French Palmiers, a delicious crisp cookie made with puff pastry.
It is a beautiful cookie,very easy to make but if not closely watched like love :)) can go terribly wrong and you can end up with burnt ones.. :))
Tricks to get palmier right:
1.Do not add too much sugar it will simply caramelize and burn before the cookie is done.
2.Right temp is very important for the cookie to puff up and brown evenly.
Ingredients:(Yields around 18-20 cookies)
Puff pastry sheet – 1
Sugar – 2-3 tsps
Method:
1.Thaw the puff pastry as per the pack instruction.On your work space spread 1tsp sugar evenly as much as the size of the pastry.Unroll the puff pastry spread 1 tsp or slightly more sugar on it uniformly.
2.Fold the two sides of it lengthwise to the middle.
3.Fold both sides once more to the center. Need not be really tight.
4.& 5.(Pic below)Fold one last time so that one side is on top of other. Make sure they are equal and the sides for the heart shape.
6.Instead of a knife take a pair of scissors and cut into 1 cm long pieces.You will notice the edges are looking pointed.
7.(see pic) slightly open the roll and dip your finger in water just to wet it and touch the middle of the heart.Press it lightly so that it sticks (don’t make it soggy though).Smoothen the pointed edges .
8.On a cookie tray with parchment paper lay the cookies leaving enough space to expand.
9. Preheat oven to 400 F meanwhile pop the cookie tray into the fridge.When the oven is ready bake first side for 5-7 minutes or until the base is yellowish brown.
10. Turn and bake for 3-5 minutes.Do not over crowd cookies, do it in batches so u will get enough time to turn it without it sticking to the paper.
All the layers should puff up only then it is done,cool on wire rack.dust with sugar (granulated) when completely cool (optional) . Store in airtight container up to 4 days.
- The raw puff pastry gets sticky in room temp so put in the freezer if u have thawed for too long.
- The steam trapped in the layers of the pastry helps the pastry to puff so cooler the better.
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Thank you Taruna.
Thank you Sabee.
Your palmiers are perfect, Ms Meena. I remember eating the commercial variety in India, were they called little hearts? Yours looks so much more wholesome, and so so pretty.
How come I missed this??? I cant stop looking at the palmiers… so much in love with them… so beautiful…
Ah! These look very tempting and delicious, too pretty to eat.