Almond Puff Pastry
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 12:18am

Ingredients




STEP 1:
1/2 cup soft butter
1 cup plain flour
2 tablespoons water

Preparation

1 Cut butter into flour. Add water and mix well. On ungreased baking sheet pat out to a 12"x6" strip. 2 STEP 2: 3 1/2 c. butter 4 1 c. water 5 1 tsp. almond extract 6 1 c. flour 7 3 eggs 8 Heat butter and water to a boil. Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and flour. Stir over low heat until mixture forms a ball (approximately 1 minute). Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once. Beat until smooth. Spread evenly over, cover completely, will be thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cool. 9 STEP 3: 10 1 1/2 c. powdered sugar 11 2 tbsp. soft butter 12 1 tsp. almond extract 13 1 tbsp. water 14 Slivered almonds 15 Mix first 4 ingredients. Frost pastry and sprinkle with almonds. Cut edges off for nice appearance. Cut into 1" squares. Refrigerate before serving. Freezes beautifully.