The Best Store-Bought Pastry Dough, According to a Pastry Chef

Store-bought pastry and pie doughs can be total lifesavers when you’re getting ready for Thanksgiving or a dinner party — but ...
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Easy Sweet Shortcrust Tart Dough (Pâte Sucrée Tart Crust)

Tarts look fancy, but they all start with the same thing: a good, sweet shortcrust pastry shell. This easy shortcrust ta ...

We Asked 3 Pastry Chefs to Name the Best Store-Bought Cookie Dough, and They All Said the Same Thing

Katy Languidey is pastry chef at Vincente, a bakery and bistro in Charlotte, N.C. She’s very pro store-bought chocolate chip ...

Want Bakery-Quality Bread at Home? Start With These 20 Pastry Chef-Approved Recipes

Whether you're a weekend baker or want your home to smell like freshly baked bread every day of the week, we have a recipe ...
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I Asked 3 Pastry Chefs How to Make the Best Thanksgiving Pies—They All Said the Same Thing

Similarly, Schiff emphasizes the importance of resting and chilling the dough well. "Let it chill again once you've rolled ...
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Easy And Inexpensive Desserts You Can Make With Puff Pastry

Puff pastry is one of those ingredients that makes everything look and taste fancy without the extra effort or cost. A single ...

Consider This Before Baking With Chicken Fat

Chicken fat can be a miracle worker in the kitchen, but according to one pastry chef, there are a few things to consider ...
The Atlantic

How to Roll and Cut Pastry Dough

An alternative to pressing pastry dough into a tart tin or pie plate is to cut the rolled out dough into shapes to bake and use as lids and platforms to make freeform tarts. The simplest shapes are ...
Los Angeles Times

Flaky pastry in a fraction of the time

Every once in a while you stumble upon a culinary trick that changes your life in the kitchen. Learning how to peel ginger with a spoon. Finding out how to save a broken sauce. Figuring out how to ...