24 Easy French Recipes • When You Want to Feel a Little Fancy with Minimal Effort!
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24 French-inspired recipes for those days when you need something fabulous. While these dishes look „fancy”, they all come together quickly with minimal effort!
Did you know that French cooking doesn’t have to be complicated? We are sharing our favorite 24 of our favorite French-inspired delights with you today. From quiche to brioche (and so much more), you’ll love incorporating these easy, delicious recipes into your repertoire!
You’ll find easy French recipes suitable for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There are also cookies, cakes, tarts and pots de créme. They all come together easily with everyday ingredients. And most importantly, they are incredibly delicious. Make them and be ready for rave reviews from friends and family. Enjoy!
If you’ve got 20 minutes, that’s all it takes (hands-on time) to put together these Ridiculously Easy Almond Croissants. They look like they came from a fine French patisserie and they’re ridiculously delicious too!
This easy Summer Quiche loaded with fresh corn, smoky bacon, parmesan cheese and thinly sliced zucchini makes a fabulous entree for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
This super easy Classic Quiche Lorraine with its creamy, tender custard filling, ribbons of thinly sliced prosciutto and crisp, flaky crust is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner and makes fabulous leftovers!
With a super simple, press-in crust, a ricotta parmesan filling and a juicy tomato basil topping, this French Tomato Ricotta Tart will have everyone begging for more!
This French Bistro Spinach Quiche comes together quickly, can be made ahead and tastes like something you might enjoy at a charming little Parisian Café.
These Ridiculously Easy Brioche Dinner Rolls almost make themselves! There’s 15-minutes light labor on your part (no-mixer, no-kneading!) then the yeast and oven work their crazy delicious magic!
Stir together this one-bowl, Overnight No-Knead Brioche Bread before bed. When you rise, it will be ready to shape and bake. It’s the most tender, buttery bread that’s wonderful for toast, sandwiches or for your next dinner party!
Looking for a fresh salad that’s not your same-old, same-old? This delicious Lemony French Green Bean Asparagus Salad has a bright lemony dressing, lots of healthy veggies and is bursting with fabulous flavor!
This simple Classic French Bistro Salad, served at cafés, brasseries and bistros all over France, is beyond easy and yet one of those recipes you’ll be turning to again and again.
This French Mustard Chicken Breasts recipe will make you feel like a fancy chef but it comes together quickly and can be prepped in advance. You’ll want to eat the delicious mustard sauce like it’s soup!
Much easier than traditional Coq au Vin but just as delicious, this Easy, Make-Ahead Parisian Coq au Vin utilizes boneless chicken breasts and a magical tenderizing technique. It’s a fabulous, make-ahead dish that’s perfect for entertaining or an easy weeknight treat.
An easy, delicious sweet treat with a super fun gourmet twist, this The Ritz Paris Cookie Tart has a rich, butterscotch base topped with dreamy chocolate chips, crisp almonds and soft, chewy caramel.
These one-bowl, no-mixer French Almond Cookies are light as a feather, with a crisp meringue exterior and chewy, moist almond-y interior!
This moist, tender French Butter Cake is a delicious combo of our beloved French Grandmother Cake and the popular US Kentucky Butter Cake.
With an easy press-in crust and a silky-smooth, sweet-tart lemon filling , this fabulous French Lemon Tart will be requested again and again! #frenchlemontart, #easylemontart, #pressincrust
With a buttery press-in crust, a layer of sweet frangipane and a beautiful roasted plum topping, this crazy delicious French Almond Plum Tart is easy to make but looks like it came from a fancy French patisserie!
Combine a crisp, buttery, French shortbread cookie with a double burst of bright lemon and you’ve got a heavenly sweet treat! The fact that these Lemon-Glazed French Sable Cookies come together in one bowl with no mixer necessary seals the deal!
This Ridiculously Easy French Almond Frangipane Tart tastes like it came from a fancy little Parisian patisserie. No one has to know how easy and quickly it comes together!
This crazy delicious French Grandmother’s Lemon Yogurt Cake has a moist, tender crumb, takes minutes to make and has a delightful history!
Just a fancy name for a delicious, super versatile raspberry sauce, this Ridiculously Easy Raspberry Coulis pairs fabulously with chocolate, lemon and a zillion other desserts! Along with being ridiculously easy, it’s also ridiculously delicious!
No one will believe these delicious, make-ahead, dinner-party-worthy Blender Chocolate Pots de Crème took 5-minutes of hands-on time.
With ribbons of cinnamony apples and sweet cream cheese plus a magic trick for a crisp crust this French Apple Tart is beyond delicious!
Make this fabulous, super easy French Almond Cake with Sweet Cherry Buttercream – just one bowl and no mixer! The fresh cherry buttercream is the delicious crowning glory!
This Tarte Au Chocolat is super simple, decadent, authentically French and probably the best chocolate dessert you”ll ever meet!
So there you have it… 24 easy French recipes that will make you feel like you took a magic carpet ride to the fair land of France!
ENJOY!
