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    Home > Pastries, Pies, & Tarts

    Pastry

    An array of pastries from different countries can be found here, including Greek Orange Yogurt Cake with Orange Syrupย that uses phyllo instead of flour as well as a Discussion of Laminated Doughs.

    Want more choices? Look no further!

    • Apple Caramel Hand Pies
    • Mille-Feuille (Napoleon Pastry)
    • Pastry Cream Filling (Crรจme Pรขtissiรจre)
    • Easier "Danish Pastry" Recipe
    • Amazing Pastry Dough Recipe
    • The Easiest Pรขte Sucrรฉe Pastry Crust
    • Blueberry Lemon Pizza in a Brioche Crust
    • A Better Kouign Amann
    • Part 2: Mincemeat Cream Cheese Danish
    • Mincemeat Tarts
    • Sunny Side Up Apricot Pastries
    • Candied Cranberries
    • Quick Danish Pastry (Viennabrod)
    • Cinnamon Whiskey Apple Tart
    • How to Make Lemon Curd
    • Traditional Apple Strudel
    • Sweet Cherry Calzones with Amaretti Crumble
    • Hazelnut Meringue with Raspberry Mascarpone Mousse
    • The Marvelous Variable Kolache
    • Pithiviers made with Blitz Puff Pastry
    • Chocolate Marshmallow Cream Horns
    • Perfectly Acceptable Purchased Puff Pastry
    • Greek Orange Yogurt Cake with Orange Syrup (Portokalopita)
    • Stuffed (or Not) Kouign Amann
    • American Butter vs. European Butter
    • A Discussion of Laminated Doughs
    • Chocolate Raspberry Pop Tarts
    • How to Make Almond Paste - Or Not!
    • Kifle with Walnut Filling
    • Marshmallow Fondant
    • All Purpose French Crรชpes
    • Blitz Cronuts
    • Murbteig Pastry
    • Gateau St. Honore
    • A French Pastry Crust with a Salmon Tart
    • Marjolaine - A Classic Flourless Pastry
    • Banana Caramel Tart with Rum Pastry Cream and Praline
    • Individual Tart Shells
    • Baklava - Phyllo at its Finest
    • Peach Pizza

    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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    Thanksgiving

    • Cranberry Fresh Pineapple Relish
      Cranberry Fresh Pineapple Relish
    • A slice of the pumpkin tart finished with a lattice design and whipped cream sits on a white plate with an orange and green gourd behind it as well as the pumpkin tart itself
      (Almost) No Bake Pumpkin Tart
    • Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
      Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tart
    • Pumpkin Muffins on a cooling rack with a blue and yellow cloth and yellow smiley face tea cup,,
      Really Easy Pumpkin Muffins
    • Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust ready to eat.
      Cranapple Pie with a Pleated Crust
    • Pumpkin cake donuts on a plate with a cup of tea.
      Pumpkin Cake Donut Recipe

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