Every year, I pull together a list of baking bucket list recipes and techniques to try. If you're looking for a new and challenging baking project, you'll find inspiration browsing these 15 recipes!

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Elegant and festive, these chocolate peppermint madeleines are guaranteed to impress, but are surprisingly easy (and fairly quick!) to make. And because it’s the holidays, we’re finishing them with a dip in melted chocolate and a sprinkle of crushed candy canes.

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Buttery and flaky croissant dough gets twisted up with a generous dose of cinnamon-sugar and baked in a muffin pan, combining two tasty treats into one: croissants + muffins = cruffins. If you’re looking for a new one-day baking challenge, this unique pastry is a fun one to try. And absolutely delicious to eat! This […]

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Velvet-rich and deeply flavored homemade butterscotch pudding, fluffy whipped cream, and a flaky butter pie crust come together to make one incredible butterscotch pie. In this recipe, you're building layers of flavor starting with caramelized sugar... which is always an excellent way to begin a dessert!

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This is pear tarte tatin made simpler. A classic French dessert, tarte tatin is a rustic fruit tart served upside down. Caramelized with butter and sugar in a skillet, the fruit is then baked beneath a blanket of pastry dough—which becomes a crust once flipped.

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Learn how to make homemade eclairs from scratch with this step-by-step guide using choux pastry. Filled with rich pastry cream and topped with decadent chocolate ganache, no one will believe these eclairs didn't come from a bakery—maybe not even you!

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New recipe on my blog today! (It took me about 8 or 9 recipe tests to get right!) A nod to the classic childhood favorite, this chocolate cake roll combines light chocolate sponge cake with sweet vanilla whipped cream and chocolate ganache. Rich and totally irresistible, this dessert is for chocolate lovers everywhere. Follow my carefully explained step-by-step recipe and video tutorial for success.

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From the thousand layers of delicate puff pastry, to the creamy clouds of vanilla pastry cream, to the decorative marbled icing, mille feuille is an indulgent dessert worthy of a special occasion. Learn how to make this classic European pastry in your own kitchen—no complicated ingredients or pastry school diploma needed.

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