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    French Pastry Recipes

    If you want to become a better baker, tackle these French pastry recipes, from easy brioche kneaded in a stand mixer to homemade croissants.

    • Pistachio baklava
      How to Make Pistachio Baklava
    • choux à la crème - cream puffs
      Cream puffs
    • Croissant breakfast - homemade croissants with marmalade
      Homemade croissants
    • Homemade galette des rois made with puff pastry
      How to make a galette des rois
    • Apple turnovers with one cut open and displayed on a mini cake stand set on a purple linen napkin
      Homemade puff pastry
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    Bake With Stone Fruit

    • Peach jam served with sourdough bread and butter on the side.
      Peach Jam Without Added Pectin
    • Transferring homemade apricot jam into jars to seal them.
      Apricot jam
    • A slice of plum cake on a pink glass plate.
      Plain Plum Cake
    • Cute pie with star design on top crust served with pile of plates and forks and a cup of coffee, striped linen
      Peach mango pie
    • Whiskey peach pie with an oat crumble topping
      Whiskey peach crumble pie
    • Plum tart recipe | @ktchnhealssoul
      Plum tart with muscovado

    Berry Season

    • Milk crumbs on a Momofuku Milk Bar style cake-layers of blackberry curd, almond cake, and almond frosting
      Blackberry almond cake — Milk Bar style
    • raspberry amaretti semifreddo slice
      Almond raspberry semifreddo
    • Vanilla cardamom tapioca pudding with strawberries
      Homemade tapioca pudding recipe with fresh strawberries
    • Rhubarb upside down cake sliced to serve it.
      Rhubarb Raspberry Upside-Down Cake
    • Bluebarb or blueberry rhubarb crumble with a marzipan oat crumble topping in a blue baking dish with a fluted edge
      Blueberry rhubarb crisp with marzipan crumble
    • A pan of baked honey blueberry muffins with streusel topping.
      Honey blueberry muffins

    Eggless chocolate cake

    Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate sprinkles on a cake stand.
    Learn to make an eggless chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting!

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    How to poach pears

    Poached pears on an enamelware plate.
    This easy poached pears recipe is simple and you can use the poached fruit for salads, appetizers, and desserts!

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