I worked as a pastry cook, but I grew up cooking and baking alongside my Southern mom. Her family's easy biscuit recipe calls for 3 ingredients, which you mostly measure with your heart. After ...

Vanilla pastry cream, also called crème pâtissière, is a rich and creamy custard perfect for cake fillings, pastries, pies, and tarts. You can whip up silky smooth pastry cream at home with just 6 ...

1. Start by combining water, Vegetable Shortening and salt in a pot placed over medium heat and bring to a boil. 2. Reduce the heat to low and add all flour at once. 3. Using a Spatula, mix until the ...

Perfect for baking any kind of tart or sweet pies, this shortcrust pastry holds its shape very well during baking! In a bowl, combine the softened butter, icing sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, and ...

Only a few simple ingredients are required to make choux pastry at home. Choux pastry can be used for éclairs as well as sweet and savory cream puffs like gougères. It's important to exercise patience ...

Jelly doughnuts, also known as sufganiyot, have become a classic Hanukkah treat, one of a number of foods fried in oil that are popular on the holiday (latkes, or potato pancakes, are another).They’re ...

Call it a tartlet, pizza or flatbread – it’s still delicious! Grace Vallo, of Tastefully Grace, taught us how to make two recipes with puff pastry dough. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Sauté ...

I'm a former pastry cook, but I fell in love with cooking while working in the kitchen alongside my Southern mom as a kid. Being raised on gumbo, grits, and pimento cheese was an absolute gift, but ...