Pillowy Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Pie Rolls

drizzling caramel pecan topping on top the cinnamon rolls

Pillowy and dreamy. Float away to happiness with these rolls that are as absolutely heavenly as they sound. These soft, delicate layers of lightly sweetened buttery dough are dotted with just a hint of toasted wheat germ to make it taste like a puffed-up super-soft graham cracker cloud of airy pumpkin pie goodness drizzled with caramel sauce you can stuff in your face. Too much? We don’t think so!

Classic Croissants

Are you ready to try your hand at a more advanced dough? Lamination is the process wherein a lean yeasted dough is wrapped around a block of butter or fat in a package. This package is rolled and folded repeatedly in a systematic way to create paper-thin layers of dough separated by thin layers of butter.

Artisan Ciabatta Bread

Ciabatta is an artisan bread with a very distinct look. It has an airy texture with large irregular holes in the loaf along with a tangy (almost sourdough) flavor.

Easy Beginner’s Sponge Cake & Boston Cream Pie

If you’ve never made a sponge cake, this is a fantastic recipe to start your baking adventure. It is also a good base in our Boston Cream Pie recipe because it doesn’t require any tricky folding or separating of eggs usually required for making a good sponge cake.

Big Texas Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is a big ol’ cake with a shocking red color and an extra-tender cake piled high with fluffy cream cheese frosting. The finished cake is almost a foot tall when frosted! It’s a wonderful dramatic dessert.

The Best French Macarons

French Macarons are the pinnacle of baking confectionery genius. Macarons take cookies to an unimaginable extreme of culinary perfection. Don’t confuse Macarons with the coconut cookies called “macaroons.” These almond flour cookies are made with a meringue base. When baked correctly, they have a light, crisp sugary coating surrounding a tender, chewy cookie interior.

4 Easy Delicious Homemade Holiday Cookie Mixes

This cookie mix recipe collection is just fantastic! There are four flavor variations here in one post. Homemade mixes are easy to make and you can control the ingredients. It’s a wonderful way to bake from scratch and still enjoy the convenience of a mix.