Tarts look fancy, but they all start with the same thing: a good, sweet shortcrust pastry shell. This easy shortcrust tart dough, also known as pâte sucrée, bakes into a buttery, shortbread-style ...

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 ...

Sometimes the smallest desserts make the biggest impression. These Mini Apple Tartlets start with Pâte Sucrée, a sweet pastry dough I first learned to make at a cooking school in Paris. Unlike many ...

A press-in-the-pan shortbread crust and an easy lemon curd filling make this stunning pastry a snap to bake. By Melissa Clark One August, when I was 10 years old and vacationing with my family in a ...

Check out a dish from "What's for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People." Claire Saffitz made her mark in the confections space even before her hit debut book "Dessert Person" amplified her into ...