Pastry Recipes

Old-fashioned chocolate cake doughnuts made with buttermilk, melted chocolate, and a pinch of ginger, then deep-fried until crisp outside and tender within.

Cinnamon roll bread made in a bread machine: all the swirl, spice, and sugar of a classic cinnamon roll baked into a soft sliceable loaf. Dump, press start, done.

My version of easy cinnamon rolls that used a box of cake mix.

French breakfast puffs are nutmeg-scented mini muffins dipped in melted butter and rolled in cinnamon-sugar. A doughnut-meets-muffin breakfast pastry that takes 25 minutes start to finish.

Crispy drop doughnuts made with mashed potatoes and sour cream, fried golden and rolled in sugar. The potato keeps them impossibly moist inside while the outside shatters. Makes 3 dozen in under an hour.

These individual danish pastries are filled with raisins and topped with a delicious graze.

Favorite never fail pie crust uses shortening, vegetable oil, and a touch of corn syrup for a tender, flaky crust that rolls out without tearing. Beginner-friendly and forgiving.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts use buttermilk and a touch of nutmeg for that classic diner flavor. Lower in sugar thanks to a sugar substitute blend, fried golden in hot oil.

French-style fruit fritters: apple, orange, or pineapple slices macerated in lemon and sugar, dipped in an egg-white-lightened batter, and deep-fried golden. Serve with powdered sugar or syrup.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts with nutmeg and ginger, deep fried and tossed in cinnamon sugar. A simple from-scratch doughnut recipe that rests before frying for a tender crumb.

Yeast-raised honey doughnuts fried golden and stuffed with a chunky filling of dried apricots, apples, and walnuts bound in honey. A festive, fruit-forward treat for the holidays.

Homemade easy doughnuts are baking-powder doughnut drops fried golden in hot oil and rolled in sugar while warm. No yeast, no shaping, no special equipment needed for this old-fashioned breakfast treat.

Old-fashioned cake doughnuts with cinnamon and nutmeg, rolled and cut by hand, then fried golden in hot shortening. A simple from-scratch recipe with just 9 pantry ingredients.

Old-fashioned shortening pie crust with just four ingredients. This no-fuss pastry dough cuts together fast, rolls out easy, and bakes up tender and flaky every time.

Old-fashioned yeast-raised doughnuts perfumed with warm nutmeg, built on an overnight sponge for a light, pillowy crumb. Rolled, cut, and fried golden, just like the bakery doughnuts of years past.

Bread machine doughnuts: enriched yeast dough kneaded by your bread maker on dough cycle, shaped into rings or twists, deep-fried golden, then dressed with chocolate, cinnamon sugar, or jelly fillings.