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Dessert Pastries

Apple fritters, cream puffs, and other dessert pastries bring dough and fillings together in different forms. Browse pastries for a crisp shell, a tender center, or a layered sweet serving.

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  • Cheesecake Egg Rolls

    Cheesecake Egg Rolls

    Ingredients For the Sauce 2 cups chopped strawberries 2 Tablespoons water 2 Tablespoons sugar For the Eggrolls 2 (8-oz.) bars cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup…

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  • 20 Minute Snowflake Cream Puffs

    These 20 minute cream puffs taste better than the fancy bake shop versions. If you love those cream horns, your will love these snowflake cream puffs because they…

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  • Apple Pie Tacos

    Sweeten up your taco game with this pie-inspired dessert made dressed up with apples, cinnamon-sugar, and caramel sauce. Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon or apple pie…

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  • Fast and Easy Puff Pastry

    Wonderfully flaky, buttery, tender pastries, turnovers, cheese straws, elephant ears (palmiers), shells for savory fillings, and more can be yours with a minimum of effort. Since this pastry…

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  • Strawberry Dumplings

    Crescent rolls filled with strawberries, baked in butter and brown sugar sauce, gets delightfully crisp tops while the bottoms stay soft and gooey. Ingredients 1 (8 ounce) can…

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  • Summer Dessert Pizza

    Summer Dessert Pizza

    Ingredients 1/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1 large egg 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4…

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  • Apple Strudel Turnovers

    Apple Strudel Turnovers

    The pastry chefs at Spago make fresh strudel dough, but we call for packaged phyllo here. For the breadcrumbs, finely grind crustless white sandwich bread in a processor,…

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  • Cookie Dough Eggrolls

    Cookie Dough Eggrolls

    Cookie Dough Eggrolls Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, melted 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3/4 cup chocolate…

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  • Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings

    Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings

    Ingredients 2 (8 each) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough 2 sticks of butter 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon cinnamon or to taste…

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