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French Desserts

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30 Classic French Desserts

A collection of Classic French dessert recipes. This list of French dessert recipes includes everything from macarons to cherry clafoutis.

Easy Blueberry Clafoutis

Hands down one of the easiest desserts to prepare, this delicious Blueberry Clafoutis recipe will show you how to make a basic clafoutis. Enjoy!

31 Best French Pastries

3 · My guide to the best French pastries contains the most famous French desserts with recipes and tutorials on how you can make them yourself. The best French pastries are revered around the world and it's no wonder why. I love eating French pastries as much as I love baking them, besides I am passionate about sharing French pastry recipes with you! Millions of people enjoy them in cafes and restaurants and many of my readers make them at home.

Ingredients

Condiments
  • 1 Mont blanc
Bread & Baked Goods
  • 1 Beignet
  • 1 Brioche
  • 1 Charlotte cake
  • 1 Croissant
  • 1 Eclair
  • 1 Fraisier cake
  • 1 Opera cake
  • 1 Rum baba
Snacks
  • 1 Macaron
Desserts
  • 1 Creme brulee
  • 1 Creme caramel
  • 1 Souffle
Other
  • Canelé
  • Choux au craquelin
  • Clafoutis
  • Cronut
  • Croquembouche
  • Financier
  • Floating Island
  • Galette
  • Galette des Rois
  • Kouign-Amann
  • Madeleine
  • Mille feuille
  • Mousse
  • Palmier
  • Paris-Brest
  • Tarte
  • Tarte Tatin
  • Yule log
Mille Feuille - Preppy Kitchen

This delicious mille feuille, or "thousand sheets" is a classic French dessert composed of layers of light as air puff pastry filled with creamy vanilla pastry cream and topped with chocolate and vanilla icing.

Apple Pie Choux au craquelin

11 · This Apple Pie Choux au craquelin (crispy cream puff) is the perfect combination of American Apple pie and French Choux pastry, a showstopper dessert that will be the start this Fall!

Ingredients

Produce
  • 600 g Apple
Refrigerated
  • 110 g Egg
Condiments
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice, freshly squeezed
Baking & Spices
  • 100 g Ap flour
  • 70 g Bread flour
  • 100 g Cane sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp Granulated sugar
  • 150 g Granulated sugar
  • 60 g Icing sugar
  • 1 Large pinch Salt
Dairy
  • 160 g Butter, Unsalted
  • 240 g Heavy cream
  • 300 g Mascarpone, full fat
  • 60 g Whole milk
Liquids
  • 60 g Water
Chocolate Soufflé {low-fat}

2 · 45 minutes · A lightened up version of the classic French dessert. It's still rich and chocolaty but it's low-fat now too.

Ingredients

Refrigerated
  • 4 Egg whites
  • 2 Egg yolks
Baking & Spices
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened dutch-process
  • 1 Pinch Cream of tartar
  • 2 tbsp Flour
  • 15 tsp Granulated sugar
  • 1 1/8 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Oils & Vinegars
  • 1 Cooking spray
Dairy
  • 1/2 cup Low-fat milk
Liquids
  • 1/2 cup Water
35+ Traditional French Desserts (+ Easy Recipes)

Here are 35+ of the BEST French desserts to try! Check out these easy recipes for caneles, eclairs, macarons & more!

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Lavender Creme Brulee Recipe - Lavender & Macarons
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