Chocolate Chip Pastry Cream Recipe
Fillings of poppy seeds, nuts and dried fruits used to be as exciting as these Eastern European sweets got. But at Lehamim Bakery in Tel Aviv, marzipan, sour apple, dates with sweet red wine and cinnamon, halvah, and chocolate chip cream pop out of their tops. (Photo: Craig Lee for The New York Times)

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Pâte sucrée (sweet shortcrust pastry) recipe
A rich, sweet pastry for chocolate tarts or fruit pies

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Danish Dough Recipe
This streamlined process for making Danish dough gives you flaky, crisp, buttery pastry with a fraction of work that the traditional method requires. (Photo: Lisa Nicklin for The New York Times)

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