I love to make fruit tarts for the holidays. It provides relief from the puddings, pies, cakes and cookies. My favorite? A strawberry tart with a brushing of apricot jam over a pastry cream-filled ...

Equally delicious warm or at room temperature, the tart can be served with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream or a dollop of ...

Dainty little tarts are as easy to make as they are beautiful. These diminutive desserts are perfect vessels for sliced fresh fruit, a guilty shot of ganache, a dollop of pastry cream or spoonful of ...

This classic French fruit tart recipe is the ultimate French pastry shop dish. A layer of eye-catching, glazed fresh fruits sits atop heavenly vanilla pastry cream, all nestled into a homemade, ...

Can a pie crust recipe really change your life? I guess it depends on how much you like eating pie -- and how much you hate making crust. I really love eating pie, but I really hated making crust, at ...

This elegant tart can be made with any fruit, but loquats work particularly well this time of year. For the Crust: Process the flour and butter in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. With the ...

I recently read this popular article about finding happiness (normal place to look for happiness) and I can’t stop thinking about how custard is an important part of the process. Make gratitude lists, ...

An array of glistening fall fruit blankets the top of this creamy custard pie, a riff on the ubiquitous French fruit tarts sold in bakeries and grocery stores. Use persimmons, plums, figs and kiwi for ...

Drummond demonstrated how to make her “rustic” strawberry tart recipe on an episode of The Pioneer Woman. “Aside from it being very quick and easy, it happens to be a total knockout,” she assured ...

Editor’s note: High altitudes makes cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...