Sarabeth's Bakery

This simple yet spectacular riff on coffee cake—there's actually coffee in the cake—is rich and robust and rousing in that way only espresso can be.

Sure, you could traipse to a bakery and buy brioche rather than make them yourself. But where’s the satisfaction in that?

When you open the oven to these obscenely buttery, flaky croissants, you'll be relieved you didn't settle for what's in the grocery-store freezer case. Trust us.