Cinnamon and Cream

Classic Cream Puffs with Silky Vanilla Pastry Cream

Light-as-air choux shells filled with luscious, egg-yolk-rich vanilla pastry cream and dusted with a snow of powdered sugar. Once you understand the simple science behind pâte à choux, you will wonder why you ever bought these from a bakery.

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Paris-Brest with Hazelnut Praline Cream

A classic French showstopper of golden, airy choux pastry filled with an impossibly light hazelnut praline mousseline cream. This recipe walks you through every step so you can bring a true Parisian patisserie experience to your own kitchen.

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Classic Profiteroles with Vanilla Crème Pâtissière and Warm Dark Chocolate Sauce

Light, hollow choux puffs filled with silky vanilla pastry cream and draped in a glossy dark chocolate sauce – this is the kind of dessert that makes a dinner table go quiet. Once you understand the simple science behind choux pastry, you will wonder why you ever found it intimidating.

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Caramelized Cinnamon Sugar Palmiers

These golden, flaky palmiers shatter into buttery layers with a crackling cinnamon sugar crust that caramelizes right on the baking sheet. With just two main ingredients and about 30 minutes of active work, they are one of the most rewarding pastries you can pull from your oven.

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Classic Buttermilk Scones with Clotted Cream

Tall, flaky, and golden-edged, these buttermilk scones have the perfect crumb: tender inside with just the right amount of crisp on top. Made in under an hour with pantry staples, they are the kind of bake that turns an ordinary morning into something worth savoring.

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Boston Cream Doughnuts with Silky Vanilla Pastry Cream

Pillowy yeasted doughnuts filled with rich, set-your-spoon-in-it vanilla pastry cream and finished with a glossy dark chocolate glaze – these are the doughnuts bakery cases dream of. Once you make them at home, you will never look at a store-bought version the same way again.

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New Orleans Beignets with a Cloud of Powdered Sugar

Crisp on the outside, pillowy and hollow within, these classic New Orleans beignets are everything a great fried dough should be. Make them on a slow weekend morning and prepare to dust powdered sugar on absolutely everything nearby.

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Crispy Churros with Cinnamon Sugar and Dark Chocolate Dipping Sauce

Golden and shatteringly crisp on the outside with a soft, airy choux interior, these churros are rolled in fragrant cinnamon sugar and served with a deeply rich dark chocolate sauce. Once you make them at home, the fairground version will never quite measure up.

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Pull-Apart Cinnamon Sugar Bread with Brown Butter Glaze

Soft, pillowy bread layers coated in cinnamon sugar and baked into a loaf you tear apart piece by piece, each strip glistening with a nutty brown butter glaze. This is the kind of bake that makes your whole kitchen smell like a dream and disappears from the table in minutes.

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Brown Butter Banana Bread with Toasted Walnuts

This banana bread gets its deeply caramelized, nutty flavor from one simple technique: browning the butter before it goes into the batter. If you have three overripe bananas on your counter, this is exactly what you should be making today.

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