Making puff pastry at home has always felt a little magical to me. Flour, butter, and time come together to create delicate flaky layers that rise in the oven without yeast or commercial leavening.

You know that flaky, buttery crunch you get from a really good bakery pastry? Puff pastry gives you that, and it makes you ...

RECENTLY, A WELL-MEANING person recommended Sharon Brenner’s “A Pie Project”—a digital cookbook devoted solely to Greek pies—specifically, the part where I could learn how to make phyllo dough from ...

I always keep a box of frozen puff pastry on hand. You can pair it with just about anything to create a tasty appetizer, side dish or even dessert. Take this Cheesy Puff Pastry Twists recipe. The ...

Take everything you love about pie -- that rich, flaky crust cradling your favorite filling -- and downsize it into a compact package. Behold the little wonder that is the hand pie. Convenient, simple ...

1. Sift together flours, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and shortening and toss to coat the fats with flour. 2. Using a pastry blender, cut fats into flour until the mixture ...

Few things make people as nervous in the kitchen as making pastry dough. This is understandable because it’s easy to get wrong, and you can end up with something tough or soggy, instead of a light and ...

A few years ago, Jackie King of A&J King Artisan Bakers in Salem, taught us how to make the definitive, classic, juicy, two-crust apple pie. It's loaded with Cortland apples that are tucked into two ...