Making Dough: Recipes and Ratios for Perfect Pastries

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With clear instructions and helpful diagrams, chefs will learn how the ratio of just five ingredients—flour, butter, water, sugar, and eggs—can be tweaked to bake a patisserie’s worth of delectable desserts and savory treats.

Recipes

Biscuit Dough Recipes

  • Biscuit Dough
  • Bourbon-Maple Glazed Cheddar Bacon Biscuits
  • Dinner Biscuits
  • Blackberry Mint Shortcakes
  • Cinnamon Port Plum Cobbler
  • Grilled Peach Cobbler
  • Blueberry Grunt
  • Duck Fat Biscuits with Tarragon Gravy
  • Bacon Fat Biscuits

Scone Dough Recipes

  • Scone Dough
  • Brown Butter Blueberry Scones
  • Dark Chocolate Scones
  • Capocollo Brie Scones
  • Bacon Chive Scones

Pie Dough Recipes

  • Pie Dough
  • Apple Spice Pie
  • Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
  • Homemade Gourd Puree
  • Pumpkin Squash Pie
  • Plum Cherry Galette
  • Prosecco Cream
  • Mini Blueberry Peach Galettes
  • Blueberry Mascarpone Hand Pies
  • Classic Cherry Hand Pies
  • Chocolate Hazelnut Hand Pies
  • Grilled Corn and Thyme Chicken Pot Pies
  • Autumn Vegetable Pot Pies
  • Orange Cookie Crumb Crust
  • Chocolate Cookie Crumbles Crust
  • Orange Creamsicle Pies
  • Vanilla Whipped Cream
  • Banana Brûlée Pie
  • Milk Chocolate Mousse Pie
  • Milk Chocolate Mousse

Shortcrust Dough Recipes

  • Shortcrust Dough
  • Strawberry Bakewell Tart
  • Homemade Strawberry Jam
  • Grape Jam Tartlets with Salted Lemon Crème Fraîche
  • Torched Vanilla Tartlets
  • Grape Jelly
  • Crème Fraîche
  • Lemon Tea Mini Tarts with a Cherry on Top
  • Oolong Tea Pastry Cream
  • Lemon-Infused Whipped Cream
  • Homemade Pop Tarts
  • Cinnamon Brown Sugar FIlling
  • Strawberry Filling

Sweetcrust Dough Recipes

  • Sweetcrust Dough
  • Apple Tart Layer Cake
  • Cardamom Diplomet Cream
  • Opal Apple Pie Filling
  • Ginger Crumble
  • Chocolate Cherry Tart
  • Walnut Crumble
  • Double Chocolate Tart
  • Moon Pies
  • Marshmallow Filling

Pâte a Choux Dough Recipes

  • Pâte à Choux Dough
  • Salted Caramel Éclairs
  • Caramel Sauce
  • Salted Caramel Pastry Cream
  • Chocolate Hazelnut Éclairs
  • Lemon Curd Éclairs
  • Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Profiteroles
  • Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
  • Chocolate Sauce
  • Cinnamon Beignets
  • Coffee Cream-Filled Beignets
  • Thyme Gnocchi Parisienne
  • Cheddar Gougères

Brioche Dough Recipes

  • Brioche Dough
  • Brioche à Tête
  • Honey-Glazed Dinner Rolls
  • Cranberry Pistachio Braided Brioche Loaf
  • Classic Brioche Loaf
  • Cinnamon Rolls
  • Chocolate Orange Buns
  • PB&J Filled Doughnuts
  • Homemade Peanut Butter
  • Vanilla Doughnut Glaze
  • Classic Glazed Doughnuts

Puff Pastry Dough Recipes

  • Puff Pastry Dough
  • Galette des Rois
  • Cherry Pecan Maple Hand Pies
  • Pumpkin Spice Hand Pies
  • Honey Bourbon Glazed Almond Pear Tart
  • Strawberry Mint Pastry Circles
  • Vanilla Bean Pinwheels
  • Cinnamon Twists
  • Pastry Cream-Filled Puff Pastry Horns
  • Mille-Feuille
  • Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream

Rough Puff Pastry Dough Recipes

  • Rough Puff Pastry Dough
  • Spicy Mustard Sausage Rolls
  • Ginger Apple Tarte Tatin

Croissant Dough Recipes

  • Croissant Dough
  • Poolish Croissant Dough
  • Classic Butter Croissant
  • Pain au Chocolat
  • Cinnamon Orange Croissant Honey Buns
  • Blueberry Croissant Muffins
  • Mahón and Felino Salami Croissants
  • Brown Butter and Black Pepper Croissants
  • Thyme and Sun-Dried Tomato Croissants

Danish Dough Recipes

  • Danish Dough
  • Cherry Cheesecake Danishes
  • Cheesecake Filling
  • Maple Braided Danishes
  • Cranberry Pistachio Twists
  • Berry Danish Pinwheels
  • Vanilla Pastry Pocket
  • Apple Strudel

Phyllo Dough

  • Phyllo Dough
  • Baklava
  • Sun-Dried Tomato Stacks