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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Chocolate Berry Twists

Ingredients; 1/2 package Puff Pastry Sheets(1 sht), 1 egg, 1 tbsp water, 2 tbsp rasberry jam
2 squares (1 oz. each) semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
Directions; THAW pastry sheet at room temp 30min. Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix egg and water. UNFOLD pastry on lightly floured surface. Roll into 14x10" rectangle. Spread with jam. Cut pastry in half lengthwise. Sprinkle one half with chocolate. Place remaining rectangle over chocolate-topped rectangle, jam-side down. Roll gently with rolling pin to seal.
CUT crosswise into 28 (1/2") strips. Twist strips and place 2" apart on greased baking sheet, pressing down ends. Brush with egg mixture. BAKE 10min. /til golden. Makes 28 twists.
u can make it w cheese n sprinkle w sugar too.


Apricot Pinwheels(make16)
Ingredients; 1 tbsp ground cinnamon, 1/3 cup sugar, 1 package Puff Pastry Sheets, thawed ,1 cup apricot preserves
Directions; Heat the oven to 350°F. Stir the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Unfold 1 pastry sheet on lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a 16x8-inch rectangle. Cut into 8 squares. Repeat with the remaining pastry sheet.
Spoon 1 tbsp apricot preserves in the center of each square. Using a sharp knife, cut diagonal lines from the corners of the pastry to within 3/4-inch of the preserves. Fold every other corner up over the preserves to the center, overlapping the points and pinching to seal. Place the pastries onto a baking sheet. Sprinkle with the cinnamon mixture.
Bake for 20min /til golden brown. Remove n cool for 10mins.

p.s. these puff pastry sht does wonders, so u can do anything w yr creavity even making a mac apple pie or any other fillings.