The Beauty Of Puff Pastry It Is Simply Put Together And Simply Amazing.

The simplest of things creates a masterpiece.

A close up of puff pastry squares on a blue counter with a white plate.
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Puff pastry can seem very daunting and scary to want to try your hand at. But I assure you, you can do it!

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” — William Faulkner

A little flour and butter can pull together to be a base that you use again and again for different culinary creative creations.

Pastry dough rolled out on a wax mat surrounded by a floured counter with a rolling pin and a cup of flour.
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Ingredients:

  • 2 sticks Frozen butter 🧈
  • 2 1/4 cup Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 8 Tablespoons Ice water 💦

Cut frozen butter into small chunks or grate using a cheese grater.

A mixing bowl with grated butter inside.
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Mix all together using a. kitchen aid until dough forms.

A close up of a mixer, mixing dough.
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Flour mixtue comeing together to form dough in a mixing bowl.
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Roll out your dough on a floured surface

Rolled out pastry dough on a wax mat next to a rolling pin.
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You want to roll out to about the size a piece of paper

Then trifold it and roll back out to paper sized.

Repeat tell you have done it four times total.

Pasty dough in a zip lock baggie.
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Fold and put in a zip lock bag, squeeze out all the air, and refrigerate overnight. Or until ready to use for your recipe.

This recipe makes enough for two puff pastry’s, cut in half before use.

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