Cream puffs!! Crisp pastry shells filled with light and airy vanilla pastry cream and topped with a sprinkling of powdered sugar. A classic! Do you know why Pate a Choux and Pastry Cream are “essential” recipes? Those two recipes are the base for these classic Vanilla Cream Puffs. But you can use the same two …
Homemade Cinnamon Buns have an extra special flavor & texture thanks to a long slow rise. Top the warm buns with cream cheese frosting for an indulgent breakfast or brunch treat. When you’re ready for a splurge, Cinnamon Buns topped with cream cheese frosting are what you want for breakfast. Cinnamony, sweet and creamy all …
Sticky Buns rise in the refrigerator overnight so you can have an indulgent treat just an hour or so after you get out of bed. They’re loaded with brown sugar, cinnamon, caramel and pecans. When you’re ready for a splurge, Sticky Buns are what you want for breakfast. Oozy, gooey, sweet and crunchy all in …
This Merveilleux recipe will remind you why you love French pastries. These decadent meringue sandwich cookies are filled with chocolate whipped cream, covered in more cream and rolled in chocolate shavings. Oh là là… This recipe is a chocoholics dream and it is truly not hard to make. If you can whip egg whites, you …
Salted Caramel Eclairs! Crisp pastry shells filled with luscious salted caramel pastry cream and topped with a glaze of salted caramelized sugar. In a professional pastry kitchen we don’t reinvent the wheel for every single dish. We have a repertoire of what I call “essential recipes”. Pate a Choux and Pastry Cream are two of …
You’ll love this Cherry Strudel made with tart cherries and crisp phyllo dough. It’s perfect for dessert or brunch. For my first job out of pastry school I worked for a very well-known Austrian pastry chef. I learned to make strudel from him and we always used phyllo dough. I’ve been making strudel with phyllo …
Homemade Almond Croissants are totally worth the effort. To have warm, almond filled croissants for breakfast, proof them overnight and bake in the morning. Almond Croissants can be made with either yeasted Croissant dough or, if you’ve got an active starter, you can make Sourdough Almond Croissants. Either way, they’re luscious. Scroll through the step …
Baba au Rhum! This classic pastry features enriched yeasted cake doused with rum syrup. The babas are brushed with apricot glaze for a kick of fruit flavor and topped with whipped cream for a luscious finish. If you want to make a sophisticated dessert, look no further. Baba au Rhum is a grown up dessert …
Sourdough Kouign-Amann is a crisp, buttery, sweet and delicious treat made with layers of fermented dough, butter and sugar. No exaggeration, this might be the most delicious pastry I’ve ever tasted. Have you ever heard of Kouign-Amann? This French pastry is a real gem. The name comes from the Breton words for cake (kouign) and …
Kouign-Amann is a crisp, buttery, sweet and delicious treat made with layers of yeasted dough, butter and sugar. No exaggeration, this might be the most delicious pastry I’ve ever tasted. Have you heard of Kouign-Amann? This French pastry is a real gem. The name comes from the Breton words for cake (kouign) and butter (amann). …