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Pastries

Cheater’s Croissant Dough

This recipe skips the butter in a block, and instead lets you spread room-temperature butter over the surface of the dough.

Everything Breakfast Pretzels

Milk bread dough is the secret to these pretzels' extra soft texture.

Raspberry Sweet Rolls

These easy sweet rolls from Eitan Bernath have a raspberry filling.

No-Fuss Vegan Blueberry Muffins

Oat milk and apple cider vinegar are the keys to success in these fluffy vegan blueberry muffins. 

Easy Hot Cross Muffins

These fruit-laden muffins smell exactly like hot cross buns as they bake and taste just as satisfying, but with a fraction of the effort.

Lemon Cornmeal Scones

Think Italian-style lemon cornmeal cake, served in scone form. These lemon cornmeal scones are great to have in your freezer at all times.

Ham, Cheese, and Leek Scones

Leeks slowly cooked down into a silky consistency become sweet and nuanced in these savory scones.

Strawberry, Ginger, and Poppy Seed Scones

These pretty pink-and-white scones are dotted with blue or black poppy seeds.

Classic English Muffins

This recipe for homemade English muffins employs a few smart tricks, offering a faster path to warm rolls with those coveted chewy nooks and crannies.

Why Does Overmixing Matter in Baking, and How Do I Avoid It?

When you're in the middle of making cookie dough or cake batter, what does “be careful not to overmix” really mean?

Double Chocolate Chunk Muffins

If you’re looking for the ultimate chocolate chip muffin recipe, this version—with a cocoa-enriched batter and big chocolate chunks—is absolutely perfect.

Raspberry and Yogurt Scones

Yogurt is naturally acidic, and that not only adds flavor, but also helps tenderize these raspberry scones.

Maple Pecan Scones

Pecans take on a lovely maple taste with caramel tones when toasted, so they're amazing in this nutty maple scone recipe.

Double Ginger Scones With Currants

Crystallized ginger adds spice to this brunch staple.

The Best Rolling Pin Is French and Lasts Forever

We tested 14 rolling pins and found the best one for all your cookie-making and pie-baking needs.

For Truly Tender Biscuits, You Need a Hard-Boiled Egg

This unexpected addition will make buttery confections like shortbreads and shortcakes even more tender and flaky.

How to Make Self-Rising Flour

Follow these steps for making self-rising flour at home—just make sure that it’s not self-raising flour that you want first, since, surprise: they’re not quite the same thing.