Pastelitos de Queso y Guayaba (Guava and Cheese Pastries)

A common Latino flavor combination, guava and cheese is the perfect filling for sweet turnovers or pastries such as these pastelitos de guayaba y queso.

Guava and Cream Cheese Puff-Pastry Waffle

Inspired by the magical South American pastries filled with guava and cream cheese, this quick, easy, and deliciously indulgent dessert waffle is made by rolling spreadable cream cheese and guava paste into puff pastry, then cooking it in a waffle iron until crisp outside and molten within.

Cheesy Papillons

During fun holiday get-togethers, serve cheesy puffs of savory pastry instead of bread in big baskets down the center of the table.

Cream Puffs

Light and crisp cream puffs, filled with your choice of rich pastry cream, whipped cream, or crème légère, will satisfy dessert lovers everywhere.

Cream Cheese and Chive Pastry Pinwheels

Photograph: Max Falkowitz These pinwheels have a retro aspect to them I really like. That and they need all of three ingredients—which are completely adaptable to what you have on hand. Plus they can be made ahead of time, and...

Guava Bars

These easy-to-make Guava Bars feature a buttery shortbread base, a layer of sweet and sticky guava paste, and a crumbly oat topping.

Guava Bars

In these tropical bar cookies, a buttery shortbread base is topped with sweet guava paste, then finished with a lightly crunchy oat topping.

Date and Nut Puff Pastry Turnovers

Think of these little pastries as drier, neater versions of baklava that you can hold in your hands without the services of a wet-nap. And since they call for puff pastry instead of phyllo dough, they come together in a fraction of the time without all the hassle of painting melted butter on tissue-thin sheets of pastry.

Pastiera (Ricotta and Cooked Grains Cake) Recipe | Seriously Italian

Pastiera is a dessert to grow into, after which it reveals itself as a marvel of balanced flavors and contrasting textures. I'm so glad my mom plugged away with this one because now I cannot imagine Easter without it.

Blitz Puff Pastry

Homemade puff pastry is so much better than store bought. This easier version produces the same layered effect but without the stress of a traditional recipe.