Pastries

Preparing a delicious meal the whole family can enjoy is a great way to help your kids learn the benefits of eating healthy. When you find ways to incorporate nutrient-rich fruits and veggies into recipes so you can truly “eat your colors”—you’ll start to see that your kids are inspired to follow your lead. Whether you’re looking for ways to incorporate red, green, purple, orange, white, or yellow into your next meal, we partnered with Plum Organics® the organic brand behind Eat Your Colors®, to share the tips, tricks, and recipes to make it simple to achieve.

Including our favorite approach for cooking quinoa.

It wasn't easy, but we made a healthy muffin we actually want to eat.

Use this puff as the base for anything from tarts to palmiers to turnovers.

You may be able to find pre-made everything spice in the grocery store for these palmiers. If not, it’s easy enough to make. Double the recipe and keep it around for topping plain yogurt.

These cheesy bites puff in the oven and taste like gougères, aka fancy French cheese puffs, but this recipe makes them way easier.

Starting with store-bought puff pastry for this recipe means these crispy, buttery, savory palmiers only look hard.

Because Thanksgiving traditions are whatever you want them to be, and that can mean rice porridge, fried dough, and muffins.

Don’t want to use corn syrup in the glaze for this schnecken recipe? Maple syrup works as a good substitute.

These financiers are moist and nutty from the addition of brown butter and hazelnuts; in this recipe, resting the dough amplifies all of those flavors.

You can use only all-purpose flour for this scones recipe if you’d like, but going 50/50 with whole wheat produces a nice nuttiness that complements the cheese and walnuts.

If the dough starts to soften as you form these, pop it back in the fridge for ten minutes to firm back up.

The dough will seem fairly wet when shaping into rounds, but the high hydration is key to forming those trademark nooks and crannies. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes.

Use a blue cheese that you like to eat and serve these with butter and jam to play up the salty and sweet pairing.

It’s great to learn how to properly make a pastry cream. It’s even more fun to dye it in a rainbow of colors before consuming it in this fun rainbow cake recipe.

These are the quick breads you should master.

Our slice-and-bake technique is easier to manage than shaping a crescent version—a touch of sanity during holiday baking madness.

This apple turnover recipe calls for almond paste, which some brands sell in a tube; other brands will be in a can in the baking aisle.

Sandwiching the puff pastry between two baking sheets ensures that the pastry rises perfectly even.

You can make these blueberry muffins with just all-purpose flour, but using whole wheat too gives them a heartier, nuttier flavor. 

Sure, they're made up of almost the same stuff, but a scone is not a biscuit.

This basic scone recipe is perfect as is, but the upgrades and flavor add-ins are nothing to scoff at, either.

Is this caramel cream-puff skyscraper a showstopper? Yes. Is it a major-league project? Yes! Here’s the strategy: Make the puffs and the pastry cream a couple of days in advance, then tackle assembly on the morning of the day you plan to serve this.

Say hello to our favorite 16 recipes for fluffy, flaky, and buttery biscuits, scones, and shortbreads.