Cookie Recipes - Three Kings Palmiers Recipe

  
 

Tea Cake Recipes - Three Kings Palmiers Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup/70 g superfine/caster sugar

  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom

  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (about 8 oz/250 g), thawed

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/gas 4. Butter a cookie sheet. Stir together the sugar and cardamom in a small bowl.

  2. Lightly sprinkle a surface with 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture. Unfold or unroll the pastry to an 10-inch (25-cm) square.

  3. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture. Fold the long sides of the pastry over to meet in the center.

  4. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar mixture and fold in half lengthways. Slice the pastry into 12 portions.

  5. Place the cookies cut side down 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.

  6. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until just golden. Transfer to racks to cool.