Almond Puff Pastries
These almond puff pastries bake in minutes and taste like mini almond croissants. A quick comfort food recipe with sweet seasonal flavors.
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Knife
- Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- One cup of almond flour 96g
- ½ a cup of packed brown sugar 110g
- ½ a cup of salted butter at room temperature 113g
- One egg
- ½ teaspoon of almond extract
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- One sheet of frozen puff pastry thawed
- Whole almonds
- Powdered sugar for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF / 200ºC degrees.
- Sread the almond flour in a baking tin and bake for around 3-4 minutes until turning golden brown and smelling toasted. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for five minutes.
- In a medium bowl mix together the brown sugar, butter, egg, extracts, salt and toasted almond flour. Use an electric whisk and beat until smooth and fully combined.
- Roll out the pastry and cut into 2.5 inch squares. Press the squares int muffin cups.
- Fill each cup with one tablespoon of the filling and top with a whole almond.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until the pastry is puffed up and golden brown.
- Dust with powdered sugar to serve.
