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    Home > Pastries, Pies, & Tarts

    Pastries, Pies, & Tarts

    • Peach Curd Tart
      Peach Curd Tart - A Summer Treat
    • Traditional Apple Strudel
    • These individual Brown Butter Tarts feature a butter crust filled with brickle bits and a browned butter filling. They are lightly dusted with powdered sugar and served with caramel sauce
      Brown Butter Tarts
    • Sweet Cherry Calzone
      Sweet Cherry Calzones with Amaretti Crumble
    • Rhubarb Cream Tart
      Rhubarb Cream Tart with Strawberry Sauce
    • Sweet Kolache with pineapple, cream cheese, fig, raspberry fillings
      The Marvelous Variable Kolache
    • Chocolate Cashew Derby Piw
      Chocolate Cashew Derby Pie
    • Pithiviers made with Blitz Puff Pastry
      Pithiviers made with Blitz Puff Pastry
    • A slice of Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart on a plate with Rum Caramel Sauce and the tart in the bakground
      Pumpkin Cheesecake Tart with Caramel Rum Sauce
    • Slice of Caramel Apple Tart
      Caramel Apple Tart
    • Cream Horns for Chocolate Marshmallow Cream Horns
      Chocolate Marshmallow Cream Horns
    • Both boxes of puff pastry for Purchased Puff Pastry
      Perfectly Acceptable Purchased Puff Pastry
    • Greek Orange Yogurt Cake
      Greek Orange Yogurt Cake with Orange Syrup (Portokalopita)
    • The truffle filled shell is topped with fresh raspberries just before serving.
      No Bake Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Tarts
    • Honey Thyme Apple Tart
      Honey Thyme Apple Tart
    • Kouign Amann
      Stuffed (or Not) Kouign Amann
    • Baked Puff Pastry for American Butter vs. European Butter for Laminated Doughs
      American Butter vs. European Butter
    • Layers of laminated dough
      A Discussion of Laminated Doughs
    • Chocolate Raspberry Pop Tarts
      Chocolate Raspberry Pop Tarts
    • Almond Paste
      How to Make Almond Paste - Or Not!
    • Crescent shaped
      Kifle with Walnut Filling
    • Marshmallow Fondant
    • Finished crepes
      All Purpose French Crêpes
    • Double Banana Cream Pie with plates and cups and saucers.
      Double Banana Caramel Cream Pie
    • Finished Cronut
      Blitz Cronuts
    • Finished Photo
      Lemon Meringue Pie
    • Finished photo
      Murbteig Pastry
    • Chocolate Cranberry Curd Tart
      Chocolate Cranberry Curd Tart
    • Finished St. Honore
      Gateau St. Honore
    • A slice of the Chocolate Strawberry Pie on a white plate.
      Chocolate Strawberry Pie
    • Snicker-ama Tart with caramel, peanut butter mousse filled with snicker's pieces and a chocolate ganache
      No Bake Snickers Pie
    • This Salmon Tart features a pate brisee crust filled iwth salmon and vegetables.
      A French Pastry Crust with a Salmon Tart
    • Finished Photo
      Marjolaine - A Classic Flourless Pastry
    • Banana Tart with Rum Pastry Cream
      Banana Caramel Tart with Rum Pastry Cream and Praline
    • Finished baked shell
      Individual Tart Shells
    • Baklava
      Baklava - Phyllo at its Finest
    • Cooled Caramel in a bowl.
      Caramel - A Building Block of Pastry
    • Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust ready to eat.
      Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust
    • Slice on trivet
      Peach Pizza

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    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

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