🥐 Almond Puff Pastry
A classic pastry-style dessert with a light, flaky base and a rich, airy topping that bakes up golden and tall.
Ingredients
Pastry Base & Topping:
- 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
Confectioners’ Sugar Glaze:
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract (or 1 1/2 tsp vanilla)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons warm water
Baking Instructions
🌡️ Oven Temp: 350°F
- Cut 1/2 cup softened butter into 1 cup flour until crumbly. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture and mix until a dough forms.
- Round into a ball; divide in half. On an ungreased baking sheet, pat each half into a 12 × 3-inch strip. Strips should be about 3 inches apart.
- In a medium pan, heat 1/2 cup butter in 1 cup water to a rolling boil.
- Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and 1 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 topping in half and spread each half evenly over the pastry strips, covering them completely.
- Bake for 1 hour, then remove from the oven and let cool completely.
- Prepare Glaze: Mix confectioners’ sugar, butter, almond extract (or vanilla), and warm water until smooth. Frost the cooled pastry completely before slicing into pieces.