Pastry Recipes

Rich puff pastry made with cream instead of water, combining regular and cake flour for tender flaky layers perfect for dessert applications.

Baked raisin cinnamon doughnuts made from a biscuit-style dough with no frying. Brushed with melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar for a tender, old-fashioned treat.

Sweet roll and doughnut dough is a versatile yeasted sponge that can be fried into glazed doughnuts or baked into soft dinner rolls. Two desserts from one dough.

Homemade cinnamon rolls with lemon zest and raisins, shaped into sugar-dipped balls with a golden cinnamon crust. A unique twist on the classic yeast roll.

Awesome cinnamon rolls built on a soft, sponge-started yeast dough, rolled tight with cinnamon sugar and baked over a brown-sugar-and-butter layer that turns into a sticky caramel bottom. A big-batch bakery classic, made from scratch.

Homemade yeast cinnamon rolls rolled with brown sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, then topped with creamy evaporated-milk vanilla icing. A from-scratch, double-rise dough that bakes up soft and pillowy.

Cream puff swans made from choux pastry piped into S-shaped necks and oval bodies, filled with sweetened whipped cream and mandarin oranges. A classic French pastry showpiece.

Grandma's flaky pie dough, made with both cold butter for flavor and shortening for tenderness. Pea-sized butter bits and ice water are the secret to a shatteringly flaky, foolproof homemade crust.

Blueberry streusel cake with a tender buttermilk base topped with fresh berries and a cinnamon-nutmeg crumble. A one-pan bake with a crumbly, spiced topping over juicy blueberries.

Bakery-style cinnamon rolls from scratch with a soft yeast dough, cinnamon-sugar-nut filling, and maple icing. A big-batch recipe that makes 6 to 7 dozen rolls.

Classic French apple tarte Tatin with Granny Smith apples caramelized in a skillet and topped with buttery homemade pastry. A stunning upside-down dessert with deep golden caramel.

Homemade banana doughnuts deep-fried until golden and tossed in cinnamon sugar while still warm. Made from scratch with mashed bananas and nutmeg. Ready in 30 minutes, makes a dozen.

Banana velvet doughnuts are old-fashioned cake doughnuts sweetened with honey, enriched with mashed banana and sour cream, then deep-fried golden. Soft, tender crumb with a hint of nutmeg.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts made from scratch with nutmeg and vanilla, deep-fried and dusted with sugar. No yeast, no rising time, no fuss.

Big bunch doughnuts make 80 yeast-raised doughnuts from one rich dough of milk, butter, sugar, eggs, and yeast. Old-fashioned recipe for fundraisers, holidays, or feeding a crowd.

Old-fashioned buttermilk doughnuts spiced with ginger and nutmeg, fried golden in just minutes. Tender, cake-style doughnuts with a slight tang from real buttermilk.