Puff Pastry Grandma Madelyn's

By Mcnite

Grandma Mads handmade jelly or nut filled puff pastries

Ingredients

• for Dough
• 3 cups flour
• 2 egg yolks (save egg whites for brushing)
• 1 Tbl vinegar
• 1 cup cold water
• 1 Tbl Spry (use Crisco)
• 1/2 Tsp salt
• Mixture
• 1 lb Oleo or Spry (Oleo used to be margarine, spry was an old competitor of Crisco Grandma Mad used Crisco)
• 1 cup flour

Preparation

Step 1

For Dough, sift flour & salt together in a small bowl. Add the Tbl spry. Mix egg yolks and vinegar with cold water. Stir this into the flour and make a soft dough. The dough will be a little sticky. Roll the dough out very think on a floured board. Spread with ½ of the mixture above. (Spread it out like bread & butter). Fold the dough in thirds. Spread just a little bit of mixture on top of this and fold in thirds again. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Take out and roll out thin again. Spread with the other ½ mixture. Fold in thirds and put back in refrigerator overnight. Keep dough cold when rolling out to bake, (use ¼ of the dough at a time.) Roll out very think and cut into 2 inch squares. Fill with nuts or fruit filling. Fold two corners diagonally and press points together. Brush with slightly beaten egg white. Bake in 450 degree oven 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown. Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Do not cover tightly or will get soggy.

This was Grandma Madelyn’s gift dessert. When she went to a party or event or had to bring a dessert she would make these. I never made them (either with or without her so far) but I think they take a little work. I used to love these. I did not get to ask her about the filling. I think she used pie filling or fruit preserves, like a can of apple or cherry or pineapple or apricot but I don’t know if she just used chopped up nuts or if there is a moist nut filling you can buy…? It might have been preserves because that would be a little drier than pie filling.