Puff Pastry

Puff pastry is a new task that I wanted to master before the Holidays. Luckily for me, I can master new tasks in a short time, which is basically all I have! Eek! Making puff pastry is NOT difficult nor hard; it just requires patience and time. If you have those, then you are golden, and will do just fine! Take a deep breath, and relax....this is fun! If you have a food processor, this will be super simple for you, and you will not need much time; unfortunately I do not have a food processor (all the ones I have ever bought break within months! SUCKS! so I gave up! ha) and used my hands and a fork, but you can definitely use a pastry blender. Okay, let's get this party started!! I have something super exciting planned for this bad boy! =]]

You Will Need:

2 Cups Organic All-Purpose Flour
2 1/2 Sticks Organic Butter, Cold
1/2 Cup Cold Water
1 tsp Real Salt

Take your 2 fun sticks of butter and cut into pieces, not too big and not too small- place in fridge while we continue onward

Dissolve salt into the water

Stir until dissolved

Measure out your flour and stiff it into a big bowl or the bowl of your food processor

Dice the remaining butter, same size as other

Add to flour

Mix until coarse crumbs, can take about 2-5 minutes with your hands, with a food processor pulse 5 to 6 times, be sure to check it do not over do it 

Perfecto! 

Add remaining butter from the fridge

Continue to work the butter into the flour, or pulse another 4 times- again do not over do it in the food processor 

Add salt water mixture and continue to work until dough forms (same with food processor, pulse until dough forms then stop!)

Not bad...

Do you see that butter!! OMGG!! 

Flour surface and turn dough onto it, roll dough- does not matter how big or small just roll enough out

Fold in threes, then in half...

Wrap tight in plastic wrap and place in freezer for 10 minutes... (Continue to the above step and this step 4 more times!)

After the fourth rolling and resting, roll out super thin, as thin as you can...

And fold

Another side

Cut in half, and tightly plastic wrap them... place in zip lock and label.. you are done until you need one for another recipe! (Which I have something super exciting planned for these bad boys!)

Can we just stop and look at those beautiful layers! OMGG!! 

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Also, comment below what else you would like to see us make!! 

Adapted from Food Network: