamon rolls with a soft yeasted dough, brown sugar cinnamon filling, and vanilla confectioners sugar icing. The sour cream makes them impossibly tender. Makes 12.

Easy apple turnovers from refrigerated pie crust, filled with chopped apples, walnuts, and cinnamon sugar. Dipped in butter and rolled in extra sugar before baking.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts infused with reduced apple cider and warm spices. Pat the dough to half-inch thickness, cut and fry until golden, then dip in cider glaze while warm.

Pets de soeur: traditional Québécois cinnamon rolls made with lard pastry, brown sugar, and butter. No yeast, no rise time, ready in an hour. A French-Canadian classic.

Jiffy cinnamon buns: no-yeast quick cinnamon rolls ready in 45 minutes. Soft biscuit-style dough rolled with cinnamon brown sugar filling, baked in muffin tins, and glazed.