Café-Quality Pastries you can bake at home? Yes, please! Baking your own pastries isn’t just for the pros. With these recipes, you can create great pastries right in your own kitchen. Perfect for breakfast, an afternoon treat, or any time you crave that fresh-baked goodness. No need for fancy techniques or ingredients—just straightforward, easy-to-follow recipes that bring the charm of a café right to your doorstep. Get ready to enjoy the satisfaction of homemade pastries that look and taste like they came from your favorite bakery.
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Blueberry Lemon Scones
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Fresh blueberries and lemons make these Blueberry Lemon Scones a perfect café-style pastry. Easy to bake and great for breakfast or a mid-day snack.
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Banana Caramel Cake
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This Easy Banana Caramel Cake starts with a boxed mix but tastes like it came from a high-end bakery. It’s a tender and flavorful treat for any occasion.
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Chai Shortbread Cookies
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These Chai Shortbread Cookies capture the flavors of chai tea with cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger. Go ahead and order a Chai Latte from your favorite cafe’ but make your own cookies.
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Fruit & Nut Biscotti
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Filled with candied fruits, almonds and pistachios, these Fruit & Nut Biscotti are crunchy cafe-style cookies. Bake a batch and enjoy it with your coffee, tea or sweet wine.
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Apple Cake with Cinnamon
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The Apple Cinnamon Cake is a comforting dessert baked with fresh apple slices. It’s easy to make and has that charming café-style appeal in every slice.
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Cut-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Have you seen those big jars of cookies at your cafe? Well, you can make them at home. Turn classic Chocolate Chip Cookies into fun shapes with this cut-out recipe. It’s a simple way to make a beloved cookie even more special.
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Cinnamon Madeleines
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Bring a touch of a French bakery home with these Cinnamon Madeleines. Flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, they are the perfect accompaniment to a hot tea or espresso.
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Apple Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream
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These Apple Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream Frosting are flavored with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. They are deliciously spiced and always a cafe favorite pastry you can make at home.
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Chocolate Chip Peppermint Scones
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These cafe-style Chocolate Chip Peppermint Scones turn traditional scones into a festive treat. Perfect for breakfast or dessert with your favorite coffee or tea.
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
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If you love chocolate, these Dark Chocolate Cookies are packed with rich dark chocolate and semi-sweet chips. They make a perfect café-style treat, that every chocoholic will love.
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Earl Grey Scones
![Earl Gray scones stacked on a white plate.](https://fooddrinklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FDL-scones.jpg)
These Earl Grey Scones are easy to bake and made with flavorful Earl Grey tea. Perfect for any time of day, they bring a touch of café elegance to your table.
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Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
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Dark Chocolate Shortbread Cookies rolled in festive sprinkles are a perfect treat for chocolate lovers. Rich and delicious, they’re great for sharing or gifting.
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Peach Raspberry Bars
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Peach Raspberry Crumble Bars are a fruity treat for an afternoon pastry. Buttery and delicious, they make a quick and satisfying dessert.
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Chocolate Fudge Cake
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This layered Chocolate Fudge Cake is easy to make and packed with rich chocolate flavor. Bake in a sheet pan, slice, and stack with decadent fudge icing. This is the kind of cake you see at the cafe sitting on a pedestal under a glass dome.
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Pecan Thumbprint Cookies
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Bite-sized and jammy, Pecan Thumbprint Cookies have a buttery brown sugar flavor. Their tender crumb makes them melt in your mouth.
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Chocolate Ganache Tart
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The rich Chocolate Ganache Tart features a thick, silky ganache on a flaky tart shell. It’s an elegant and easy-to-make dessert for a special occasion, or you can even pretend you’re at an elegant cafe ordering a chocolatey pastry.
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Gingerbread Muffins
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Gingerbread Muffins have a moist texture and rich gingerbread flavor. They’re a must for any café-style pastry selection and are deliciously spiced with cinnamon and ginger.
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Lemon Shortbreads
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Cafes always seem to have amazing cookies, like these buttery Lemon Shortbread Cookies. To add the best lemon flavor, zest a few lemons, and roll the dough in yellow sanding sugar for a little crunch. Perfect for lemon lovers.
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Mandarin Orange Scones
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Mandarin Orange Scones are bursting with fresh mandarin flavor, adding a citrusy twist to your morning. Easy to make and a bright start to the day with your morning coffee.
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Maple Syrup Walnut Muffins
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These Walnut Muffins with Maple Syrup have a crunchy streusel topping and sweet icing drizzle. Perfect for a bakery-style morning tea or coffee break.
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Pecan Tassies
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Pecan Tassies are like mini pecan pies, sweet and nutty. Bake a batch of these bite-sized pastries and pretend you’re sitting at your favorite cafe.
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