Spiced palmiers, also known as elephant ears or hearts of palm, are a flaky, crispy pastry that makes a delectable snack or dessert. Made with just a few pantry staples, the spiced palmiers come together quickly and easily. The dough is made with a simple mixture of flour, butter, water, and salt, and then flavored with various spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. The dough is then rolled out and cut into triangles, which are sprinkled with sugar and then rolled up and baked until golden brown. The result is a light and airy pastry that is perfect for any occasion.
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SPICED ORANGE PALMIERS
For this classic, we had morning buns on our minds and added orange zest and cinnamon to the sugar.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Time 1h40m
Yield Makes about 2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combinesugar, cinnamon, and zest.Sprinkle half of mixtureon a clean work surface.
- Place puff pastry ontop; sprinkle with remainingmixture. Gently rollout to a 1/8-inch-thick rectangle,pressing sugar intodough. Lightly draw a linedown center of rectangle.Starting from edges, folddough halfway towardcenter, then fold edgesagain to reach center.(Folds should look like anopen book.) Fold onehalf over other half (as ifclosing the book). Wrapin plastic and freeze untilvery firm but not frozen,about 20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.Cut dough crosswise into1/2-inch-thick slices. Workingin batches, arrangeslices 2 inches apart on anungreased baking sheet.Flatten each cookie withthe heel of your hand toabout 1/4 inch thick.
- Bake cookies, one sheetat a time, until deep goldenon underside, about 10minutes. Carefully flip eachcookie with a metal spatula;continue baking until crisp, about 8 minutesmore. Transfer cookies onsheet to a wire rack; whilecookies are still warm,loosen with spatula to preventsticking. Let coolcompletely. Cookies canbe stored in an airtightcontainer at room temperatureup to 1 day.
SPICED PALMIERS
Provided by Bon Appétit Test Kitchen
Categories Dessert Bake Christmas Vegetarian New Year's Eve Spice Fall Winter Cinnamon Clove Christmas Eve Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough Cardamom Bon Appétit Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes about 64
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Mix sugar and spices in a small bowl. Unfold pastry on a lightly floured work surface into a 14x10" rectangle, rolling out if needed. Brush lightly with butter. Sprinkle 1/4 cup spiced sugar over. Cut in half lengthwise.
- Fold both long sides of 1 pastry strip so that outer edges meet in the center of strip. Brush with more butter; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons spiced sugar. Fold in half lengthwise, forming a 14"-long log about 1" wide. Repeat with remaining pastry strip.
- Place logs on prepared baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and chill until firm, about 30 minutes. DO AHEAD: Palmier dough can be prepared 2 weeks ahead. Store airtight in freezer. Thaw overnight in refrigerator before continuing.
- Preheat oven to 425°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut each log crosswise into 1/4" slices. Lay slices flat on prepared baking sheets, spacing 1" apart.
- Bake palmiers until golden on bottom, about 8 minutes. Using a thin metal spatula, turn palmiers over. Brush lightly with butter; sprinkle with more spiced sugar. Bake until sugar is bubbly and pastry is golden brown, about 15 minutes longer. Transfer palmiers to a wire rack; let cool. DO AHEAD: Palmiers can be made 2 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.
PECAN PALMIERS
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 1h30m
Yield about 24 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat to 400 degrees F. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and bake on the upper rack until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes; let cool completely.
- Mix the butter and vanilla in a small bowl with a rubber spatula until smooth; set aside. Put the pecans, brown sugar, flour and salt in a mini food processor and pulse until finely ground. Spread the turbinado sugar on a work surface and top with the puff pastry. Press to coat the pastry in sugar, then flip the pastry and roll out into a 12-inch square.
- Spread the butter mixture almost to the edge of the pastry, then sprinkle with the pecan mixture, pressing gently to adhere. Using your hands, roll 1 side of the pastry into the center, then roll the opposite side into the center to meet. Trim the ends of the roll.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Cut the dough crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick pieces. Arrange about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush with the beaten egg. Bake until golden, 7 to 10 minutes. Carefully flip the cookies using a thin metal spatula, switch the pans and continue baking until the cookies are crisp and golden, 7 to 10 more minutes. Let cool completely on the baking sheets.
HOLIDAY PALMIERS
With just 3 ingredients and 20 minutes, you can make a cookie that looks like you fussed. These crisp, delicately flavored palmiers are great on a holiday cookie platter or served with coffee. They are best eaten the same day they are baked.
Provided by dieck
Categories Christmas Cookies
Time 20m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Stir together sugar and chai tea latte mix. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the mixture over a work surface.
