Martha Bakes

Everyone loves pastries for breakfast and they're even better homemade. Join Martha as she teaches how to make an easy-to-prepare sweet yeasted dough in three addictive recipes: sinfully delicious pear and frangipane pastries, a cinnamon and brown butter swirl designed for pull-apart shareability and mouth-watering jam-filled croustades. Professional quality breakfast pastries you can serve to family and friends.

Meringue is the foundation for so many captivating desserts and Martha shares three different meringue-based desserts: an ethereal meringue wreath with jewel-like sugared berries, chocolate angel food cake with a decadent milk chocolate frosting, and almond dacquoise bombes, the fancy cousin of baked Alaska. Scrumptious desserts you'll want to make again and again!

We all have our favorite go-to cookies, but sometimes an occasion calls for something really special. Martha shares three recipes that turn the humble cookie into an art form: "faux bois" vanilla and chocolate shortbread decorated with chocolate bark and pistachio moss, embellished wreath cookies with sugared flowers and pretty-as-a-picture cherry blossom cookies.

Take your bread baking skills to the next level with everything you need to know to make three boulangerie quality breads: a crusty golden brown artisanal boule, a unique "edible landscape" onion and leek focaccia, and a buttery, multi-layered brioche feuilletée. Breads so remarkable your family and friends won't believe you baked them yourself!

It's hard to believe the unusual 5-ingredient dough known as pâte à choux could be the foundation of so many popular desserts from profiteroles to cream puffs. Today on Martha Bakes, learn how to make this magical dough for three spectacular filled desserts: pâte à choux swans swimming in a pond of chocolate, custardy coconut eclairs, and a gorgeous, towering pink croquembouche. Impressive desserts fit for royalty!

Learn techniques how to transform one basic recipe into a three stunning celebration cakes: a trend-worthy naked berry chiffon cake, a confection-topped caramel chiffon cake perfect for every sweet-tooth, and an awe-inspiring woodland stump cake that's truly a modern yule log masterpiece. Amazing cakes fit for any special occasion!

Apple cider doughnut cake with whole grain wheat flour and applesauce; maple-glazed pumpkin spelt scones; seeded graham biscotti.

Virginia peanut pie; Lady Baltimore cake; strawberry shortcake.

Montgomery pie; cream cheese-filled pumpkin whoopie pies; apple dumplings; chocolate whoopie pies with vanilla buttercream.

Southern caramel cake; Mississippi mud tart; Lane cake; cheese straws.

Cheddar-crusted apple pie; steamed Boston brown bread made in a can; lemon-blueberry tart; hermit bars.

Hummingbird cake layered with banana, pineapple and pecans; sweet potato pie; old-fashioned hot milk cake with chocolate whipped cream frosting.

A biscuit-topped blackberry cobbler; fig bars; Idaho potato cake; hazelnut cookies.

Polka-dotted, double-crusted sour cherry pie; St. Louis butter cake; kransekake; sweet custart pie made with navy beans.

Baltimore peach cake; kaiser rolls; black raspberry crumb cake; black and white cookies.

Maple custard pie; cranberry tart with a walnut crust; Boston cream pie cupcakes; buttermilk-blueberry tart.

Brown-butter coconut cashew blondies; skilled baked plum cake; single-serving size brownie sundaes; Scottish oatcakes.

Make-ahead dough; creating crust for spinach and cheese pizza; sausage and pepper calzone; skillet pizza with wild mushrooms.

Giant fruit and nut kitchen sink cookies; vanilla sugar cookie sorbet sandwiches; maple-pecan shortbread squares; double chocolate sandwich cookies.

Basic Japanese-style white bread loaf; cinnamon raisin swirl bread; jalapeno-cheddar rolls

Incorporating frangipane into bostock and a classic English bakewell tart; apricot tart made with hazelnut frangipane; pecan-frangipane coffee cake.

Raspberry whipped cream jelly roll; multitiered caramel buttercream cake; making ladyfingers for tiramisu ice cream cake.

Dark chocolate filling for an almond-based tart shell; chocolate ganache frosting for a devil's food cake; milk chocolate pudding cupcakes.

Preparing raspberry-filled doughnuts; apple fritters; beignet, a sugar-coated doughnut from New Orleans.

