374 pastry cream recipes

Citrus cheesecake brightens a rich cream cheese filling with both lemon and orange zest, set in a buttery homemade citrus pastry crust instead of graham crumbs. Tangy, fragrant and bakery-smooth.

Potato and onion tart: a crisp homemade pastry shell layered with sweet-tangy caramelized onion-tomato relish, golden pan-fried potatoes, sour cream, and paprika. A rustic vegetarian tart, hot or cold.

Buttery crescent roll layers stuffed with sweetened cream cheese and crowned with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar nut topping. Just 15 minutes of prep for a warm, gooey pastry that feeds a crowd.

Flaky crescent roll pastries stuffed with a sweet cream cheese, vanilla, and lemon filling. Just 5 ingredients, 25 minutes, and 16 golden little bites that vanish the moment they hit the plate.

Crustless quiche stacks Monterey Jack, cream cheese, and cottage cheese with six eggs into a 9x13 pan for a crowd-friendly brunch casserole. Naturally gluten-free with no pastry to fuss with.

Pineapple cream pie with a buttery oil-pastry crust and a no-cook filling whipped from butter, powdered sugar, eggs, and crushed pineapple. A creamy, frothy retro chiller from the icebox era.

Cinnamon rugelach made with a tender cream cheese pastry dough, rolled crescent-style around a cinnamon filling and dusted with cinnamon sugar. Flaky, buttery little cookies for the holidays and cookie trays.

Succulent shrimp bathed in a velvety cream sauce spiked with sherry and a hint of cayenne. Served in flaky homemade pastry shells, this classic Newberg comes together in just 35 minutes for an elegant weeknight dinner.

Lemon pie with a crisp baked meringue crust, lemon curd filling, and sweetened whipped cream topping. A no-pastry dessert that's light, tangy, and completely gluten-free with a cloud-like meringue shell.

Peanut butter banana chiffon pie with a cloud-like gelatin-set filling lightened by whipped egg whites and cream. Sliced bananas hide under the fluffy peanut butter top in a baked pastry shell.

Oat and onion tarts: little British-style savory tarts with crisp oat-and-cheese pastry, slow-sweated onions, and a baked sour cream and cheddar custard. Perfect with drinks or a green salad.

Flash un Kas are flaky Pennsylvania Dutch appetizer turnovers: a tender three-ingredient cream cheese pastry folded over savory fillings like liver paste, ham, anchovy or caviar, then baked golden. Great party bites.

Mini brownie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell filled with melted semi-sweet chocolate and chopped walnuts. Bite-sized treats baked in mini muffin tins that combine fudgy brownie with a buttery crust.

Flaky cream cheese pastry rolls filled with cocoa, semisweet chocolate chips, and walnuts. No yeast, no proofing, no laminating. Rolled jelly-roll style, sliced, and dusted with powdered sugar for an easy chocolate Danish.

A no-bake coconut cream pie with a sticky pecan praline layer on the bottom, fluffy vanilla pudding filling loaded with flaked coconut, all in a pre-baked pastry shell. Chill, slice, and swoon.

Golden Cake, a delicate European cheesecake with a buttery almond pastry base and an airy curd cheese, lemon and cream filling, served with fresh strawberry or raspberry puree. Old-world elegance on a plate.