- Unfold pastry sheet to a 10-inch square. Place on the sugared work surface and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar mixture. Fold left and right edges inward to meet in the center and press down lightly. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar mixture over top and fold in again, toward the center. Fold in half, lengthwise.
- Cut pastry crosswise into 1/2-inch thick slices. Place slices 2 inches apart with cut-sides down, on the prepared baking sheets. Sprinkle remaining sugar mixture over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until pale golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 76.1 calories, Carbohydrate 7.9 g, Fat 4.6 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 30 mg, Sugar 2.6 g
PALMIERS
It takes just two ingredients to make these impressive but easy-to-do French pastries, which are often called palm leaves. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 2 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 2
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°. Sprinkle a surface with 1/4 cup sugar; unfold puff pastry sheet on surface. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar. Roll into a 14x10-in. rectangle. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar to within 1/2 in. of edges. Lightly press into pastry., With a knife, very lightly score a line crosswise across the middle of the pastry. Starting at a short side, roll up jelly-roll style, stopping at the score mark in the middle. Starting at the other side, roll up pastry jelly-roll style to score mark. Freeze until firm, 20-30 minutes. Cut into 3/8-in. slices., Place cut side up 2 in. apart on parchment-lined baking sheets; sprinkle lightly with 1 tablespoon sugar. Bake for 8 minutes. Turn pastries over and sprinkle with remaining sugar. Bake until golden brown and glazed, about 3 minutes longer. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 83 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0mg cholesterol, Sodium 34mg sodium, Carbohydrate 14g carbohydrate (8g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
SPICY CHEDDAR PALMIERS
Steps:
- In a small bowl stir together chili powder, brown sugar, cayenne, and salt. On a work surface sprinkled with 2 tablespoons parsley roll out 1 sheet puff pastry into a 12-inch square. Sprinkle square evenly with half of spice mixture and 3/4 cup Cheddar, pressing cheese gently onto pastry. Roll up 1 edge to middle of pastry sheet and roll up parallel edge in same manner so that the 2 rolls are touching. Repeat procedure with remaining parsley, pastry sheet, spice mixture, and Cheddar. Wrap pastry rolls in plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes. Pastry rolls may be made 2 weeks ahead and frozen, wrapped well in refrigerator 2 hours before proceeding.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Cut pastry rolls with a sharp knife crosswise into slices just under 1/2 inch thick and arrange 1 inch apart on large baking sheets. Bake palmiers in batches in middle of oven 20 minutes, or until golden brown, and transfer with a metal spatula to racks to cool.
GINGERSNAP PALMIERS
Palmiers, sometimes called palm leaves, are made with puff pastry folded several times, then sliced, to create a distinctive heart-shaped coil design. Ginger syrup and spiced sugar make these crisp French cookies festive and fragrant.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes about 3 1/2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Bring brown sugar, molasses, ginger, and 1/4 cup water to a simmer in a saucepan, whisking until sugar has dissolved. Simmer until slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour syrup into a bowl; let cool.
- Whisk granulated sugar, salt, and spices in a bowl. Lightly sprinkle sugar mixture over a clean work surface; place puff pastry on top. Cut into two 10 1/2-by-7-inch pieces. Sprinkle generously with sugar mixture; press into pastry with a rolling pin. Brush generously with syrup.
- Working with 1 piece of dough at a time, roll in from both long sides, meeting in the center; brush with syrup to seal. Sprinkle generously with sugar mixture. Wrap in plastic, and freeze until firm, at least 3 hours (up to overnight).
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut dough crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Dip slices in sugar mixture. Space 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Flatten with your palm. Freeze 30 minutes.
- Bake 10 minutes. Flip, and brush with syrup. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees. Bake until darkened, 10 minutes more. Transfer palmiers to a wire rack; let cool completely. Palmiers can be stored in an airtight container up to 3 days.
Tips:
- To achieve the perfect crispiness and flakiness, ensure the puff pastry is cold and firm before rolling it out. If needed, chill it for about 15 minutes before using.
- When spreading the cinnamon sugar mixture, use a light hand to avoid tearing the delicate puff pastry.
- Before baking, place the palmiers in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. This will help them hold their shape and prevent them from spreading too much in the oven.
- Keep a close eye on the palmiers while baking. They can burn quickly, so remove them from the oven as soon as they reach a light golden brown color.
Conclusion:
Spiced palmiers are an easy and delicious treat that can be enjoyed for breakfast, dessert, or as a snack. With their crispy, flaky texture and sweet, spiced filling, they are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you are looking for a simple but impressive dessert, give these spiced palmiers a try. You won't be disappointed.
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