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Sweet pastries make a tantilizing appetizer - your family or guests will savor these pastry recipes.

Pesto and Goat Cheese Bread Twists

Strips of bread dough are topped with a goat cheese and cream cheese mixture, pesto, and parmesan cheese, then folded and twisted before baking.

Corn, Leek and Goat Cheese Tart

This appetizer tart has a rich pastry crust and a filling of bacon, leeks, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, eggs, and roasted corn kernels.

Tiny Shrimp Tarts

These little appetizer tarts use purchased phyllo shells that are filled with a mixture of cream cheese, pesto sauce, dried tomatoes, and cooked shrimp.

Greek Olive Tartlets

These miniature phyllo shells contain a filling that combines toasted walnuts, crumbled feta cheese, and pimiento-stuffed olives with mayonnaise.

Italian Pastry Rolls

These flaky pastry rolls are filled with cheese, olives, artichokes and nuts. Just spread the dough with the ingredients, roll up, slice and bake.

Creamy Chicken Mushroom Pastries

Chopped chicken and mushrooms are cooked, heated with thick cream, then rolled in puff pastry (or spooned into fillo shells) and baked.

Cheesiest Rollups

Hot, buttery crescent rolls, filled with melted cheddar cheese--so easy to make because you use packaged crescent rolls.

Bacon Crescents

These appetizers spread crescent roll dough with a cream cheese, crumbled bacon and parmesan mixture. They're cut into small wedges and rolled up to bake.

Warm Tomato and Chevre Salad

A baked puff pastry layer brushed with Dijon mustard forms the base of this appetizer or side dish. Tomatoes, basil, and chevre go on top.

Crab Spinach Roll Ups

Using store bought crescent rolls and a quick filling of cream cheese, spinach, and crab meat you can make tasty little snacks for your next ...

Chocolate Gravy

Try this chocolate gravy over biscuits tonight for a late snack or for your after dinner dessert.

Maple Sausage Braids

A mixture of cooked crumbled sausage, apples, cheeses, maple syrup and cinnamon is used to fill puff pastry dough that's formed into "braids."

Peanut Butter Waffle Bakes

These waffle bakes are perfect for a Saturday morning after a slumber party or as an addition to your Sunday brunch.

Cream Cheese and Sour Cream Square

These homemade treats are great to serve for breakfast with coffee or in the afternoon with tea.

Anchovy Tart

If you are looking for a recipe that puts anchovies on display, this tart is for you.  Use this as an appetizer or in addition ...

Angel's Angel-good Cakes

This isn't the usual Angel Cake. It's batter with chocolate chips, chocolate-covered raisins, pecans & black walnuts, baked in muffin & tart pans.

Shrimp Swimming in Goat Cheese, Sweet and Savory

These dainty starters are perfect for special occasions where a nice treat is necessary.

Sweet Mango Pie

This homemade pie is layered with fresh mangoes, cinnamon and nutmeg seasonings, tapioca and rich butter.


Brie en Croute

You've run out of excuses not to host a party--here's a show stopper and it's easy. Jalapeno pepper jelly adds zing to this rich, buttery ...

Spinach-Filled Red Pepper Pastry Swirls

Be sure to drain the spinach for these elegant appetizers well. Too much liquid will make the filling too soft to hold its shape during ...

Three-Tomato Tart

Garnish this beautiful, carefree appetizer tart with sprigs of fresh thyme.