Palmiers

Palmiers also known as elephant ears, are a quick and simple cookie recipe to add to your holiday collection. It's really just three ingredients that make these crisp and flaky cookies come to life. With the addition of various spices you can turn simple into sparkling. Use your imagination and add spices you have in your pantry like ground ginger, ground cloves or pumpkin pie spice. Here is my recipe for palmiers....

1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
Pinch salt
2 sheets of puff pastry, defrosted
*optional pinch of your favorite spice ( ground nutmeg, glove, ginger, cinnamon..)

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a bowl combine the sugar and salt (if using a spice, also combine). On a clean work surface or large cutting board, pour 3/4 cups of the mix down on the surface and spread out. Lay one sheet of puff pastry sheet down and spread 1/2 cup of the mix. Using a rolling pin, press down and roll the sugar into the dough. The idea is to have the sugar almost become part of the dough and work the dough into 12 by 12 inch piece. Fold the sides to meet in the center, then repeat this and repeat again until you can bring the dough together in the middle. You should be able to get six layers. Using a serrated knife, slice the 3/8 inch thick and place onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment. Repeat with other piece of dough. Bake for 5-6 minutes on one side and then flip them over when caramelized and bake on the other side until golden. The cookies will be light, crisp and golden. Perfect for sharing at you holiday table. Enjoy!