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10 pastry recipes to make at home when you crave a sweet treat

Sometimes the day just calls for a pastry.
Sometimes the day just calls for a pastry.

Sometimes the day just calls for a pastry.

Whether it's gloriously sunny or lashing rain, a day can always be improved upon by grabbing a sweet treat. But while popping to your local cafe is a treat in itself, making your own baked goods for nibbling on is not only cheaper, but as enjoyable.

Here we've rounded up some of our favourite pastry recipes for you to try your hand at at home.

Shane Smith's puff pastry strawberry custard tarts

Gordon Ramsay's 10-minute mini cinnamon doughnuts

Puff pastry apple turnovers

Rachel Allen's nectarine custard tarts

Big Zuu's Swedish cinnamon bun recipe

Sarah Butler's mini lemon meringue pie

The Hairy Bikers' chocolate eclair recipe

Trine Hahnemann's rhubarb sticky buns recipe

Randy's Canadian butter tarts

Rick Stein's fig and frangipane tarts