Almond Puff Pastry Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Almond Puff Pastry Recipe


Almond Puff Pastry

   Ingredients required
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup water
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup flour
3 eggs

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Almond Puff Pastry Recipe

   Heat oven. Cut 1/2 cup of butter into one cup flour. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of water over mixture, mixed with four. Round into ball, divided in half. On ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into strip, 12 x 3 inch. Strips should be about three inches apart. In medium pan heat 1/2 cup butter in 1 cup water to rolling boil. Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and one cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute. Remove from Heat. Beat in eggs, all at one time, until smooth. Divide half, spread each half evenly over strips, covering completely. Bake one hour. Cool. Frost with glaze. Serves 10 to 12. Confectioner's sugar glaze: Mix 1 1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar, 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine, 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract or 1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, and 1 to 2 tablespoons of warm water until smooth.

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Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup