Cinnamon and Cream

Chewy Cinnamon Raisin Bagels with a Glossy Crust

These homemade cinnamon raisin bagels have everything you want: a shatteringly crisp crust, a dense and chewy interior, and plump raisins tucked into warmly spiced dough. Once you make them yourself, every store-bought bagel will feel like a compromise.

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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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Classic Yeast-Raised Doughnuts with Silky Vanilla Bean Glaze

Pillowy-soft, golden yeast doughnuts with a shatteringly thin vanilla bean glaze – these are the real deal, the kind you find at a beloved neighbourhood bakery. Once you make them from scratch, the boxed version will never satisfy 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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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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Pull-Apart Monkey Bread with Brown Sugar Cinnamon and Salted Caramel

Pillowy, pull-apart dough pieces rolled in cinnamon sugar and baked in a river of buttery salted caramel – this monkey bread is the kind of breakfast treat that makes everyone gather around the pan. It comes together with a simple yeasted dough and a hands-on assembly that kids and adults alike will love.

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Cinnamon Swirl Bread with a Shattery Butter Crust

This pillowy, pull-apart loaf is wound with a thick ribbon of brown sugar and cinnamon filling, then finished with a brushing of melted butter that bakes into a gloriously crisp, golden crust. It is the kind of bread that makes the whole house smell like a bakery and disappears before it has a chance to cool.

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Golden Brioche Loaf with a Pillowy Crumb

This classic French brioche is impossibly soft, rich with butter and eggs, and pulls apart in tender, golden ribbons. Once you taste a warm slice with a little extra butter, you will never go back to store-bought.

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Kouign-Amann: Flaky Breton Butter Cake with Caramelized Sugar Crust

Kouign-Amann is the glorious Breton pastry that turns humble bread dough, cold butter, and sugar into something extraordinary: shatteringly crisp, caramel-lacquered layers with a pillowy, tender crumb. Once you pull this golden beauty from the oven, still sizzling in its pan, you will understand why Brittany has been obsessed with it since 1860.

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Flaky Pain au Chocolat with Bittersweet Dark Chocolate

Shatteringly crisp, butter-laminated pastry wrapped around a melting core of dark chocolate – this is the pain au chocolat you have been dreaming of making at home. With a clear, methodical approach to lamination, you will turn out bakery-worthy results in your own kitchen.

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