Monday, April 4, 2011

Palmiers

These cookies are so good and so easy!  I love to have them with tea in the morning.  You are sure to impress guests with the yummy after dinner treat, or just make them for a lazy Sunday morning at home.

Palmiers
* adapted from SimplyRecipes.com

Ingredients:
Lots of granulated sugar
Puff pastry, thawed at room temp for about 45 minutes

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 400F.  Unfold your puff pastry sheet onto a piece of parchment paper or a Silpat mat.
2.  Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar over puff pastry sheet.
3.  Fold left and right sides of pastry sheet towards the center as shown.


4.  Lightly brush top of folded sheet with water, then fold in half as shown. Press lightly to seal two sides together.
6.  Sprinkle both sides with sugar.
7.  Slice folded pastry into 1/2 inch thick pieces
8.  Sprinkle both sides with sugar and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
9.  Bake 10-15 minutes, or until sugar has caramelized.  Halfway through baking time, flip palmiers over.
10.  Cool on rack for 10 minutes.

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