Ridiculously Easy French Almond Frangipane Tart (Tarte Frangipane aux Amandes)
This French Almond Frangipane Tart tastes like it came from a fancy little Parisian patisserie. No one has to know how easily and quickly it comes together!
French Almond Plum Tart (Tarte Et Creme D’amande)
With a buttery press-in crust, a layer of sweet frangipane and a beautiful roasted plum topping, this crazy delicious French Almond Plum Tart is easy to make but looks like it came from a fancy French patisserie!
Easy Lemon Curd Mousse
This delicious Lemon Mousse is so elegant, yet easy enough to make an ordinary day special. It tastes like a creamy, fluffy lemon cloud with a layer of graham cracker-coconut-pecan crunch on the bottom.
Ridiculously Easy Raspberry Coulis
Just a fancy name for a delicious, super versatile raspberry sauce, this Ridiculously Easy Raspberry Coulis pairs fabulously with chocolate, lemon and a zillion other desserts! Along with being ridiculously easy, it’s also ridiculously delicious!
Ridiculously Easy Almond Croissants
This Vanilla Sugar transforms everyday sugar into something extraordinarily delicious! Stir it into your coffee or tea and sprinkle it on oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit, ice cream, cake, cookies, muffins… the possibilities are endless!
Salted Butterscotch Pots de Créme
Salted Butterscotch Pots de Créme is an elegant, French-inspired, make-ahead dessert that always brings rave reviews. It’s also crazy delicious!
French Maple-Glazed Puff Pastry Apple Roses
These delicious French maple-glazed puff pastry apple roses are sweet, crisp and bursting with bright apple flavor. They’re also easy to put together, can be made ahead and look like they came from a fine bakeshop!
French Shortbread Cookies (Sablés Bretons)
These crisp, buttery French Shortbread Cookies are crazy delicious. They look and sound quite fancy but, in reality, they’re super easy with just one bowl and no mixer needed!
French Vanilla Sugar (Sucre Vanillé)
This Vanilla Sugar transforms everyday sugar into something extraordinarily delicious! Stir it into your coffee or tea and sprinkle it on oatmeal, yogurt, fresh fruit, ice cream, cake, cookies, muffins… the possibilities are endless!
Easy French Apple Tart
This fabulous French Apple Tart employs a store-bought pie crust for easy convenience. With ribbons of cinnamony apples and sweet cream cheese plus a magic trick for a crisp crust, this dessert is beyond delicious!
Lemon and White Chocolate Pots de Crème
Do you have 15 minutes? In addition to a few simple ingredients, that’s all it takes (hands-on time) to whip up these super delicious Lemon and White Chocolate Pots de Crème!
French Caramel Apple Cake
This delicious Caramel Apple Cake couldn’t be easier with a simple microwave caramel sauce, a one-bowl, no-mixer cake recipe and no need to even peel the apples!
Lemon-Glazed French Sable Cookies
Combine a crisp, buttery, French shortbread cookie with a double burst of bright lemon and you’ve got a heavenly sweet treat! The fact that these Lemon-Glazed French Sable Cookies come together easily in one bowl (no mixer needed!) seals the deal!
Ridiculously Easy Blender Chocolate Pots de Crème
No one will believe these delicious, make-ahead, dinner-party-worthy Blender Chocolate Pots de Crème took 5-minutes of hands-on time.
French Lemon Tart (Tarte au Citron)
With a crisp, buttery coconut crust and a silky-smooth lemon filling that both come together in the microwave, this French Lemon Tart will be requested again and again!
Ridiculously Easy French Butter Cake
Although this French Butter Cake may have a fancy name, it’s simply a delicious amalgamation of a super beloved cake made by French grandmothers and a popular American dessert called Kentucky Butter Cake. It’s ridiculously easy to make as well as being moist, tender and ridiculously delicious!
French Chocolate Tart with Brown Butter Crust
This tart is super simple, decadent, authentically French and probably the best chocolate dessert you”ll ever meet!
French Grandmother’s Lemon Yogurt Cake
This crazy delicious French Grandmother’s Lemon Yogurt Cake has a moist, tender crumb, takes minutes to make and has a delightful history!
Ridiculously Easy French Almond Cookies
These one-bowl, no-mixer, gluten-free French Almond Cookies (aka Almond Cloud Cookies) are light as a feather, with a crisp meringue exterior and chewy, moist almond-y interior!
Easy French Almond Cake
This French Almond Cake is incredibly delicious and incredibly easy. One-bowl, no-mixer and just a few minutes to throw together!
Easy Ritz Paris Cookie Tart (La Tarte aux Biscuits du Ritz Paris)
An easy, delicious sweet treat with a super fun gourmet twist, this Ritz Paris Cookie Tart has a rich, butterscotch base topped with dreamy chocolate chips, crisp almonds and soft, chewy caramel.
Thought for the day:
If we live, we live for the Lord;
and if we die, we die for the Lord.
So, whether we live or die,
we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:8
What we’re listening to for inspiration:
I Am Not My Own
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