Homemade Marzipan (Belgian Marsepein)
This homemade Belgian marzipan is soft, smooth and full of almond flavor, with almond extract and a hint of rose water. The recipe is based on an old Flemish marsepein recipe from a cookbook that...
View ArticleApple Danish Pastries From Scratch (Without Puff Pastry)
These homemade apple Danish pastries have beautiful flaky layers and a spiced apple center. I add a little turbinado sugar around the edges for crunch, then finish them with powdered sugar or vanilla...
View ArticleStrawberry Cream Cheese Danish Pastries
These strawberry cream cheese Danish pastries are made with flaky homemade Danish dough, a tangy vanilla cream cheese filling and a thick strawberry topping. They are cut into simple squares with the...
View ArticleHomemade Danish Pastry Dough
This homemade Danish pastry dough bakes into beautiful flaky layers with a soft center. The dough is enriched with milk, egg, sugar and vanilla, then laminated with butter. Once you’ve got the dough...
View ArticleRhubarb Curd (Microwave or Stovetop)
This silky rhubarb curd is tangy and smooth, coral pink in color and the perfect topping for toast, pancakes, yogurt and more! It’s the cousin of lemon curd but the difference here is that rhubarb...
View ArticleRhubarb Raspberry Roll Cake
This rhubarb raspberry roll cake makes a stunning dessert and is simple too! It’s an airy sponge roll filled with tart rhubarb raspberry jam and whipped mascarpone cream. About this Rhubarb Raspberry...
View ArticleLiège waffles
Liège waffles are sweet and dense Belgian sugar waffles made with a brioche-like yeasted dough and chunks of pearl sugar. The pearl sugar is what makes this waffle special. It gives this delicious...
View ArticleSourdough Brown Butter Pecan Cookies
Soft and chewy cookies made with brown butter, sourdough discard, and homemade candied pecans folded through. Nutty, buttery, with a deep caramel flavor through out. About these cookies These are the...
View ArticleMint Chocolate Brownies
Fudgy, dense brownies topped with a smooth mint buttercream and finished with a glossy chocolate ganache. Three layers and three textures with all the rich chocolate and peppermint flavor of an...
View ArticleBlackberry Brioche Buns
Buttery, indented brioche buns filled with a spiral of vanilla crème pâtissière and a piped pocket of blackberry compote in the middle. As the buns bake, the pastry cream relaxes across the top,...
View ArticleDutch Apple Pie
This Dutch apple pie has a flaky butter crust, a thick cinnamon-spiced apple filling, and a generous brown sugar streusel topping. It’s a classic American take on apple pie where the top crust is...
View ArticleDouble Chocolate Cookie Bars
These double chocolate cookie bars sit somewhere between a brownie and a chocolate chip cookie bar. They have more structure than a brownie so they hold their shape when sliced into long bars, but...
View ArticleSourdough Burger Buns
These sourdough burger buns are soft, fluffy, and naturally leavened with sourdough starter. It’s a really easy dough to make, either by hand or in a mixer. The buns bake up lovely and golden with...
View ArticleBlueberry Cherry Cobbler
This blueberry cherry cobbler is jammy and full of fruit and topped with a golden buttery biscuit crus. It crisps on the outside and soaks up the all the fruit juices underneath. It’s made with frozen...
View ArticlePeach Almond Tart
This peach almond tart has a buttery pâte sablée crust, a soft almond filling, and sliced fresh peaches across the top. The almond cream puffs up golden around the peaches as it bakes, and the fruit...
View ArticleChocolate Orange Ganache Tart
This chocolate orange ganache tart has a crisp pâte sucrée base and an orange-infused chocolate ganache. It’s very simple in its components, but there is a lot of flavor and texture so it doesn’t seem...
View ArticlePeach Honey Galette
This peach honey galette is a rustic, free-form pie made with buttery puff pastry and honey-sweetened peaches. The pastry is a very easy homemade rough puff pastry that bakes up really flaky and has a...
View ArticleBlueberry Frangipane Tart with Pâte Sablée Crust
This blueberry frangipane tart has a tender pâte sablée crust, sweet almond filling, and juicy blueberries baked right in. The frangipane almond filling all comes together in one bowl, and once baked,...
View ArticleLemon Curd Tart with Swiss Meringue
This lemon meringue tart has a buttery pâte sucrée crust, silky lemon curd filling, and a toasted Swiss meringue topping. It looks lovely and elegant because the Swiss meringue topping is fairly...
View ArticlePâte Sucrée Tart Dough
Pâte sucrée is a classic French sweet tart dough. It is known for its crisp texture and clean structure once it comes out of the oven, and unlike more delicate tart doughs, it holds its shape really...
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