287 pastry recipes

Breakfast sausage bread rolls mild and hot Italian sausage, mushrooms, onion, and mozzarella into a stuffed jelly-roll loaf for sliceable, freezer-friendly brunch wedges that beat any boxed pastry.

A no-bake cream cheese pie set with sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice, piled high with fresh strawberries and glossy strawberry glaze. Ten minutes of work, then the fridge does the rest.

A loaded SPAM quiche with four cheeses (Monterey Jack, cheddar, mozzarella, ricotta), sautéed mushrooms, bell peppers, and artichoke in a crushed cracker crust. This crustless-pastry quiche is brunch royalty.

Miniature quiches with a sharp cheddar pastry shell and egg custard filling. Make 48 bite-sized appetizers that freeze and reheat beautifully for parties.

Caramel-orange Bûche de Noël assembly with Grand Marnier buttercream, almond sponge, and pastry cream filling. The classic French Yule log cake for Christmas.

Baked brie wrapped in puff pastry with crumbled blue cheese and chopped walnuts pressed on top. Golden, flaky, and melty with a sharp, nutty bite.

Savory sherry cheese puffs: bite-size choux pastries filled with cream cheese, sharp cheddar, chopped green olives, and a splash of dry sherry. A retro cocktail-party appetizer.

Expert guide to working with delicate phyllo dough without tearing or drying. Essential techniques for handling paper-thin pastry sheets for spanakopita, baklava, and more.

Plunder Flechten, a traditional German twisted pastry filled with candied fruit and cinnamon sugar, brushed with apricot preserves. Made from Plunderteig, an enriched laminated dough.

Simple sweetened whipped cream filling with just three ingredients: heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla. Whip until stiff in 5 minutes for cakes, pastries, and pies.

Five-ingredient cranberry orange crescents using store-bought crescent roll dough. Fresh cranberries and orange zest rolled into flaky, golden pastries in 30 minutes flat.

Italian sausage and ricotta filling with spinach, pine nuts, and garlic for yeast pastry pockets. Savory hand pies baked golden with an egg wash crust.

Baked beef empanaditas filled with a picadillo of ground beef, raisins, green olives, hard-boiled egg, and cottage cheese in a golden egg-washed pastry.

Classic beef meat pie with sirloin tip browned and simmered in red wine and stock with turnip, carrots, peas, and sage in a double-crust pastry. British pub comfort, homemade.

Kolacky cookies made with a tender cream cheese pastry dough filled with fruit spread, pinched into tri-cornered shapes, and baked golden. A Czech holiday cookie tradition.

Tuna and bacon quiche skips the pastry crust and bakes flaked tuna, smoky bacon, and onions in a rosemary-scented egg custard. Crustless, low-carb, ready in 50 minutes. Brunch or a light dinner with one shallow dish.