Recipes
From creating gourmet sandwiches with our garlicky goodness to whipping up flaky pastries for sweet treats, we've got your culinary adventures covered. Join the home baking revolution and become a kitchen hero with our easy-to-follow recipes.
Fruit Mince Croissants
Using Heritage Bakers puff pastry makes these little Christmas croissants beautifully crisp, buttery, and festive. Filled with rich fruit mincemeat, they’re a simple treat for the holiday table. Perfect with coffee on Christmas morning or as a sweet bite to share.
Christmas Pastry Decorations
These little pastry decorations are a fun and simple way to add a touch of Christmas sparkle. Use Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust Pastry, cut into your favourite festive shapes, and bake until golden. They’re perfect for topping desserts, decorating mince pies, or simply enjoyed as buttery little treats.
Christmas Fruit Mince Pastry Twists
A playful twist on the classic Christmas mince pie. Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust Pastry layered with spiced fruit mincemeat, orange zest and spiced sugar, then baked until golden and crisp.
Quick to make, beautifully festive, and perfect for gifting.
Mini Christmas Fruit Pies
These little pies are everything we love about Christmas. Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust Pastry, filled with rich, spiced fruit mincemeat and topped with a simple festive decoration. Quick to make, perfectly golden, and full of Christmas cheer.
Cherry and Cream Mille-Feuille
This festive mille-feuille is light, crisp and full of holiday cheer. Layers of crisp, buttery Heritage Bakers puff pastry are stacked with soft whipped cream, a hint of vanilla and Grand Marnier, and juicy cherries. Simple to make yet stunning on the table. It’s a classic dessert that feels both elegant and joyful.
Strawberries and Cream Shortbread
These little shortbreads are simple, fresh and fun to make with the family. Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust Pastry baked until golden, then sandwiched with whipped vanilla cream and juicy strawberries. They’re light, sweet and the perfect treat to share on a sunny day.
Puff Pastry Croissants
There’s something irresistible about the smell of buttery pastry baking. These simple puff pastry croissants are a quick way to bring that café-style indulgence to your table. Using Heritage Bakers ready-rolled puff pastry, you can have golden, flaky croissants ready in no time.
Serve warm with good jam and a generous smear of butter.
Little Banana, Nutella Cream Tarts
These little tarts are always a hit with children and grown-ups alike. Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust Pastry filled with gooey Nutella and banana, then topped with whipped cream and a dusting of chocolate. They’re quick to make, fun to decorate, and a lovely treat to bake together over the holidays.
Cute Little Jam Tarts
Sweet, simple, and a touch nostalgic — these little jam tarts bring back memories of baking days and family gatherings. With Heritage Bakers sweet shortcrust pastry, they’re buttery, golden, and perfectly balanced with your favourite jam bubbling at the centre. A lovely activity for kids or a quick festive treat for all ages.
Apricot and Plum Almond Tart
This tart captures the flavours of summer. Sweet apricots, juicy plums, and a buttery almond filling all nestled in a crisp Heritage Bakers sweet pastry shell. It’s golden, soft in the centre, and perfect with a dollop of cream or yoghurt on a warm afternoon.
Jam Puff Pastry Delights
When you start with Heritage Bakers flaky puff pastry, you’re already winning. These jam-filled beauties are buttery, golden and impossibly easy. Perfect for an impromptu morning treat or a last-minute sweet traybake. With just a few pantry staples and minimal prep, you’ll have a batch of melt-in-the-mouth pastries that look as good as they taste.
Hazelnut Banana Pinwheels with Heritage Flaky Puff
These sweet, swirled pastries are dangerously moreish — think buttery puff pastry wrapped around creamy hazelnut spread and soft caramelised banana. With Heritage Bakers flaky puff, you’ve got café-style indulgence with minimal fuss.
Mini Crème Brûlée Tarts
These were such a hit with the family I couldn't make enough of them.
Baked custard mini tarts covered with a golden caramel encased in a shortcrust pastry shell. This is such a classic combination and one that never gets boring.
Nutella and Cream Cheese Tart
This combo is such a winner.
Crispy pastry, smothered with nutella and cream cheese, need i say more?
You can dress up this delicious easy tart with summer berries or a simple fruit compote to make a stunning dessert.
Puff Pastry Cinnamon Scrolls
Cinnamon scrolls are a classic way to kick off the day. Sweet, soft, and filled with warm spice, these scrolls come together quickly—perfect for a cozy breakfast or a last-minute treat.
Quick Peachy Tart
Everyone needs these quick recipes where you can easily pull together a delicious and impressive sweet treat.
Simply toss some juicy peach slices with some sugar and spice, scatter over some Heritage Bakers flaky puff pastry and bake until caramelised and sticky. So good and so easy.
Plum and Apple Galette
Galette is just a fancy word for a free-forming pie. The secret to these impressive, yet simple pie is the pastry. Heritage Bakers Sweet Shortcrust pastry is perfect. It will give you the buttery, crisp crust to uphold the delicious fruit encased inside. You can mix up the fruit to suit you and this type of pie can easily be made throughout the year with the delicious seasonal fruit..
Feijoa Galette
This pie is simply delicious.
The juicy and aromatic feijoas partner perfectly with Heritage Bakers Sweet Short Pastry. Served straight from the oven with whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. Dessert is served!
Blueberry Pie
I remember eating my first ever blueberry pie many years ago when travelling the states. Back then blueberries were rather scarce and I would certainly never have had enough to fill a pie. Thankfully times have changed and we are very fortunate now to have delicious, plump blueberries grown locally and in abundance.
This pie has a crisp, buttery crust which holds the juicy blueberry filling. It is delicious eaten straight from the oven with fresh cream. It is also one of life's great joys to have a slice the next day.
It’s just the perfect pie.
Summer Fruit Turnovers
When the summer fruit is ripe and juicy they can be easily turned into a quick and very delicious dessert or summer treat. To make these turnovers even more appealing and save you a lot of time you can simply use Heritage Bakers flaky puff pastry sheets.
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