Puff Pastry
Want to make puff pastry dough at home? This step-by-step recipe is easy and fun to make and only call for 5 ingredients!
Prep Time: 1 hour hour
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: puff pastry
Servings: 1 sheet
Calories: 3007kcal
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ¼ cup cold butter
- ½ cup ice cold water
- 1 egg beaten for egg wash
In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
Add butter and coat it with the flour.
Start stirring the butter with the flour and pressing gently to it is combined. For this you can also use the butter cutter.
Once you have a mixture that resembles breadcrumbs add ice cold water.
Stir with a fork and then continue stirring with a spatula until the dough comes together.
Dust the kitchen surface and place the dough on the flour. Knead few times until it comes together.
Shape the dough into a square and roll out to a rectangle, about 7x12 inches long. Bring the edges toward the center and fold over each other.
Roll the dough again in the rectangle and bring the edges again together.
Repeat rolling and folding the dough for another 5-6 times.
Wrap the dough and chill in a fridge for 1 hour.
To bake: roll the dough to ¼-inch square. Cut into the squares.
Brush each square with an egg wash and bake for 15 minutes.
Serve as desired.
Calories: 3007kcal | Carbohydrates: 191g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 237g | Saturated Fat: 148g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 61g | Trans Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 774mg | Sodium: 3262mg | Potassium: 397mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 7329IU | Calcium: 135mg | Iron: 12mg