This pastry was a treat mom would make for wedding showers or baby showers, but it wasn’t uncommon if we were having a brunch at the house for this to show up too. I don’t know where she got this from & I’ve never had this pastry anywhere else, however mom always called it Danish Puff. I call this yumminess 🙂
Ingredients:
- 1/2c butter, softened
- 1c flour
- 2T water
- 1/2c butter
- 1c water
- 1t almond extract
- 1c flour
- 3 eggs
- Powdered Sugar Glaze
- Chopped nuts (I usually use walnuts)
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cut 1/2 cup of butter into 1 cup flour until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of water over flour mixture & continue to mix. Gather pastry into a ball; divide into halves. Pat each half, on an ungreased cookie sheet, into 12″x3″ rectangles (mine usually end up being more 10″x5″. Yes, I keep a measuring tape in my kitchen junk drawer), about 3″ apart.
Heat 1/2 cup butter & 1 cup water to rolling boil & remove from heat. Quickly stir in almond extract & 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minutes. Remove from heat & add eggs – beat until smooth & glossy. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle. Bake for an hour, until topping is crisp & brown. Spread with the powdered sugar glaze & then sprinkle with nuts. The topping will shrink & fall, forming the custardy top.
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