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Quick and Easy Puff Pastry or Bladerdeeg
"I have tons of recipes that I want to try that list puff pastry as an ingredient and of course I never have any and forget to buy it when I am out. Here is a recipe to make your own at home."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
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2 puff pastry
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
directions
- Cut butter into flour until it resembles crumbs. Stir in sour cream.
- Turn onto a floured board and knead until it just holds together.
- Form into a ball, flatten slightly and wrap airtight. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Work with half of the dough at a time and keep other half in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Pound the dough with a heavy rolling pin to make it pliable. Use in any recipe calling for puff pastry.
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Reviews
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I tried this as it's far easier than the 'official' way to make PP. Quick as a flash (in the food processor) and results were excellent! I used it for Eccles cakes, and it was very good indeed. -
A fantastic pastry. It is so easy to make and use. It will save you a bunch of money, produce a high quality product, and (with a little planning ahead) be right at hand whenever you need it. I, for one, will never use store bought again! Thank you, Karen. -
I was looking for a short-cut puff pastry, and this turned out great! Not quite as puffy as traditional layered puff pastry, but much more tender, puffy, and flakey than traditional pie crust. This has become by favorite pie crust recipe. Perfect! Thank you so much Karen, my family says it is the best pie crust they have ever had! Great for turnovers, single crust and double crust pies!
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Used this with 'Zaar recipe 251992. Followed the recipe exactly, but did not refrigerate prior to rolling. The cold dough is essential for the pastry to puff, but I knew that. The fridge was just too crowded! Thank you for this recipe! UPDATE: Though the dough was (cool) room temp, putting it on a pre-heated baking stone did make it puff a little and made the dough more flaky. DH loved this with 251992! -
this is sooooo easy! I made it yesterday-chilled over night & today I used half the dough to make 2 medium sized apple turnovers. The result was a very tender, flaky pastry, kinda melted in your mouth. Oh the possibilities with this dough. I will make this ahead & freeze for those spur of the moment recipes! Thanks Karen!
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Sharon Hill, 0
<p>I live in Pa (outside of Philadelphia) and cooking, baking, cross-stitching and reading are my hobbies. <br /> <br />I collect cookbooks and cookie stamps/cutters and have a pretty big collection of both. I am also a fan of all things Amish, so I have quite a collection of things picked up in Reading, Lancaster and surrounding areas here in Pennsylvania. <br /> <br />I have 4 kids, who are the loves of my life and cooking for them and my husband keeps me on my toes! ;) <br /> <br />We bought an ice cream parlor in March 04 and it's been quite an experience! <br /> <br />Note: I love getting feedback on my recipes; all I ask is that you actually *make* them before reviewing them. <br /> <br />Also, if you make changes or substitutions, I'd love to see your suggestions and/or comments, but I'd appreciate no rating at all if it's not made as posted. Too many recipe reviews state margarine subbed for butter (if I list butter, it's REAL butter), different spices, low-fat ingredients, whole wheat flour instead of white, etc. The recipes will not work/taste as intended, so it's really not fair to rate them as such. <br /> <br />I'd also really appreciate it if you refrain from rating a recipe if you overcook or overbake it or it you don't refrigerate or store as listed. <br /> <br />I, of course, will adhere to the above when rating recipes, too! <br /> <br />Thanks and have a great day! <br /> <br />My Rating System: <br /> <br />***** A delicious recipe that was thoroughly enjoyed. It has excellent, detailed directions and is perfect as is. If a dish is especially easy, and I'm on the fence, I will give it 5* for ease even if it's very good instead of great. Something I will definitely make again. <br /> <br />**** Excellent recipe but confusing directions that I will make again in my own less confusing way OR Very good recipe that I'll probably make again if I find the time! <br /> <br />*** Good/OK recipe but probably not something I would make again OR Very Good recipe that doesn't have clear, detailed directions. <br /> <br />** Recipe was edible but not really enjoyed and will not be made again. Work involved not a good trade-off for the end result. <br /> <br />* Not edible and probably an error in the recipe. I feel that I pick recipes with ingredients our family likes, so in my opinion, there's an error somewhere. If there's a chance I made the error, I won't rate the recipe. ;) <br /> <br /><img src=http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/lauralie41/swapbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=cookieswapparticip.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/cookieswapparticip.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a> <br /> <br /><img src=http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/honey-pot-print-c10069558.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /> <br /> <br /><a href=http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/?action=view&current=09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg target=_blank><img src=http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd235/MidwestMaven/09holidayparticipationbanner.jpg border=0 alt=Photobucket /></a></p>
