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Quick and Easy Puff Pastry Recipe

Interested in making your own Puff Pastry without a huge investment in time? This quick and easy Puff Pastry Recipe will give you a lovely confection for those times when you don’t want to invest a lot of time. This Quick and Easy Puff Pastry will give you a product that isn’t exactly Puff Pastry but is a decent, tasty, product.

For a more traditional puff pastry with noticable flakey layers, click here for our Classic Puff Pastry Recipe.

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Instructions:

20 to 25 minutes before making dough:
Cut the butter into half inch cubes, place in the refrigerator until you are ready to use.
Place ice cubes in 2 cups of water (you will measure when you use the water).

At assembley time;
Measure flour, salt and sugar into a bowl, mix with fork or whisk

Add cold water to dough, a tablespoon at a time, stirring with a fork, until you create a shaggy dough. The exact amount depends on the humidity of your work area and how much your butter has melted. Start with 3 tablespoons of water then slowly add more water, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough is a shaggy mixture (see pictures and video)
Gently knead dough into a ball (knead only until a ball is created, do not wait for a smooth dough).

Pour butter cubes into flour/salt/sugar mixture. Use one of the following methods to combine:

• 1) Place in food processor bowl and pulse until butter consists of little flour covered balls
• 2) Use a traditional wire pastPour butter cubes into flour/salt/sugar mixture. Use one of the following methods to combine:ry blender to combine the butter and flour mixture until the butter consists of small flour covered balls.
• 3) Pinch the butter between your fingers until the butter consists of small flour covered balls. (see video above).

Using a fork, add cold water to dough, a tablespoon at a time till you create a shaggy dough. The exact amount depends on the humidity of your work area and how much your butter has melted. Start with 3 tablespoons then slowly add more, a tablespoon at a time until is a shaggy mixture (see pictures and video)
Gently knead dough into a ball (knead only until a ball is created, do not wait for a smooth dough).

Pat the dough into a square that’s approximately 1 inch deep. Cover with clear wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.

Don’t overwork the dough while shaping it. You should still see butter streaks in the dough.

Roll the rectangle out so it’s approximately 6″ x 9″ again.
Repeat the folding instructions and place the folded dough in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes. (You have now gone through the folding process 2 times.)

Repeat the instructions above twice more so you will have folded your dough 6 times total.

If the room is cool, you can probably do 2 fold and rolls between refrigerator rests.
After the dough has been folded 6 times total, you’re ready to use your Puff pastry dough.

Quick and Easy Puff Pastry Recipe

A easy way to make your own Puff Pastry

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Prep Time 2 hours hrs

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/3 cup flour 166 grams
• 2 tsp sugar
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 sticks of cold refrigerated unsalted butter (3/4 cup)
• 5-10 Tablespoons ice cold water.

Instructions

 

• 20 to 25 minutes before making dough:
• Cut the butter into half inch cubes, place in refrigerator until you are ready to use.
• Place ice cubes in 2 cups of water (you will measure as you pull water out of this).
• At assembley time;
• Measure flour, salt and sugar into a bowl, mix with fork or whisk.
• Pour butter cubes into flour/salt/sugar mixture. Use one of the following methods to combine:
• Place in food processor bowl and pulse until butter consists of little flour covered balls
• Use a traditional wire pastry blender to combine the butter and flour mixture until the butter consists of small flour covered balls.
• Pinch the butter between your fingers until the butter consists of small flour covered balls (see video)
• Add cold water to dough, a tablespoon at a time, stirring with a fork until you create a shaggy dough. The exact amount depends on the humidity of your work area and how much your butter has melted. Start with 3 tablespoons of water, then slowly add more, a tablespoon at a time, until the dough forms a shaggy mixture (see pictures and video).
• Gently knead dough into a ball (knead only until a ball is created, do not wait for a smooth dough).
• Pat the dough into a square that’s approximately 1 inch deep. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Don’t overwork the dough while rolling. You should still see butter streaks in the dough.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll it about 3/8″ thick.
• Lift an edge on one of the short sides of the rectangle. Fold it over so the folded side covers about a third of the rectangle.
• Lift the opposite edge and fold to cover the rectangle (see video).
• Lift one of the unfolded sides and fold it so it covers 1/3 of the rectangle.
• Fold the final 4th side over the rectangle.
• Roll the rectangle out so it’s approximately 6″ x 9″ again.
• Repeat the folding/rolling instructions and place the folded dough in the refrigerator for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Repeat this so the dough goes through the folding process 6 times. If the room is cool, you can probably do 2 fold and rolls between refrigerator rests.
• After the dough has been folded 6 times total, you’re ready to use your Puff pastry dough.
• Place dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour to 24 hours. (You can also freeze the dough at this point).
• When ready to use, roll the dough out

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