Preparing fruit curd for a lemon tart with brown butter cookie crust; cupcakes filled with passion fruit curd; raspberry curd for a genoise.

Souffle with passion fruit; mango upside-down cake; biscuit-topped raspberry-rhubarb cobblers.

Four desserts feature the antioxidant-rich green tea.

Napoleon; ice cream sandwiches; coffee cream pie; milk chocolate ganache-filled cappuccino-chocolate bites.

Three easy to prepare layer cakes -- a sprinkle cake, hedgehog cake with meringue spikes and a coconut-covered heart cake.

Apricot bowties; cheese-filled Danish; brown sugar cinnamon Danish.

Milk chocolate pistachio tart; flourless Roberta heart cake.

Banana cream pie; coconut cake; spoon bread; pecan tassies.

Ruffled milk pie; Moroccan meat pie; baklava; spanakopita.

Six-layer chocolate cake filled with salted caramel; dulce de leche; pound cake with caramel glaze; chocolate-caramel bar cookies.

Traditional linzertorte; oatmeal cookies with a peanut butter filling; walnut cake; pecan tart.

Pumpkin pecan pie; cheesecake swirled with pumpkin; pumpkin bread; deep dish pumpkin pie.

Orange chiffon cake; Shaker lemon pie; lime squares with pistachio graham cracker crust; upside-down cake made with three kinds of citrus

How to make holiday breads, including Italian panettone; German stollen; and braided bread.

Four Cupcake Recipes: Blueberry Swirl; Lemon Meringue; Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting; and One-Bite Double Diablo

How to make crackers and flatbreads. Included: blue cheese-pecan icebox crackers; cheesy and thyme crackers cut into thin triangles and sprinkled with sea salt.

Peach Crumble Pie; Key Lime Pie (baked in a Graham Cracker crust); and Coconut Cream Pie

Paris-Brest (a wheel shaped ring of cream puffs); Madeleines; and Breton Butter Cake

Kris Kringle Bread Pudding; Chocolate Pots de Crème; Old-Fashioned French Baked Custard; Steamed Cranberry Pudding; and Lemon Pudding

Peanut and Jelly Bar Cookies; Brownies; Pecan Bars with a Toffee Topping; and Fruit & Nut Energy Bar

Oven-baked French toast; a quiche filled with peas and ham; a strata made with fontina cheese, ham and onion; and a German pancake known as a Dutch baby.

Fruit desserts are featured in the Season 3 premiere, including peach cobbler, blueberry crisp, blackberry buckle and pear brown betty.

Tips for making croissants, including plain, almond, chocolate and ham-and-cheese varieties.

Tips for making soufflés, including cheese, chocolate, lemon and caramel varieties.

Tips for making bread, including multigrain, white and rye.

Prepared: orange-almond cake with Italian meringue buttercream piping; four-layer genoise cake with passion fruit buttercream.

Prepared: brioche in three different shapes.

Prepared on this episode: crème caramel; crème brulee; cherry clafouti.

Prepared: shortbread wedges; brown-butter shortbread lemon bars; brown-sugar-pecan shortbread cookies.

Prepared: rhubarb upside-down cake; jam-filled coffee-cake muffins; streusel cake with a confectioner-sugar glaze.

Martha prepares four cookie recipes in the Season 2 premiere. Included: brown-sugar chocolate-chip cookies; sable cookies; old-fashioned sugar cookies; chocolate-ginger-molasses cookies.

Pavlova with passion fruit; ile flottante; Huguenot torte.

Puff pastry using only four ingredients; cream puffs, eclairs, profiteroles and cheesy gougeres.

Martha makes devil's food cake, hi-hat cupcakes, and fudgy brownies on this can't-miss show for chocolate lovers.

Classic angel food cake; coconut angel food cake with Swiss meringue; brown sugar minicakes; espresso ice cream.

Using buttery pastry for sweet and savory treats such as French Napoleon.

Variations of the pound cake, from traditional to a version inspired by Asia.

Cheesecakes in various sizes and flavors include an Italian ricotta cheesecake and individual cherry cheesecakes.

Flaky pâte brisée crust; mile-high apple pie; tomato tart.

An orange-curd-filled birthday cake with chocolate frosting; layer cake; stone-fruit upside-down cake; strawberry cupcakes.