Recipe for: Puff Pastry

To prepare: Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Ingredients Directions
Pastry Dough: Pastry Dough: Cut butter into flour. Add water and mix.
1 cup flour, ½ cup cold butter Divide dough in half and roll each half into a 12”x3” strip.
2Tbsp water Lay the 2 strips on a cookie sheet, side by side. Next, make
Top Layer of Pastry: the
½ cup butter, 1 cup water, Top Layer: Bring the butter and water to a boil. Remove
2tsp (or more) Almond flavoring from heat. Beat in flour quickly with mixer to prevent
1 cup flour, 3 eggs clumping. Add eggs and almond flavoring until smooth.
Frosting: Paste should be the texture of mashed potatoes. Divide this
½ cup room temp butter in half and spread over two strips of pastry dough. (Wetting
4 cups powdered sugar your fingers will help prevent it from sticking.) Bake 50-
3Tbsp milk 55minutes, then cool before adding:
1tsp vanilla Icing: Mix all ingredients together except shortening. When
1tsp almond flavoring blended, blend in shortening until frosting is light and fluffy.
½ cup shortening To thin frosting, add more milk. Smooth over both cooled
pastry strips. Garnish with sliced almonds. Slice at angle.

Recipe for: Puff Pastry

To prepare: Preheat oven to 350
Ingredients Directions
Pastry Dough: Pastry Dough: Cut butter into flour. Add water and mix.
1 cup flour, ½ cup cold butter Divide dough in half and roll each half into a 12”x3” strip.
2Tbsp water Lay the 2 strips on a cookie sheet, side by side. Next, make
Top Layer of Pastry: the
½ cup butter, 1 cup water, Top Layer: Bring the butter and water to a boil. Remove
2tsp (or more) Almond flavoring from heat. Beat in flour quickly with mixer to prevent
1 cup flour, 3 eggs clumping. Add eggs and almond flavoring until smooth.
Frosting: Paste should be the texture of mashed potatoes. Divide this
½ cup room temp butter in half and spread over two strips of pastry dough. (Wetting
4 cups powdered sugar your fingers will help prevent it from sticking.) Bake 50-
3Tbsp milk 55minutes, then cool before adding:
1tsp vanilla Icing: Mix all ingredients together except shortening. When
1tsp almond flavoring blended, blend in shortening until frosting is light and fluffy.
½ cup shortening To thin frosting, add more milk. Smooth over both cooled
pastry strips. Garnish with sliced almonds. Slice at angle.