Puff pastry palmiers

November 12, 2020

1:00 hour

easy

6 - 8

This is a sweet treat I used to make when I was younger. Puff pastry palmiers. “Palmeritas” in Spanish.
Are super easy to prepare and a good option to get the kids entertained in the kitchen during the weekend. They’re great with tea, coffee or hot chocolate at mid-morning or for the late afternoon snack.

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Ingredients

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	1 sheet of puff pastry (preferably if it’s made completely with butter)
	Sugar (quantity needed)
	Cinnamon, chocolate, coconut (if you want to add some flavour to the palmiers)

Directions

1.

Roll out pastry and add sugar

Place the puff pastry on a clean working surface and roll it out. Sprinkle with sugar on both sides. You can roll over with a rolling pin to press the sugar properly into the dough.

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2.

Fold and add more sugar

Fold both sides of the sheet to meet the middle. You will have a log. Sprinkle with more sugar. Fold the left side over to the right side of the dough, like closing a book.

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3.

Take it to the fridge

Cover the pastry with cling film and take it to the fridge for 30 minutes.

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4.

Preheat oven and cut the palmiers

Preheat oven 200ºC. Remove from the fridge and on a clean work surface, slice the rolled puff pastry into cookies 1 cm thick.

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5.

Prepare the baking tray and lay the slices

Place the slices on a baking sheet, cut-side up. Sprinkle them with more sugar if you like it. Leave space between the palmiers as they will puff in the oven.

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6.

Bake time

Bake them for about 15 minutes, turn them once they are golden on top, bake for another couple of minutes until golden on the other side. Cool them on a rack. They will become crispier when they cool.

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Notes

-You can eat them as soon as they cool or you can coated them with melted chocolate.

-You can also mix the sugar with cinnamon, shredded coconut or dark cocoa powder.

-Are better the day you bake them but they can be stored in an airtight container for several days.