Puff pastry is my secret weapon for looking like a baking genius without breaking a sweat. Those golden, flaky layers make everything feel elegant and impressive, even when the actual work is minimal.

Puff pastry is hands down one of the best shortcuts in baking: it does all the heavy lifting while you get to look like a dessert genius. These recipes are crazy simple but taste like you spent hours ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Photographer: Fred Hardy / Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling: Julia Bayliss While a good pie crust is in ...

This no-bake dessert version switches things up quite a bit, but retains all the essential elements: a flaky pastry, creamy ...

Pastry chef Gale Gand leads a sweet life. She's basking in the glow of her second James Beard award; the Chicago restaurant Tru, where she is co-owner and executive pastry chef, earned Outstanding ...

Tremendously popular and widely consumed, chocolate is an essential ingredient on any respectable dessert menu. But with almost all restaurants offering at least one chocolate dessert at any given ...

What will be the biggest dessert trends of 2018? While industry trend watchers have already published their predications, no one knows better than pastry chefs themselves, who are currently concocting ...

While a good pie crust is in every baker's repertoire, sometimes you need to make fabulous, flaky desserts in a pinch. That's where puff pastry comes in. Find it in the frozen aisle of your grocery ...