109 duff recipes

Sailor's duff: a steamed molasses pudding from the age-of-sail tradition. Moist, dense, and warmly spiced, traditionally served with hard sauce or vanilla cream.

Irish pastry-wrapped baked apples stuffed with brown sugar, raisins, and cinnamon. Sweet apples wrapped in puff pastry, baked until tender.

Gingerbread duff loaf made with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. An old-fashioned baked gingerbread with a dense, spiced crumb and deep caramel sweetness.

Danish puff: a tender pastry base spread with an almond choux topping that bakes crisp, then settles into a soft, custardy layer under a sugar glaze. An impressive pastry from pantry staples.

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.

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

Pumpkin puff pancakes are tiny silver-dollar pancakes built on Bisquick, canned pumpkin, eggs, and warm spices. Light, puffy, and ideal for fall brunch or holiday breakfast trays.

This is a great way to use up leftover Choux pastry to make quick and easy puffy cheese appetizers.

These decadent snacks are filled with a sweet cream and topped off with a luscious chocolate sauce.

Light fluffy and cheesy. A great party in "la bouche" (the mouth). Can be made ahead and popped in the oven when you're ready to bake them up fresh. The probability is that each person will have no problem consuming 4 per serving!

Super Easy

Made this tropical puff pancake for breakfast today, and made it healthier with whole wheat flour and just egg whites (see the linked recipe below). I used fresh pineapples to make the pineapple sauce, and it was delicious with pancake.

Magic marshmallow crescent puffs wrap cinnamon-sugar marshmallows in flaky crescent dough, baked until golden and hollow inside. The marshmallow disappears, leaving a sweet glazed surprise.

Fruity puff oven pancakes are dramatic Dutch baby style pancakes that puff sky-high in the oven, then collapse into a cradle for fresh fruit and powdered sugar. Brunch theater.

An impressive yet easy to make baked breakfast pancake that achieves a massive height and is filled with berries and yogurt.

Warm and juicy mushroom filling spiked with goat cheese inside buttery flaky puff pastry.