Place 1 cup flour in a medium bowl and use a pastry blender to cut in ½ cup softened butter (or pull 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite direction), until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Puff pastry is hands down one of the best shortcuts in baking: it does all the heavy lifting while you get to look like a ...

We call it the Puffle. A Puffle is a stuffed waffle made from store-bought puff pastry, filled with chocolate (or almond butter, or ham and cheese), and cooked to golden, croissantlike flakiness. In ...

As long as you have a packet of puff pastry in your fridge or freezer, you have a rather impressive breakfast option at your fingertips. Swap in any flavoured jam you fancy. MAKES 8 plain flour, for ...

Puff pastry is a super easy way to make any meal feel special. That flaky, buttery dough can be used for so many different ...

Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until light and fluffy. Add the almond flour, and mix until combined. Add the eggs one at a time until ...

Make marvellous comfort food – and save on the washing up – with these recipes from the Hairy Bikers’ new cookbook. Fruit tarts are so easy to make with ready-rolled puff pastry and we get the ...

Has there ever been a better time for a picnic? Celebrate the good weather and the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. Bring wine! These recipes are easy and fast enough to get you out the door ...

Gretchen Lowe in Metairie has been baking for years, but when asked for a king cake recipe, she offered her son's version. In Gift-of-the-Magi fashion, Steven Lowe says his mom is the real king cake ...